Well this little kiddie pool I've been using for four years has definitely served it's purpose. Not one leak for over 4 years, it's also for sale if anyone's interested for their kids, only used once. Just joking, it'll be a future enclosure for something. So I had a medical emergency last year and I went almost 2 min without oxygen and 2 weeks in a coma. So I'm having trouble with my cognitive function still as my brain is relearning things. I'm had to learn to walk, and do basic things again. I still have lingering forgetfulness, some times putting a thought together in my head, or writing, and unfortunately I found a job but was unable to perform and be productive still, so I'm still unable to work. My neurologist thought planning this out and doing it would help me "exercise" my cognitive function. This was a project planned for later in summer but decided just go for it now. I was going to document step by step but I keep forgetting to take them so these are what I got and the process so far. What I thought would be simple had turned into a full time job for the past 2 weeks and I realized I bit off more than I can chew and it's been 2 weeks I've been working non-stop. I'm almost there though. Hopefully the cinder blocks work, because no matter what I've tried it's still bowing at the seem, even screwed a piece of steel to it and it still bowed. So I had to drain it and the next thing i trying is a brick wall. I believe this work. First I built the frame then I reinforced the corners., And have stacked a wall of cinder blocks straighten where it bowed and tomorrow when I fill it up we're going to see if it works. I can always paint or add some kind of siding to make it look good but my main concern at the moment is lake Turtlecocka and not lake basement. It was bowing far worse when it was almost filled. I'm running a 1500gph pump that's filtered thru the 55 gallon then back in to the pond clean, (thinking waterfall of some sort) they drum contains pillow cotton stuffing, about 100 scrub brushes for dishes, 50 loofas, lava rock, sand, charcoal, and every ceramic rings for biological purposes, and every sponge dish cleaner from every dollar store within a 30 mile radius 😁 Eventually a beach on the left side that sits on top and has at least 10" sand. Im trying to think of a way to make it like a real beach where they just crawl out into the sand, but I dunno how to keep the sand there without it sliding back down into the pond. Hopefully I can get some plants growing in the drum too. The top layer is a matrix of sand and pea gravel. The pond is 16ft x 8ftx 20". Anyways here is the progress so far.
