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Pond Leak
1200 gallon concrete pond with diamond brite finish. I believe I have a slow
leak where I have a 1.5" pvc pipe cast thru the wall. I used to use this for plumbing, but now we just run a hose along the pond bottom tot he filter. I'm sure I could plug it with hydrolic cement, but I don't want to hurt the fish. Any suggestions? |
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bk,
I have a 1000-gallon or so concrete pond, also with a PVC pipe thru the wall (I use it to go to the pump, which is in a separate hole just outside the pond). Is there no way you can see or feel a leak on the outside, even if you have to dig down? Mine has never leaked where the PVC pipe is, is why I ask. If I did have a leak there I'd drain down to the PVC pipe intake and fix it - my pump intake is not at the lowest point but draws from about the 12" level so that in case of some catastrophe the pump can never completely empty the pond out. But if you can't drain down to the pipe level, for the small amount of hydraulic cement that'd be needed, I really wouldn't worry that it'd hurt the fish. I've made minor repairs where some cement got into the pond but in a 1000+ gallons it's not going to cause any harm. You can pre-roll the hydraulic cement into several fairly thin strings, one at a time to place around where the pipe joins the cement wall, and you'll get minimal amounts dissolving immediately, and then what leaches out over a few days as it cures completely can certainly be taken care of with just a bit of a water change. But be as sure as you can that's where your leak is, first! Happy Ponding, Tim C. "bk" wrote in message nk.net... 1200 gallon concrete pond with diamond brite finish. I believe I have a slow leak where I have a 1.5" pvc pipe cast thru the wall. I used to use this for plumbing, but now we just run a hose along the pond bottom tot he filter. I'm sure I could plug it with hydrolic cement, but I don't want to hurt the fish. Any suggestions? |
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bk,
I have a 1000-gallon or so concrete pond, also with a PVC pipe thru the wall (I use it to go to the pump, which is in a separate hole just outside the pond). Is there no way you can see or feel a leak on the outside, even if you have to dig down? Mine has never leaked where the PVC pipe is, is why I ask. If I did have a leak there I'd drain down to the PVC pipe intake and fix it - my pump intake is not at the lowest point but draws from about the 12" level so that in case of some catastrophe the pump can never completely empty the pond out. But if you can't drain down to the pipe level, for the small amount of hydraulic cement that'd be needed, I really wouldn't worry that it'd hurt the fish. I've made minor repairs where some cement got into the pond but in a 1000+ gallons it's not going to cause any harm. You can pre-roll the hydraulic cement into several fairly thin strings, one at a time to place around where the pipe joins the cement wall, and you'll get minimal amounts dissolving immediately, and then what leaches out over a few days as it cures completely can certainly be taken care of with just a bit of a water change. But be as sure as you can that's where your leak is, first! Happy Ponding, Tim C. "bk" wrote in message nk.net... 1200 gallon concrete pond with diamond brite finish. I believe I have a slow leak where I have a 1.5" pvc pipe cast thru the wall. I used to use this for plumbing, but now we just run a hose along the pond bottom tot he filter. I'm sure I could plug it with hydrolic cement, but I don't want to hurt the fish. Any suggestions? |
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A little concrete is not going to hurt the fish. In my case, I used 70# concrete
in a pond of only 300 gallons. I only hose off the dirt once before I filled the pond and added the fish. bk wrote: 1200 gallon concrete pond with diamond brite finish. I believe I have a slow leak where I have a 1.5" pvc pipe cast thru the wall. I used to use this for plumbing, but now we just run a hose along the pond bottom tot he filter. I'm sure I could plug it with hydrolic cement, but I don't want to hurt the fish. Any suggestions? |
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A little concrete is not going to hurt the fish. In my case, I used 70# concrete
in a pond of only 300 gallons. I only hose off the dirt once before I filled the pond and added the fish. bk wrote: 1200 gallon concrete pond with diamond brite finish. I believe I have a slow leak where I have a 1.5" pvc pipe cast thru the wall. I used to use this for plumbing, but now we just run a hose along the pond bottom tot he filter. I'm sure I could plug it with hydrolic cement, but I don't want to hurt the fish. Any suggestions? |
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"Sean Dinh" wrote in message ... A little concrete is not going to hurt the fish. In my case, I used 70# concrete in a pond of only 300 gallons. I only hose off the dirt once before I filled the pond and added the fish. snip I concur. I started cementing my stream this year, and after a day or so of curing, the stream was turned back on. No harm to fish. BV. |
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"Sean Dinh" wrote in message ... A little concrete is not going to hurt the fish. In my case, I used 70# concrete in a pond of only 300 gallons. I only hose off the dirt once before I filled the pond and added the fish. snip I concur. I started cementing my stream this year, and after a day or so of curing, the stream was turned back on. No harm to fish. BV. |
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"Sean Dinh" wrote in message ... A little concrete is not going to hurt the fish. In my case, I used 70# concrete in a pond of only 300 gallons. I only hose off the dirt once before I filled the pond and added the fish. snip I concur. I started cementing my stream this year, and after a day or so of curing, the stream was turned back on. No harm to fish. BV. |
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