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    Bonsaijohn pond in Thailand

    I,v been surprised by such positive feedback of my pond pics in my hello to forum post thought I,d move one to here


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    It certainly is a beautiful pond. How about some of your filters and koi?

    I’d love to be able to look into a view like that, really is a credit to you.


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    Sure when I get time I’ll post some

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    Have you any more photos of your Japanese garden John?
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    Ok here’s a few , my gardens too big , I often think if it were smaller I might be able to keep on top of it lol

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    This ones more Angkor wat than Japanese but it’s round the back near the pool
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    very very nice. Credit to you.

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    little bit different from Yorkshire hey john. brilliant love it. as said a credit to you.

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    Great,thanks John,think i could do pic 8 the bridge affect as i have some gravel in the back garden and it needs breaking up.
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    Thanks , it’s not easy doing a traditional Japanese garden in the tropics we don’t have pine trees or maples and can’t grow moss

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    Great garden John!

    And for sure you are / will be solving quite opposite issues than us here - we are trying to heat our ponds through the deep freeze of last couple weeks - while you may need to cool it down in summer

    You may not have pine trees there - but you have beautiful bamboos instead - is it Phylostachys Nigra on the 3rd picture?

    Really impressive garden - enjoy it!

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    Yes it took many years to find the black bamboo and I only got one cane , so all that clump has grown in 2 yrs , and I have taken cuttings so now got clumps dotted around the garden

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    To john 1 , the bridge is concrete and I textured it with floor screeding and the supports are concrete pipes and I filled the ends with cement to make them look like log rounds

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    It’s hot now been in the pool today fish ponds 28 but it won’t go higher than that it’s under the house roof and only gets a little morning sun ,the swimming pool is in full sun and by April it’s like a hot bath
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    Youve been in the pool today your really pissing me off now I would love to live in a place like that could you find me a nice Tai girl John?

    The bridge is concrete maybe i could make it out of sleepers or do a concrete frame and texture it like you have done have to think on that one.
    Have you sorted the flow in your filters John?
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    Easy to get you a Thai girl , not easy to sort out my filter , nothing works except using the Venturi . I tried using a valve but by the time Iv slowed the flow down enough to stop the bays draining i might as well use the Venturi . The only other option is to fit another pipe going into the filter which I will as soon as I get somebody to do it . If I tell the girls Iv got a spare English guy staying there,ll be a queue lol

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    Like it John.
    I use a venturi in the summer and find them very good for extra oxygen and moving the water.

    What is our time difference?
    John

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    It’s hot now been in the pool today fish ponds 28 but it won’t go higher than that it’s under the house roof and only gets a little morning sun ,the swimming pool is in full sun and by April it’s like a hot bath
    Running Bakki shower type filter will help you to cool things down w/o extra electricity on ASHP unit in reversed = cooling mode - as long as the Bakki shower will be shielded from direct sun - the evaporation will increase, but this will help cool things down further - as 28 deg. is at the high end for Koi - they must be eating all day long whatever you throw into your pond!
    You get what you pay for - or better - what you make yourself.

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    7 hrs ahead , as for pool temp it’s been running like this for 11 yrs no reason to change , and I can switch the waterfall on
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    Looks great John and so very green.
    John

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