My New Koi Pond

2005-08-10T09:26:00.000-07:00

All done and few leaks fixed , Special Thanks to Steve Hicks , who was the mastermind behind this and has put hours into this project without asking for anything ( except my chagoi ) , BTW he won the bet , the pond is exactly 8000 gallons .
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2005-08-01T04:35:00.000-07:00

Deckig and copeing go on for the last of the constuction phase.
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2005-07-15T12:03:00.000-07:00

Fibreglassing done by J.M Services of Leicester 01162771607 . they did a great job . and came back quickly without further charge after i tried to knock a hole in the bottom .
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2005-06-10T01:02:00.000-07:00

I'm amazed what grass can do .
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2005-06-10T01:01:00.000-07:00

almost there
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2005-04-26T02:28:00.000-07:00

from above ,, looking good
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2005-04-10T07:24:00.000-07:00

brick work looking good
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2005-04-09T09:35:00.000-07:00

outer wall starting
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2005-03-29T01:22:00.000-08:00

house done ....and the money has ran out
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2005-03-21T00:33:00.000-08:00

skimmer return
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2005-03-21T00:32:00.000-08:00

tiles go on the roof
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2005-03-21T00:30:00.000-08:00

blocks done
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2005-03-12T08:54:00.000-08:00

House timbers go on ...
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2005-03-12T08:52:00.000-08:00

Another day of laying blocks....
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Returns from the Filter

2005-03-01T05:56:00.000-08:00

Returns go in place with a slide valve each You' will note one at about 30 deg and the other horizontal flow can be adjusted with the slide valves. another 2 skimmer returns will be placed near the surface
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Filters go into place eh o ...yet again

2005-02-18T10:23:00.000-08:00

Now i realize how much the garden slopes away , due to the hight of the filters It now hits me ... i gotta level the garden or its gonna look a pig.
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Little Miscalculation

2005-02-16T05:41:00.000-08:00

The pond is back filled with 3 cubic meters of concrete and a plinth made for the filters. As you see we ran out DOH!!! DOH DOH!! Try again tomorrow.
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2005-02-14T06:12:00.000-08:00

Advice , pipes, valves, pumps, Uv's, air pumps, and eventually koi supplied by...
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2005-02-13T05:31:00.000-08:00

day 2 of blocking , all up to ground level and 2 45 degree returns are in place .

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2005-02-13T05:30:00.000-08:00

1st of 6 return pipes this one is low and angled down
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Look Mr Taxman cash in hand .....

2005-02-01T04:25:00.000-08:00

house going up .......1/2/05 blocks for pond arrive on the 5th !!
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Rule 1: always get help when building a pond.

2005-01-31T07:06:00.000-08:00

stage 1 compleated..behind the pond is 2 x 15ft x 31"x42" with a 8000 gallon capacity each and the footings to a new extension , the next pictures will look slightly different .
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Steve making the bowls

2005-01-31T05:01:00.000-08:00

here is steve who has a passion for koi like no other person ive ever known . On seeing his pond and his system i knew i had to improve my system .God only knows how much money this chance meeting will cost me . He does also love spending money ....... unfortunately mine :(
Here he is making bowls so the solid waste drops into the bottom drains

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2005-01-31T04:59:00.000-08:00

an old wall was put back in covered in wire mesh and bottom drains cemented in place

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Its gonna be BIG!

2005-01-31T04:58:00.000-08:00

after getting a nasty bacterial problem i decided my old 15 year old 2000 galon pond fed by an internal pump wasnt up to scratch. so Mk II is on its way and proceeding slowly.
We have a small bet ridding on the size Steve says 8-9000 gallon I say 12-13000 gallon.
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