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Thread: small mud pond
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03-03-2019, 01:58 PM #21
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04-03-2019, 06:04 PM #22
done ... i will see how much water will it lose over night
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04-03-2019, 06:44 PM #23
Brilliant mate looks spot on
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"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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04-03-2019, 08:32 PM #24
That looks nice, it may take a few days or weeks for any small cracks to fill them selves, so expect some water loss in the few weeks, spot on job though
4600 Gallon Concrete Block and Fiberglass
2100 mm x 710 mm Infinity Window 32mm thick glass
2 x Aerated Bottom Drains and Skimmer
Filtreau HiFlow 30 Drum Filter
Bio Chamber - 140 litres K1
Bakki Shower - 30 KG Sakura Far Infrared Media
2 x 18,000 lh pumps
Heated from house boiler through a heat exchanger
Idealseal MS290
My Pond Build
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04-03-2019, 09:00 PM #25
Some serious graft has gone into that, looks superb mate. Really hope it holds the water for you. Might have to keep the sides damp in summer.
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05-03-2019, 08:14 AM #26
I lost about 10~15 cm of water overnight
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05-03-2019, 09:10 AM #27
Not a bad start, only time will tell, fingers crossed for the next few days
4600 Gallon Concrete Block and Fiberglass
2100 mm x 710 mm Infinity Window 32mm thick glass
2 x Aerated Bottom Drains and Skimmer
Filtreau HiFlow 30 Drum Filter
Bio Chamber - 140 litres K1
Bakki Shower - 30 KG Sakura Far Infrared Media
2 x 18,000 lh pumps
Heated from house boiler through a heat exchanger
Idealseal MS290
My Pond Build
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05-03-2019, 09:29 AM #28
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05-03-2019, 09:38 AM #29
One day I had severe pains ( thanks to the shovel ) I could not sleep, so I ended up in the ambulance . I got an injection, something against pain.
I would not recommend anyone to manually dig a mud pond
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05-03-2019, 05:46 PM #30
When I dug my pond out I had a few days that I had to roll out of bed but once I got going again I was ok, the problems started when I went to work and sat at a desk all day, that was soooooo painful, My hands hurt the most surprising, must have been the constant shock of the spade hitting the clay, anyway it took almost 3 months for my hands to recover, I thought I had done some serious damage, no ambulance drives or injections though
4600 Gallon Concrete Block and Fiberglass
2100 mm x 710 mm Infinity Window 32mm thick glass
2 x Aerated Bottom Drains and Skimmer
Filtreau HiFlow 30 Drum Filter
Bio Chamber - 140 litres K1
Bakki Shower - 30 KG Sakura Far Infrared Media
2 x 18,000 lh pumps
Heated from house boiler through a heat exchanger
Idealseal MS290
My Pond Build
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07-03-2019, 07:37 AM #31
Here's how it looks today, missing about 30 cm of water .
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07-03-2019, 10:20 AM #32
Finally i connect the pipe, now the water that comes out (from first pond) during the constant change is used for the mud pond
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07-03-2019, 10:27 AM #334600 Gallon Concrete Block and Fiberglass
2100 mm x 710 mm Infinity Window 32mm thick glass
2 x Aerated Bottom Drains and Skimmer
Filtreau HiFlow 30 Drum Filter
Bio Chamber - 140 litres K1
Bakki Shower - 30 KG Sakura Far Infrared Media
2 x 18,000 lh pumps
Heated from house boiler through a heat exchanger
Idealseal MS290
My Pond Build
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07-03-2019, 10:29 AM #34
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20-04-2019, 10:40 PM #35
I dug another one ..
This one is deeper then first one and i hope it will hold more water
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21-04-2019, 11:50 PM #36
That looks impressive mate.
Just have your wits about you at that depth, in case of trench collapse.
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22-04-2019, 05:42 AM #37
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22-04-2019, 10:32 AM #38
This year i will try to breed some of my koi , this ponds are just for fry ..
Running heater at low temp?
Covering the pond with polycarb should be enough to stop water temps dipping below 6C for the most...