Journal Freds new pond build

[frederick thompson]

Cheers gill fishfinger 2 nelson.and if i have missed anyone apologies.

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[Greenfinger2]

Hi Fred, Love the Journal Its been a great read & photos 😎Fantastic build and a stunning pond and fish Congratulations

Fishfinger 2 Greenfinger 2 😉

 

[frederick thompson]

Cheers green finger 2. Thats the garden and pond finished.
But i am doing another project. A quarentine grow on. In the shed.This will be the set up.

6ftL 4ftW 4ft deep. Roughly 1000gal. 2inch bottom drain . Built with wood. Insulated with 25mm kingspan. All the way around. Bottom as well. Then wood on top of insulation.Fiber glassed done by myself. Inside and outside. The guy who built my shed will do the carpentry.
Then heater. Heat thermostat controller. Air pump.2x settling chambers with grog in. 1x easy pod. With k1 and jap mat in.
Pump will be 2500 lph. 4ft strip light with uv bulb in above the tank. It will be covered slight gap to let gasses out. So i will do this on here. A step by steplike i did on pond and garden.
All the best fred
here s some photo s of my mates being built to give idea

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[Greenfinger2]

Hi Fred, Another great project 😎

 

[frederick thompson]

Mine will be exactly same




Hope that gives you an idea of plan

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[frederick thompson]

He had a liner in then glassed it later on

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[frederick thompson]

Here it is with fiber glass


So an idea of next project
All the best fred

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[Greenfinger2]

Hi Fred

 

[frederick thompson]

Greenfinger 2 got it right apologies haha.o sullivan 2. London dragon zozo. Ian_m.
Thanks for the thanks.
I will probably start this after xmas.or new year.
The idea is i don t want to heat my pond.i want the fish to have the seasons as they come. Reason. If i had just koi i would heat it up. But i have nt. I have a mixture of fish tench rudd and the like. So the idea is to kill two birds with one stone. Heat a quarentine grow on. Cheaper. Also if fish are ill.i can treat them in there. For you need tempreture to treat the fish.10 deg c
Below your knackered. Also i will grow the fish on. In the winter. So a grow on as well as a sickbay. Thank s fred

 

[frederick thompson]

Here s a few photos of my fish this morning for all you fish lovers. Just been fed

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Zozo here s your tench




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[PARAGUAY]

Picture of health Fred

 

[frederick thompson]

Picture of health Fred

Yeah Paraguay looking good mate. Just cleaned upper pond out for the winter. Emptied it and cleaned it out. Thinkining of putting a manifold in there in the spring. On the bottom and blow water through it to clean. Just been watching a utube video on bog filter with the pond digger. On how to do this
Looks cool. Thanks mate. Ian_m.zozo.green finger2 cheers lads. All the best fred
Upper pond cleaned up


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[mort]

Hi Fred, like the continued progress and the grow out pond idea. How many more can you realistically fit in your pond to warrant the new setup? I'm guessing you don't lose them that often due to their long lives and your diligence. Plus if you aren't growing any I guess it makes an excellent qt.

 

[frederick thompson]

I am at my limit now mort as in amount in the pond. I have 6 small ones in there to grow on. Your right some of my fish are nearly nineteen years old. So i have a limit. I have allowed for them to grow on so amount in the pond is been took into consideration. so no probs there mate.

 

[frederick thompson]

Hot tub

Heating it up

With bubbles and filtering out.
Having it ready for later this afternoon for the wife. Haha

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[frederick thompson]

Paraquay gill thanks and to everyone on here. Have a great Christmas and a happy new year.

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[frederick thompson]

Turned the trickle feed in to pond down . Thats half for the winter. Because of less feeding. Its the small hose. Its now running at 200 ml a minute speed. it was 450ml a minute
And heres my ochiba that was ill.
Now fit as a fiddle. Also scraped two fish today. And put the mucus under the micro scope. Good news. I did not find anything. So lifes a good un. Merry xmas to all. be lucky fred

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[frederick thompson]

Ochiba lookinv nice and healthy

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[frederick thompson]

Here is something that might intrest a few of you. Before i scraped my fish. My friend ha bought the camera for his scope. So he sent me still pictures of flukes that he found on his fish. Here they are


So for those that did nt know. Thats what flukes look like there is a video of it to. All the best fred


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[mort]

They look nasty blighters Fred. Those teeth are pretty nasty.

Do you have a book of nasty stuff and how to id them? or is it a case of just seeing anything that isn't mucus. I've played with marine parasites under a microscope (I'm a reef guy more than freshwater) and its quite an education.

Glad the Ochiba is doing well and merry Christmas to you both.