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hey all
got the pond together and it's ready to show. 300 gallons, it measures about 7' x 3' x 2' deep and took two solid days to hand dig. it's amazing how much dirt is in a small hole (the wife got a few new flower beds in the process). am using a pondmaster 950 with the discharge split to a venturi and a bioforce 1000, with that return going through the urn. the liner was laid sunday, with the excess pulled over the first course of pavers, which allows me to fill about midway to the first couse but was very fortunate that all sides remained level during liner installation (the pleats on the corners of this formal pond *almost* tripped that up ). finally got the urns in place tuesday, spiked the filter with some substrate and filter material from a tropical tank and circulated, adding three comets thursday. the fish are doing well so i must have done something right ;-) . being under a patio cover in zone 9 and receiving three hours of direct morning sun should help with algael blooms (i hope). for extra insurance, i added a small bale of barley. i plan to eventually stock 12 - 15 comets and am looking forward to share my knowledge when possible. pics can be found here : http://rynholland.tripod.com/ http://rynholland.tripod.com/pond/id1.html http://rynholland.tripod.com/pond/id2.html |
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Seeing another new pond is hard on me. I can't pour the pond till next
week. rasta wrote: hey all got the pond together and it's ready to show. 300 gallons, it measures about 7' x 3' x 2' deep and took two solid days to hand dig. it's amazing how much dirt is in a small hole (the wife got a few new flower beds in the process). am using a pondmaster 950 with the discharge split to a venturi and a bioforce 1000, with that return going through the urn. |
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Nice! Love the urns....
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"rasta" wrote in message ... hey all got the pond together and it's ready to show. 300 gallons, it measures about 7' x 3' x 2' deep and took two solid days to hand dig. it's amazing how much dirt is in a small hole .......... ============================= I love that pouring jug. :-) I have a frog spitter but the wildlife wont let it be so we can't use it. -- Carol.... "Ring bell for maid service...if no answer do it yourself." My Webpages: http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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I like your urns too. Beautiful!!
"rasta" wrote in message ... hey all got the pond together and it's ready to show. 300 gallons, it measures about 7' x 3' x 2' deep and took two solid days to hand dig. it's amazing how much dirt is in a small hole (the wife got a few new flower beds in the process). am using a pondmaster 950 with the discharge split to a venturi and a bioforce 1000, with that return going through the urn. the liner was laid sunday, with the excess pulled over the first course of pavers, which allows me to fill about midway to the first couse but was very fortunate that all sides remained level during liner installation (the pleats on the corners of this formal pond *almost* tripped that up ). finally got the urns in place tuesday, spiked the filter with some substrate and filter material from a tropical tank and circulated, adding three comets thursday. the fish are doing well so i must have done something right ;-) . being under a patio cover in zone 9 and receiving three hours of direct morning sun should help with algael blooms (i hope). for extra insurance, i added a small bale of barley. i plan to eventually stock 12 - 15 comets and am looking forward to share my knowledge when possible. pics can be found here : http://rynholland.tripod.com/ http://rynholland.tripod.com/pond/id1.html http://rynholland.tripod.com/pond/id2.html |
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Very nice indeed!
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Hey Ras,
I love your water return urn! What does Rasta stand for? You are not a rude boy Rasta are you? Just checking! Irie! -- _______________________________________ "The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'." http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino "rasta" wrote in message ... hey all got the pond together and it's ready to show. 300 gallons, it measures about 7' x 3' x 2' deep and took two solid days to hand dig. it's amazing how much dirt is in a small hole (the wife got a few new flower beds in the process). am using a pondmaster 950 with the discharge split to a venturi and a bioforce 1000, with that return going through the urn. the liner was laid sunday, with the excess pulled over the first course of pavers, which allows me to fill about midway to the first couse but was very fortunate that all sides remained level during liner installation (the pleats on the corners of this formal pond *almost* tripped that up ). finally got the urns in place tuesday, spiked the filter with some substrate and filter material from a tropical tank and circulated, adding three comets thursday. the fish are doing well so i must have done something right ;-) . being under a patio cover in zone 9 and receiving three hours of direct morning sun should help with algael blooms (i hope). for extra insurance, i added a small bale of barley. i plan to eventually stock 12 - 15 comets and am looking forward to share my knowledge when possible. pics can be found here : http://rynholland.tripod.com/ http://rynholland.tripod.com/pond/id1.html http://rynholland.tripod.com/pond/id2.html |
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thanks for the comments.
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 16:28:05 GMT, "Just Me \"Koi\"" wrote: Hey Ras, I love your water return urn! What does Rasta stand for? You are not a rude boy Rasta are you? Just checking! Irie! the nick was given amny blue moons ago. mostly for my positive vibes and apparent love of lamb's bread. |
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Love the water return decanter, were you the one explaining how you made a
hole thru pottery in another thread? ~ jan On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 14:49:35 -0500, rasta wrote: got the pond together and it's ready to show. 300 gallons, it measures about 7' x 3' x 2' deep and took two solid days to hand dig. it's amazing how much dirt is in a small hole (the wife got a few new flower beds in the process). am using a pondmaster 950 with the discharge split to a venturi and a bioforce 1000, with that return going through the urn. the liner was laid sunday, with the excess pulled over the first course of pavers, which allows me to fill about midway to the first couse but was very fortunate that all sides remained level during liner installation (the pleats on the corners of this formal pond *almost* tripped that up ). finally got the urns in place tuesday, spiked the filter with some substrate and filter material from a tropical tank and circulated, adding three comets thursday. the fish are doing well so i must have done something right ;-) . being under a patio cover in zone 9 and receiving three hours of direct morning sun should help with algael blooms (i hope). for extra insurance, i added a small bale of barley. i plan to eventually stock 12 - 15 comets and am looking forward to share my knowledge when possible. pics can be found here : http://rynholland.tripod.com/ http://rynholland.tripod.com/pond/id1.html http://rynholland.tripod.com/pond/id2.html ~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?) |
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 04:08:48 GMT, ~ jan JJsPond.us
wrote: Love the water return decanter, were you the one explaining how you made a hole thru pottery in another thread? ~ jan snip yup, was i. positive vibes, rasta |
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