Phase 3 Complete + Precision Pallet Positioning Strategy

# A Clever Solution to an Old Problem Here's a question that sounds simple until you think about it: how do you put something back in *exactly* the same place? The wicking bed platform sits on pallets, which sit on bricks, which sit on rubber pads glued to the liner. Get the positioning wrong and the whole thing is crooked, unstable, or worse — sitting on a sharp edge. After the rebuild, I needed a way to place everything precisely without guesswork. The answer came from an unexpected place: the pallets themselves. The idea was to cut rubber pads to exactly match the footprint of each pallet foot, temporarily glue them to the feet with a dab of waterproof silicone, then lower the pallets into the dry pond. The pads would kiss the liner at exactly the right spots, then stick there when the pallets were lifted away. Remove the pallets, apply permanent silicone to the pads, and you have a perfect map of exactly where everything goes — forever. It's one of those solutions that feels almost too clean. The pallets become their own blueprint. Every future rebuild starts from the same precise foundation. And the rubber pads serve double duty: positioning markers *and* a protective cushion between the wood and the liner. Phase 3 is complete — the pond is clean, dry, and ready. Next up: the rebuild.