On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:35:47 CST, "Gareee©"
Hi Joan - 8 GF in a 1800 gal pond....

Hehee.. .enjoy that while you can, and plan for more fish!

We started with 5 walmart 25 cent goldfish 3 years ago.. now we easily have
over 50 goldfish, and some are BIG. If you are building filters or such,
plan for 3 years from now, not today, because you;'ll end up having to
rebuild the damned thing again as the load increases.

Gareee...on his third larger filter in the same pond after 3 years...

AAAAKKK!! Sure wish I could just put birth control pills in the
water.

Joan

On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:21:25 CST, Joan wrote:

Ammonia and nitrite negative, pH around 8.0, carbonate hardness around
107-125 ppm.
Joan

Yup, no problem there, good numbers. ~ jan
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Ponds: www.jjspond.us

Oh! Good! Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out. The idea of easy
cleaning is getting more and more attractive to me.

Joan

Walmart carries this large dark green screening.. it's $3 a sheet, and is
reusable and durable. You can also cut it with a heavy scissors.

It comes in a large plastic bag, and walmart stocks a cardboard case of
them.. you just take as many as you need.

They are about 2 ft by 3 foot.

Just bought 3 more a few hours ago to increase my filter efficiency

On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:21:25 CST, Joan wrote:

Ammonia and nitrite negative, pH around 8.0, carbonate hardness around
107-125 ppm.
Joan

Yup, no problem there, good numbers. ~ jan

Thanks for checking. You never know what you can learn from folks.
:-)

Joan

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:43:34 CST, "Gareee©"
wrote:

Walmart carries this large dark green screening.. it's $3 a sheet, and is
reusable and durable. You can also cut it with a heavy scissors.

What is this dark green screening normally used for? I may have to check
into this myself. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

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~ jan wrote:

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:43:34 CST, "Gareee©"
wrote:

Walmart carries this large dark green screening.. it's $3 a sheet, and is
reusable and durable. You can also cut it with a heavy scissors.

What is this dark green screening normally used for? I may have to check
into this myself. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

If it's the stuff I'm thinking of, it's used for shading plants. Comes
in rolls at Home Depot, etc.

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On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:43:34 CST, "Gareee©"
wrote:

Walmart carries this large dark green screening.. it's $3 a sheet, and is
reusable and durable. You can also cut it with a heavy scissors.

What is this dark green screening normally used for? I may have to check
into this myself. ~ jan

That's the air conditioning filter stuff. it's about 1" think, and 2 ft by 3
ft.


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On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:43:34 CST, "Gareee©"
wrote:

Walmart carries this large dark green screening.. it's $3 a sheet, and is
reusable and durable. You can also cut it with a heavy scissors.

What is this dark green screening normally used for? I may have to check
into this myself. ~ jan

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:56:15 CST, "Gareee©" wrote:

That's the air conditioning filter stuff. it's about 1" think, and 2 ft by 3
ft.

I'll have to remember to go look for it. May use this in the lily pond
filter and see how well it performs. Tx, ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us