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Thread: HCairns's 7500l Sleeper Build
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26-05-2020, 07:09 PM #181
Almost done on the fill! And a little faster than expected too!
7500L semi-raised sleeper pond
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26-05-2020, 07:42 PM #182
Not long till the fish are in mate happy days!
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26-05-2020, 08:15 PM #183
Just waiting on one final solvent weld join to dry on my inlet, and then I can switch the pump on.
Well earned
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27-05-2020, 06:01 AM #184
Nice one mate. Looks good. Have one on me.
You have earned it. Not long for the fish
Fred
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27-05-2020, 02:51 PM #185
Here’s one of those questions where everyone has a different opinion, so I’ll see what you guys personally think! How long do you leave before fish? Gradually stocking obviously, with small (20-30cm) tosai...
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27-05-2020, 05:03 PM #186
Add right away. To get bio cycle started.
Where the problems start in NPS. Is adding to many fish at start. The trick is a couple to start with and feed sparsely. And build the filters and pond up slowly to maturity.
Takes a lot of patience. Enjoy mate.
Fred
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27-05-2020, 05:31 PM #187
HCairns's 7500l Sleeper Build
Cheers Fred, I’m currently thinking I’ll add this weekend. The electrician case sooner than expected, and as a result I’m filled sooner than expected too!
Because of this, I’m waiting on a few bits still. The system is all running, but waiting until I have them will mean that if I have any problems, I find out before fish go in, not after
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27-05-2020, 09:37 PM #188Hobby and business gone but when you’re hooked you’re hooked.
Always happy to help!!
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27-05-2020, 09:51 PM #189
Nicely done. Congrats on the big fill.
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27-05-2020, 10:03 PM #190Hobby and business gone but when you’re hooked you’re hooked.
Always happy to help!!
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27-05-2020, 11:20 PM #1917500L semi-raised sleeper pond
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27-05-2020, 11:36 PM #192
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28-05-2020, 05:22 AM #193
Common sense lol. Hard work starts once there in there lol. And exspence. The pond build is the easy bit. Get some filter start of gaz. And test kit. Unless you already have them lol. I was testing parameters every 2 days lol. For 18 months. I had 50 fish in there from day one. Reason my holding vat
Got ripped with a builders Barrow. No choice. They had to go in the pond in a oner.
They had to go in the pond.
The plan was 2 fish every 3 weeks. It was a nightmare for about a year. Learned the hard way. I lost 12 of those fish to NPS. I had them fish for 23 years. It broke my heart. Massive learning curve. Positive out of it was I learned a lot. Ulcer treating.
Sedating. Scraping. Microscopeing. Water parameter s patient s. NPS is the biggest killer of fish in my opinion.
With what I have read on here. And there is not enough said about it.
Enjoy the fish and pond mate.
You have done a great job
Fred
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28-05-2020, 07:57 AM #194
Yeah, fortunately I’ve got anything that isn’t pond specific coming out of my ears, including a big storage box full of every test kit under the sun that’s the benefit of working in a fish store for 4 years and having freshwater, brackish and marine tanks for 10!
The one test kit I think I’m missing is oxygen, but that can wait until something needs treating, as I’ve got an 80lpm air pump, and a venturi on the return outlet too so oxygen won’t be a problem day to day.
New pond syndrome is essentially just what you koi lot call the nitrogen cycle issues in a new system right?
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28-05-2020, 08:04 AM #195
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28-05-2020, 08:47 AM #196Hobby and business gone but when you’re hooked you’re hooked.
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28-05-2020, 04:58 PM #197
Attached the coping and trimmed the liner back today, and it’s made it all look a lot neater. It’s just decking boards for now, but I plan on swapping this for slate somewhere down the line!
Slate would have been about £170, and the decking boards were £30. And right now I’d much rather spend that £140 on a tosai kohaku I’ve had my eye on! 50% staff discount really is a lifesaver
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28-05-2020, 05:26 PM #198
Looking good, now go get that kohaku!
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28-05-2020, 05:31 PM #1997500L semi-raised sleeper pond
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30-05-2020, 02:38 PM #200
Finally, there are fish in the pond!
I picked up the 3 that I showed previously, mum offered to take photos of them as I put them in the pond, but they’re all unusable so enjoy a rubbish shot of them at the bottom
I also picked up a bottle of EA’s pure filter gel which I’ve used in the past, and put a generous coating of that on the k1...
And of course, couldn’t go to the shop without buying more fish too, so I got the kohaku I had my eye on, which is staying at the shop for now...
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Running heater at low temp?
Covering the pond with polycarb should be enough to stop water temps dipping below 6C for the most...