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    Looks like 'stab wounds', some follow fairly...

    Looks like 'stab wounds', some follow fairly straight paths, others are random but all the marks have a characteristic curve that's probably something to do with what ever it was that was shoved...
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    This unusually bad weather we have right now is...

    This unusually bad weather we have right now is proof that provision for fish to protect themselves in extreme conditions should be provision in any pond where possible, call it a fish 'refuge' :) ....
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    Hello corbykoi, I bet with a fracture like you...

    Hello corbykoi, I bet with a fracture like you describe, overpainting with G4 wont work, maybe glass fibre's the answer.

    Did you use rebar in the slab may I ask? Concrete is crazy expensive at...
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    Maybe it was the membrane type that clouded the...

    Maybe it was the membrane type that clouded the water so much in the vid, I'm not quite fully understanding these aeration systems, bit it did look effective if air and water mix is what's desired. ...
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    Plenty to view on youtube, one particular demo I...

    Plenty to view on youtube, one particular demo I watched had the water becoming so opaque the fish were actually obscured.
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    Wouldn't mind seeing a pic Bon.

    Wouldn't mind seeing a pic Bon.
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    Evolving pond ideas

    Please see attached images. lots of work left to do on the design I'm sure, but I think its evolving.

    I'm going to shrink that natural pond in size by a third. But I don't know if its ok pumping...
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    How about this design then? The pump rooms been...

    How about this design then? The pump rooms been placed where the greenhouse used to be down the bottom of the garden, the main pond and its attached anoxic one have been placed further away from the...
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    Thanx again for another comprehensive answer...

    Thanx again for another comprehensive answer Manky :), funny how we aquire our nick names isn't it, well I'm happy with my nickname, so I'm going to try remaining as 'Loadbragle' on here, and hoping...
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    Thanx for that comprehensive explanation Manky...

    Thanx for that comprehensive explanation Manky Sanke every word made sense. These fish are unlike 'for example' birds that will brave the elements temporarily to secure their food and then retreat...
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    I'm not a troll, I don't wind up, that wots gets...

    I'm not a troll, I don't wind up, that wots gets done to me:rolleyes: lol. No no no, its all about balance and its that bit of pipe that lets water that's been warmed by the heater and semi trapped...
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    Amazing information and some hairy situations I'm...

    Amazing information and some hairy situations I'm learning about, taa so much :).
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    So what about this then? have a gander at a redesign of 'Koi sauna', the air stones been dispensed with, but the...
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    A quote from a previous post where I said " I...

    A quote from a previous post where I said " I understand that the deeper the water the more the fish are protected from cold, but a Koi ponds half out of the ground so this effect must be somewhat...
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    That's a cracking idea for a heater under a bell...

    That's a cracking idea for a heater under a bell dc, a small refuge with only slightly raised temperature might be beneficial, I hear story's about fish clustered around heat source's like stones:...
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    Sauna bath for Koi

    22565Please take a look at the pic, the idea is that warmed air from the stone gets temporarily trapped and slowed on its travel towards the ponds surface, where any remaining heat will be lost to...
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    Thank you for advice HK, yes it does make sense...

    Thank you for advice HK, yes it does make sense that any oxygenating plants would need to be underwater. It seems then from what you said, that any worthwhile oxygenating is really only done by...
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    Its going to be ages before I get chance to start...

    Its going to be ages before I get chance to start the pond dc197, lots of time to get realistic and to try avoid the likely pitfalls I've learned of on this and other forums.

    That peninsula is...
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    Calculating volume

    Playing with 'pond volume' calculation is fun, I've been doing it and I'm confident I can easily get more than 5000 gallons and possibly up to 7000 for fish and natural life out of a pond from the...
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    I discover that an 'RCBO CU' is best way to go...

    I discover that an 'RCBO CU' is best way to go now, I can get a six-way populated unit with blanks for four more RCBO's for £114 and its same size as my old CU, see pic, so easy and quick to...
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    Yes Rog, sorry about that m8:o. I'm fitting a...

    Yes Rog, sorry about that m8:o.

    I'm fitting a 'High Integrity Dual RCD CU' fitted with two independent RCBO's one each for a conservatory and the pond, I'm wondering what rating RCBO the ponds...
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    Ummm interesting info Feline, I still have my...

    Ummm interesting info Feline, I still have my faithful manual Passat diesel bought new 2003 and it's been an incredible car too, eons better than the one I had before it, that one what was a MK1...
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    Best anoxic plants?

    What are the best plants for creating an anoxic pond? also oxygenating ones too, what species of these plants are best?
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    Thanx DG71 for advice on running a separate 30mA...

    Thanx DG71 for advice on running a separate 30mA RCD circuit from the CU to a pond, and I need every bit of advice I can get too :).

    I'm totally in to 'electrics' now and this thing about wiring...
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    Dropping the window below ground- level seems to...

    Dropping the window below ground- level seems to work, as shown in the two drawings below: it looks too easy to fall over that low wall though, just 430mm to top of coping stone, but the windows...
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    cost... ugh life :eek:

    cost... ugh

    life :eek:
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