Cheers
Exactly that, you fill the voids in with foam meaning the water is forced forwards not behind the rocks.
I've done some projects but this has been , by far, the most Epic !
Once you start you don't realise just how much is involved.
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Cheers
Exactly that, you fill the voids in with foam meaning the water is forced forwards not behind the rocks.
I've done some projects but this has been , by far, the most Epic !
Once you start you don't realise just how much is involved.
Thats one hell of a pond.
Do you mind giving a general idea of how much a project like this costs? We want a pond ourselves but it will be more modest than that lake youve dug
I've probably spent about £1100
The liner was the biggest cost EPDM think it was £550
Filter was £239
Pump was £120
The plants I got for 50 p each so around 40 quid....
Valve-£29
Other bits...40mm flexi pipe , O rings...stuff
Rocks were £70
Chuffed to bits with it...
EDIT: with Top soil and underlay it probably creeped to around £1300
Thanks mate,
No UV at the moment, But If I get Algae problems when the weather warms up I can add one...
I got the filter as now I can add more fish, it gives me options. Plus I didnt want to be pumping dirty water down the waterfall making a cloggly mess..
I noticed you used a digger, is this yours or was it a freebie to use?
I wouldn't want to dig that by handso would factor this in the cost.
A mate of mine dug it for me...I gave him 100 quid beer money
The filter has been running now for around 3 weeks.
The glass on the right was week 2
The glass on the left week 3
Looks like I'm getting tannin build up. Do you think its worth adding some Activated Carbon to my filter outlet going into the waterfall reservoir?
It's odd It looks brown in real life....I've cleared the pond of leaves and debris everyday but although the pond is clearing nicely it looks brown....
I don't know about your particular filter but it takes a month or so I believe before all your biological filters mature so it's a fairly slow process. It's the bacteria that eat all the rubbish in the water to clean it up. That's why you should never wash biological filters out with tap water because it'll kill them and set you back to square one, hence why they recommend using a bucket of pond water
It looks like it's getting cleaner from your photos though.
I've a pond with lots of fish in and upgraded to a proper filter a few months back. With my old filter the water was murky and horrid but now I can see right to the bottom of the pond.. and I've been lazy and not cleaned the filters for a few weeks either! KC Fibreglass Combo 12000 multi-bay filter (very nice owner - he personally dropped it of after a delay, and it's cheaper than the Kockney Koi alternative too). I then filled the first chamber with Black Knight Pond Filter Brushes to remove solids, the second with Jap Mating as a high-surface area biological filter and Alphagrog (inside onion sacks so it's easy to remove) as a final high-surface area / polishing filter.
I also ran a cheap Jebao uv filter for a few months to clear up any green algae which seemed to help. I've a Jebao pump and they seem to great quality for the price to be fair.
I have a dual valve...so I can control the water level .....I'll be pumping some pond water out into a water butt for cleaning the filter...cheers.
I guess I've done all the hard work....just need to let nature takes its course and I'm looking forward to March when I can put some fish in and the plants all start grow etc...
I'm going to whack a few pounds of carbon into the top reservoir just for shizzles to see if the brown tint subsides...
I'm hoping my moss establishes under the trees along with the fern I planted...
The pond is clear....it's just brown....having said that...it's only 3 months old...my carbon arrived so I'm going to put 2kg of it in the top reservoir....see what happens over the next 8 weeks...
I've done a water test....and my water quality is top notch
They come in mesh bags ready. I'll be putting the mesh bags underneath the outflow filter pipe in the top reservoir.
Lowered the left hand bank and added the turf to make a grassy pool. Also finished of the reservoir at the top and added some moss and shrubs etc to finish it off. Just need nature to run its course now and for the plants to grow in the pond and in the rocks and waterfall to break the stones and rocks up a bit.
Roll on March when I can add some fish
Early shot of the pond build for reference
Roll on March when I can add some fish
Early shot of the pond build for reference
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