650g pond heat regulation

[kev82]

Yeah, the website is a project I was going to do but never really got started on it...

Might make something of it later, for now I just have the domain waiting for that "later"

 

[kev82]

Pond was too small so I made a few changes last weekend:

Here's the liner (6x10 meters)

The hole

Liner in the pond

First few drops in the pond

1/3 full

That's how I left the pond, should be nice when I get back on friday and continue work on it.

The pond is roughly 3 x 7 x 1 meters (23 x 10 x 3.3 feet), so it should hold about 15.000 liters, or 5500 gallons.

What do you think?

 

[necrocanis]

Looking good keep us updated. What are you going to keep in it?

 

[kev82]

Probably just gonna throw a few guppies, goldfish or something in it to begin with - see if they can live there. If all goes well my RTC and TSN can go there in 1-2 years

 

[Dr Joe]

Wahoo New Pond !!!

Man, I'm sorry...I lost tract of you . Glad to see your still at it.

How did the other pond fare?

You are ambitious .

So that's the the weekend house huh? Sweet! (could use a tree or two ).

Your weather is still a little brisk for me, but at least it's not 96F (with a feels like temp of 105F and it's not our hot month yet!)

Keep up the good work.

Dr Joe

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[kev82]

I tore the old one down, made the hole bigger and this is what it looks like now

There are trees there, but they don't grow as fast as in countries

 

[kev82]

Worked on the pond the past 2 days or so, here's what it looks like now:

The pond is roughly 13,000 liters, or about 3500 gallons.

I also worked on the plumbing and the pond is now warmed up by the water that flows from the radiators in the house. The pond is currently stable at 27.5°C, 81.5°F.

I threw in a few goldfish to see if something could live there, 2 days since and they're doing good, chasing bugs and looking lively. The water is a little murky because of dirt going into the pond while I was working on it

I'm probably going to throw in a bunch of guppies and see if they survive the winter. I figure with the added flow of water in the radiators (to warm the house up) during the winter months will keep the pond warm enough the whole year. Hopefully.

Oh and I know the bridge may look a little tacky, but my mother wanted it and I don't care

 

[kev82]

Bump because "someone" replied to 30 old threads right after I posted the update and I want comments

P.s. the temp is still stable and the 12 goldfish are loving the space

 

[kev82]

Put 50 young guppies in 2 weeks ago and all are alive and well now. Temp is about 27°C now.


Btw, can I somehow change the title of my first post?

 

[PMK]

nice the real test will be winter if they live youll have alot of room and some huge fish thatll be hungry all the time. looking good