Journal Freds new pond build

[Annabellam]

I would love to do something like this in future. I think that despite it being lots of work it's amazing. Hope you get it right. Best wishes.

 

[frederick thompson]

I would love to do something like this in future. I think that despite it being lots of work it's amazing. Hope you get it right. Best wishes.

Annabellam thanks for that. If you go in pond builds. You will see my main new pond. We have done it before. So i have faith. Ha ha. It actually is not hard to do. Just like wall papering. And use heavy roller and heavy brush. Work from centre out. And that takes air bubbles out. Some people use a metal roller at the end. But no need if gear is heavy enough
The speed and the mix is the secret. You paste board first or wall. Place mat fiber on. Then roller out. While that sheet is wet. Then put your second sheet on top while still wet. And roller more resin on top. Then move on. 10cm overlap. Next two. And so on. Then do the floor last. Easy


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[frederick thompson]

Nelson zozo ian m thanks. All the best fred. Doing drainage from shed tomorrow

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[frederick thompson]

Nelson zozo Ian m Lindy London dragon green finger. Kipper. Thanks to you all. And anyone I have missed thanks.
The glassing will now be left for 3 or 4 days. I am speeding it up with heaters in there. Went in after 3 hours and it was rock hard. So a nice job.
Next stage today. Is to drill a couple of holes. Run some 11/2 ribbed hose out underground and t piece into my drain system in the filter house. Easy. Jobs a good un
Then after a few days fill up with tap water let it settle over night check for leaks. Empty. That's it washed out.
Then pump pond water over from my pond. So the fish I put in will be used to same water. Same temperatures as well . Give it a couple of days then take the heat up 1 degree at a 24 hour period. That's it folks

 

[frederick thompson]

Done the drainage pipe today drilled a few holes
Drain pipe from easy pod to filter house

Under and through the wall

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[frederick thompson]

Into my main draine pipe in filter house

Went round the back of my nexus
And it is goint to be put into my main drain pipe with 1 1/2 inch t piece step hose tails.

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[frederick thompson]

PP the k1 media to take protection coating off. Give it a few months start.

I will leave it over night for 24 hours. When it is pink. Purple. It is working. It goes tea brown colour when dead. To kill it i will add ST to it. Then give it a real good clean and rinse down.

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[frederick thompson]

Today i set the air pump up and put plugs on air and pump both came with 2 pin plugs. Change them to 3 pin
Also plumbed the nexus. Easy pod and ultra sieve to drain

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[frederick thompson]

T pieced them in and used hose tail steps to join 40mm outer diameter.

Air now set up also air manifold for the ring dome on bottom drain
Tomorrow fill it up with fresh water. Then dump this. That will ckean it outThen
use some of my pond water. As final fill up.

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[frederick thompson]

London dragon thanks mate

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[frederick thompson]

Cheers ian fill today mate nice and slow

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[KipperSarnie]

Where are you buying your plumbing from? Especially the reducers!

 

[frederick thompson]

Where are you buying your plumbing from? Especially the reducers!

From ings water garden centre. Normally i would get them on fleabay. But needed them next day. So payed a little extra. Cheers kipper

 

[frederick thompson]

Start of the water fill
Gauge attatched to hose

Start of fill

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[ian_m]

Gauge attatched to hose

Ouch. I pay £3.20 for 1m3....

 

[frederick thompson]

Ouch. I pay £3.20 for 1m3....

I aint on a meter ian. So its all mine.

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[frederick thompson]

By the way ian. I didnt end with that figure mate. That was number was the start figure mate. Thats been on for water changes to my main pond. The total in the qt tank was 2123 lts mate.


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[frederick thompson]

More photos

Inside water butt

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[frederick thompson]

Went fishing yesterday caught five tiddlers

There in there to mature the filters
Plus grow a little
I started of with tap water. Filled it up then dumped that. So i also new my meter reading. Also cleaned it out.
Then i filled with my pond water. So the fish are used to that water.
Then once the fish where in the tempreture was 7.2. Its now 11.8c
Started to feed now.



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[frederick thompson]

Bought this mechanical timer for my tank light with day and night bulbs. Set it to turn on at 0530am
And turn of at 2200 pm hrs. Reason for this. so the fish think it is summer hours. They will eat more.

All the best fred
End of the QT Build.


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