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    More goodies: ...

    More goodies:

    https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180502/944ce34f300a633d532959c6aeff4be7.jpg

    And more rain:

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    They look perfect for what I need, never knew...

    They look perfect for what I need, never knew about them. Thank you! Yes, glad the boss changed her mind about the sleepers! I do like sleeper ponds, but as I was adding on top of an existing pond it...
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    If you’ve got the space, then no reason no too ...

    If you’ve got the space, then no reason no too [emoji1303] that’s a lot of K1 though!


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    https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180424/8dc1515b...

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    I’m hoping this will do me for filtration. When buying the bead at the weekend I had a look at the moving beds as...
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    Must be a great feeling! [emoji1303] Sent...

    Must be a great feeling! [emoji1303]


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    It’s surprising how quickly they go up, but it is...

    It’s surprising how quickly they go up, but it is hard work! [emoji482]


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    New house, new pond

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    Another bit of filtration added. Just a moving bed to go now. I’d love to buy one, but can’t really justify £600 odd...
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    It’s definitely an option, and probably the best...

    It’s definitely an option, and probably the best one bar digging up the existing one. But we’ve already knocked of 1 course of blocks as we didn’t want the pond to overpower the garden.


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    No I appreciate the suggestion mate, I will...

    No I appreciate the suggestion mate, I will definitely be putting a 3” tank connector in the wall. I’d be silly not to!

    As you say, us Koi keepers can never help ourselves can we [emoji23]

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    Yeah I was planning on digging down the outside...

    Yeah I was planning on digging down the outside of the pond and replacing as much as possible with 4” as it currently comes up around 5ft from the edge of the pond at 45degrees which isn’t ideal. I...
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    I’ve got a skimmer with a 4” pipe which I was...

    I’ve got a skimmer with a 4” pipe which I was hoping would supplement it enough (with a ball valve on it to control flow). However, I hadn’t really thought about a through wall BD, that’s a good...
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    Thank you, as much as I loved my previous pond,...

    Thank you, as much as I loved my previous pond, this one will be double the size so I can’t complain (for now!) [emoji23]

    He’s actually used a 3” tommy drain as a BD. Not ideal, but better than...
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    I couldn’t quite believe it to be honest. I...

    I couldn’t quite believe it to be honest. I originally only used my Hilti to smash out where the waterfall was, thought I was lucky just to find that hole!

    I reckon it’ll be somewhere around the...
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    Ha, thank you. With all the work digging out the...

    Ha, thank you. With all the work digging out the rubble I thought it was more hassle originally. However now that I’m laying some blocks I can see that it was a great find. I’d be laying bricks...
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    Bead filter wanted

    Any bead filters considered. I’m in Norwich, so anything in Anglia could be of interest.

    Thank you!


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    This is slow going.. Due to my lack of block...

    This is slow going..

    Due to my lack of block laying ability I’m only doing a course a day as I don’t want all my levels to get messed up (these blocks are heavy!)

    Also done a little bit of pipe...
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    Bit of an update over from over the last couple...

    Bit of an update over from over the last couple of days..
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    What are people’s opinions on going single skin...

    What are people’s opinions on going single skin 7n blocks at the back rather than flat? It’ll be a raised border so I can backfill with concrete and soil. It’ll just be a lot easier as the builder...
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    It’s old pond paint from the waterfall. They’d...

    It’s old pond paint from the waterfall. They’d removed some of the blockwork to key in the small inner pond, and had just painted on to the concrete.


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    The square on the side was were they’d removed...

    The square on the side was were they’d removed some of the wall and built a smaller pond within the pond for the waterfall to go in to. There’s solid concrete there, and I’m going to block it up...
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    I then painted the sleepers grey and unfortunately the pond sat like that for 10 months as the house renovations were...
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    I then started to dismantle the waterfall and surrounding patio, when to my surprise I found the following..
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    New house, new pond

    This is going to be a new thread to cover the pond build of my new pond at our new house..

    My first pond build was covered in this thread:

    2000 gallon sleeper pond...
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    I'm using aquaforte dm pumps, admittedly they're...

    I'm using aquaforte dm pumps, admittedly they're not the variable type, but I imagine the pump itself is the same. I've had no issues with either of mine.
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