7'x12' 1400 Gallon Plywood Stingray Pond
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Made some changes since the last update. The 3 towers where causing to many leaks so I decided to get rid of them. Water would splash as it went level to level and sometimes drip out from the bottom. I instead took 2 brute trash cans and installed 2 2" bulkheads in the bottom of each. Then filled them with the media and made a drip tray for the top. Its working good and not leaking.
I also got the backwash all setup for both the sponge and bead filter. I took another brute trash can and put a sump pump into it, and then plumbed that to run into my drain. The two filters backwash into the trash can and then the sump pump kicks in and pumps the water down the drain.
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I also built another 4'x8' pond, just with a pond liner, and set it up to cycle water through it from the main pond. I did this by setting up a spray bar in the main pond and using a 5200gph pump to power it. I then used a T off of that to run PVC over to the 4'x8' pond. I ordered some 1/2" float valves from usplastics and connected 3 of them to the PVC I ran over to the new pond. Between the 3 of them they flow about 100gph. I then setup a pump on a timer to return water to the main pond at about 200gph. When the return pump lowers the water level the float valves start to fill the pond up again, when its full the spray bar in the main pond gives the water somewhere to go. As you can see from the video a gravity overflow was not really an option here, so this is the next best thing.
The 4'x8' pond also has its own small filter and the stock tank seen on top of it is being setup as a grow bed, should help remove nitrates from the water from both ponds.
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I also got the backwash all setup for both the sponge and bead filter. I took another brute trash can and put a sump pump into it, and then plumbed that to run into my drain. The two filters backwash into the trash can and then the sump pump kicks in and pumps the water down the drain.
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I also built another 4'x8' pond, just with a pond liner, and set it up to cycle water through it from the main pond. I did this by setting up a spray bar in the main pond and using a 5200gph pump to power it. I then used a T off of that to run PVC over to the 4'x8' pond. I ordered some 1/2" float valves from usplastics and connected 3 of them to the PVC I ran over to the new pond. Between the 3 of them they flow about 100gph. I then setup a pump on a timer to return water to the main pond at about 200gph. When the return pump lowers the water level the float valves start to fill the pond up again, when its full the spray bar in the main pond gives the water somewhere to go. As you can see from the video a gravity overflow was not really an option here, so this is the next best thing.
The 4'x8' pond also has its own small filter and the stock tank seen on top of it is being setup as a grow bed, should help remove nitrates from the water from both ponds.
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Looks like Washington Rays has an awsome future!
Pretty funny...thats what my garage looked like after I built my 6x4 acrylic
(minus the awsome ray filled ponds of course). Took me 8 hrs. to straighten it back up.
Great job!!!
Pretty funny...thats what my garage looked like after I built my 6x4 acrylic
(minus the awsome ray filled ponds of course). Took me 8 hrs. to straighten it back up.Great job!!!
Looks like Washington Rays has an awsome future!
Pretty funny...thats what my garage looked like after I built my 6x4 acrylic
Great job!!!
Haha, yeah thats what I am working on tonight, got to get this garage back to a point that I can pull my truck in again.
John that is truly amazing! speechless at the least, i have no idea where you guys came up with this, truely impressed..will be following! pond looks amazing, especially with the lighting, also, LOVE the stock you have!
How exactly do you apply the epoxy layers and pond armor? Do you start at the top and the frame then work your way through the bottom base? How long does applying all those layers take?
Nice work anyways, wish I could come see it in person!
Nice work anyways, wish I could come see it in person!
