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29-03-2016, 01:45 AM #21
I am an holderness road boy born and bred. Lived there all my life. My brother lives west hull. His wife is off boothferry estate all my family are east hull. One of my boy's play rugby for east hull. And the other plays for skirliagh.and my brothers boy plays for west hull. So you can imagine the banter in our house hold when there all together. Glad to hear your fish are well.and grow on doing well. What's the grow on for to speed growth twice as fast.i assume it's heated. So as to feed all year round. You must be into it in a big way. Mine are just pets. Good hobby though mate. Take care freddyboy
to days up date started of great then rain stopped play
start of concrete layin for upper pond and filter house what it looked like before laying of base
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concrete laid for upper bond base to filter house before rain stopped play. after they went home blazing sun for rest of the day. sods law.
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2 TPR returns cemented in
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Close up of 2 TPR returns cemented in
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4" inch bottom drain bagged up to stop cement going down pipe work
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thats it for today folks. thats where we are at all the best fredLast edited by freddyboy; 29-03-2016 at 03:37 PM.
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29-03-2016, 11:27 PM #22
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Hi freddyboy its coming along now mate. Ha ha yeah all my family are north and west hull so im naturally a black and white but since fledging the nest ive always lived east lol no mine are just my pets too fred dont have anything real special in my pond mate but i love them. I just fancied a little project for something to do through the winter while the covers are on the main pond and yes its heated but surprisingly very affordable. costs me no more than a fiver a month mate fish have doubled if not more in 2-3 months heres a link to the thread if your interested Grow on/QT project
https://www.koiforum.uk/pond-constru...t-project.html
All the best lee
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30-03-2016, 12:03 AM #23
hi lee good to hear from you like i said i was born east hull . HKR is my team yet funny enough i am the only one in my house hold that is red and white.
yet everyone of my kids was born east hull. i think it goes from the days rovers where not in super league. they tend to follow winning teams. or teams with money ha ha.. yet our dale played for HKR academy and won the league with them. john wilkie of saint helens was in that team then.i liked reading your project on the grow on tank. good read mate. i aint bothering with heating though mate. most of my fish are quite large now. plus there hardy. and are used to the winters now. some of them are seventeen years old now. i have about 17 koi 2 orfs 3 green tench 1 fantail gold fish the wife's. and about 14 rudd. like wise there just pets. it did cross my mind to put heating in the new build but then thought about it. i do not fancy having it covered up.during winter. thats six months of not seeing them. or if you want to. rig moroll of taking covers and all that off. Thats another reason i have gone for 2 x windows.so i can see them even in winter when there on the bottom. how long does it take that titan heater to get to say 19 c . is it good and what is cost of running the heater. you are good at DIY by the look of the good job you did on the bottom drain. you ended in the thread of saying you will finish after Christmas. is it up and running now. good luck mate and be lucky Fred.
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30-03-2016, 02:22 AM #24
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Hi fred (im on night shift lol) yeah its not too bad would get to 19 no probs i took them up slowly but run at around 21.5°c now. I did it because like yourself i didnt want the cost of heating the pond although i do cover it and im holding around 12°c at the moment due to sunlight/greenhouse effect i like to say so there feeding slowly now. The titan uses about £5-6 a month so nothing really. Im only 28 myself fred but i was born into ponds (dads always had a pond) marine engineer by trade (did 5 yr in royal navy and now on salt end) so i love DIYing mate. Ive got a mirror and ghosty in mine about 20 yr old and theres an old kohaku that came from my dads which is well over 30. Ive 1 golden tench a crucian a goldfish and the rest are koi about 50/50 israeli and jap ranging from 40-60cm 16 fish all together including the grow ons. The 4 in grow on are last years buys all jap and youngest so i thought them best for trying to get up there a bit quicker. I will stop interupting your thread now freddyboy take care mate.
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30-03-2016, 05:54 PM #25
bought the draco drum for £1.250.00 today should be delivered on Friday Saturday
i asked the wife for my Christmas present and birthday gift early. took some working on her.ha ha.
i was looking at the echo profi drum from £2.500 to £3.500 so does not sound to bad oase proficlear £2,799.99
so if it works as good bargin. even half as good bargin
take care fred
bought it now so as Shaun can plan for install. IE plumbing for water and drains and stuff like that you only get installation instructions when you buy
the people at draco are good to deal with. helped me no end. so thanks to Tony and jill brillant
thats all folks. see what tomorrow brings Fred
ki again lee. Was you in the Royal Navy. Or your dad. I did seven years in the navy. Ganges boy joined at 15 years old. Then bp super tankers.
I also worked at salt end many years ago. For 1 year on acitric acid plant as a rigger.Been on oil rigs now for near on 30 years.
Deck foreman crane operator HLO pump man. Fire team leader All multi dicaplin now.
I am 61 years old this year.
What do you do on salt end. Process operator.
take care mate best FredLast edited by freddyboy; 31-03-2016 at 12:42 AM.
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31-03-2016, 06:37 PM #26Today's graft on pond laying of part of base floor for filter house. ran out of ballast thats why middle is missing. soon fill this in. Reason outside was done first another bricklayer will come on Saturday to finish wall height Notice dogs signiture in cement ha ha
and start filter house and upper pond. Shaun only works Monday to friday
Notice Pipe hose all coiled added today. ribbed for drains from filter house it will go around right side of pond toward where you can see my garden hose put in then back filled
better photo of lead for drain where plank is
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31-03-2016, 06:40 PM #27shaun sightin window frame before bricking in the wall
still looking for level
window now been bricked in and i am sat in my chair in conservatory looking through perfect view ohhhh yyeeaagghhh
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31-03-2016, 06:41 PM #28brick work at back where my infinity window is going
some photos from different angles to show progress
small half bricks on corners
different angle
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31-03-2016, 06:42 PM #29brick work laid out for brick layer at weekend
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31-03-2016, 06:52 PM #30brick work laid out for brick layer at weekend
some of my fish this is what it is all for ha ha
That's it for today folks good days work pond build slowly looking like a pond. hope your enjoying the thread. all the best Fred
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31-03-2016, 06:55 PM #31
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31-03-2016, 07:07 PM #32
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this is photo of 2 TPRs and 4"inch bottom drain and 1"inch pipe work cemented in base of filter houseLast edited by freddyboy; 01-04-2016 at 03:05 AM.
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31-03-2016, 08:58 PM #33
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Coming along now freddyboy
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01-04-2016, 03:28 AM #34
Cheers lee thanks a lot.starting to shape up now I am buzzing all bricks stacked for weekend
best Fred.
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01-04-2016, 03:33 AM #35
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see how bricks are laid thats where upper pond is going to be erected best fredLast edited by freddyboy; 01-04-2016 at 04:37 AM.
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01-04-2016, 04:32 AM #36
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cheers lee fish are doing okay in holding tank vat. fed them yesterday after winter of none feeding. put some beef back on them ha ha best fredLast edited by freddyboy; 01-04-2016 at 04:46 AM.
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01-04-2016, 09:05 AM #37
Looking good Freddyboy and your koi seem happy in their vat,I used to deliver in Holderness rd to Iceland,that was a few years back mind.
John
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01-04-2016, 05:34 PM #38
good to hear john iceland is top of my street i live down morrill street boyes on the corner.
yeah mate up to now the koi seem okay. thanks for replying. the pond is getting there slowly
its starting to shape up now. got two brick layers coming tomorrow. to finish the internal wall
and start filter house and upper pond. cant wait until its finished. my draco drum came for my nexus.
i had a go at assembling it. piece of cake. all the best fred
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01-04-2016, 06:31 PM #39
Looking good Freddy, those facing bricks look just like mine on my pond. Do you know the name of them?
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01-04-2016, 07:28 PM #40
Cheer s adam getting there mate. the facing bricks i have not got a clue mate. i just said to the pond builder i do not want brand new looking
bricks i want an old type brick to look at with differant colours darker mixed in. when i see him monday i will ask him
all the best fred
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