Oh my God, yes. I started noticing leakage well over a year ago, and it wasn't overly dramatic, but it has gotten way worse, as time has gone on. Early this summer, it would lose several inches of water in 2-3 days' time. We emptied the rocks and plants and put the fish back in while waiting a month or two for the pond guys' schedule to free up. They're literally the only people in this area that do this kind of work, so they're crazy busy. So in the meantime, I've had to battle bad algae blooms that have left the water green to the point that you literally couldn't see a foot into the water. I have probably a ton+ (no shit) of boulder, river rock, and gravel laying here, there, and everywhere, that we extracted all by hand. Now we have to put it all back together by hand. Which I think will actually be the easier part.
The previous build just planted all the plants amid the rocks. With that, the roots grow all over the place, through all the rocks, and just take over and get completely out of control. That made dismantling everything more difficult than I would ever have imagined. By redoing them in pots where they can be contained better and managed better, if I should (God forbid) ever have to do this again, it should be a little easier.
I can't even begin to describe what a weight off my shoulders this will be when it's done.