We received the liner and have installed it into the In-Door pond with one extremely minor dilemma. There seems to be a pin-hole leak in the liner. The good news is that it seems to be so amazingly small that it would likely be an over-estimation to say that it is leaking out 1 drop of water per minute.
When we have leaks this small in tanks, the solution which usually works is adding in a safe-level of sea salt into the tank. Not enough to harm the fish (sea salt can actually be used to help kill virus' and bacteria, though the pitfall is that too much can kill aquatic plants, so you need to be very careful when doing this) but enough so that as the water drips out of the leak, the salt crystallizes around the hole until it ultimately seals it.
When we get pin hole leaks in our out door pond which can happen from time to time, they quickly seal themselves as fish crap, algae and other particles clog it up, much similar to the effect of hair in a bathroom sink.
I feel confident that our solution will be a combination of sea salt and "dirty fish water" that we would normally dump out after cleaning other tanks. Between the salt and the fish crap, this should be more than sufficient to seal any leak. Once sealed, we can line the bottom of the pond with natural aquarium gravel to ensure that the seal does not become undone.
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