Can you tell what it is yet? Construction has started!

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Satan's Goldfish;3852812; said:
ok. Will need to start on it straight away, there's lots to do, so will be having to crack on with it even if you can't get here.:(
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ok
 
Oi m8 is this baby filled yet :naughty: Hope it is and hope its going well, My net is currently off aswell :( so i wont be around for a bit, im on my sisters atm so im having a quick update on how things are?

Lets see them fish in and happy eh ;) Hows the pacu doing, has he settled in ok, any electric shocks off his chewing wires yet :ROFL:
 
bigcol;3852872; said:
Oi m8 is this baby filled yet :naughty: Hope it is and hope its going well, My net is currently off aswell :( so i wont be around for a bit, im on my sisters atm so im having a quick update on how things are?

Lets see them fish in and happy eh ;) Hows the pacu doing, has he settled in ok, any electric shocks off his chewing wires yet :ROFL:
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Thought you'd been a little quiet recently;) I'm getting there with the water! you're more impatient than me over it:ROFL:

Your pacu is doing great, i regularly see all 4 of them out and swimming together. He's easy to pick out as he's black where's the others still look gray and red belly. Hopefully he won't find a way to get at any wires!:shocked:

Hurry up and get your net sorted so you can start updating us on your build.............:screwy::ROFL:
 
May be a good idea to warm up the water now . Cus cold water might cause some condensation on outside of glass panels that will drip and you may mistake it for a leak .

When you filling it ? Why did you stop. ? Just fill it . I think you have enough silicone . It's the structure that gets the test now . Ooops did I just say that ?

Looking good . What plans for lighting ?
 
jasoncambs;3853339; said:
May be a good idea to warm up the water now . Cus cold water might cause some condensation on outside of glass panels that will drip and you may mistake it for a leak .

When you filling it ? Why did you stop. ? Just fill it . I think you have enough silicone . It's the structure that gets the test now . Ooops did I just say that ?

Looking good . What plans for lighting ?
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I missed the memo where myspace pictures as avatars for mfk where cool.

are you flexing?


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jasoncambs;3853339; said:
May be a good idea to warm up the water now . Cus cold water might cause some condensation on outside of glass panels that will drip and you may mistake it for a leak .

When you filling it ? Why did you stop. ? Just fill it . I think you have enough silicone . It's the structure that gets the test now . Ooops did I just say that ?

Looking good . What plans for lighting ?
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From the top:

The temperature of the water inside the tank/pond is the same as the atmospheric temperature above the water and outside the tank/pond. If i'm remembering Chemistry 101 rightly, condensation needs a differing temperature on one side of the glass to form itself on the other. Plus there's a huge visual difference between splashed water and a raging leak:ROFL:

Turning the heaters on and having it warm while i'm not there to watch is also a bad idea. Hot things expand, cold things contract. As it is now at room temperature it's doing nothing, turn those heaters on and it may be enough to expand a gap into a leak somewhere or shift some sealant. Which again equals big leak. So i'd like to keep an eye on it while the thermometer rises.

When am i filling? very slowly over the next x number of days!

Why did i stop? because i'm in work right now and wanted to minimise the flood damage potential if it goes while i'm not there. Slowly filling it when i can keep an eye on it means that if i notice something not right i can act quickly and not damage too much when water goes everywhere. Rush filling is just a recipe for disaster i've found before. The next lot of water to go in rather than just filling it from the garden hose will be the old water from the paddling pool (there's about 350 gallons in there at it's current depth) as it would be stupid just to throw all that good fish water down the drain. But to take all that out means taking the fish out first, which means getting the water in the pond up to temperature and moving the filtration over and all that would have taken longer than i had before coming into work.

I'm feeling confident on structure strength. The first bits i built, the double thick 2x4 support rings for the top and bottom of the build, were able to take my weight hanging off them without flexing before i fitted any bracing. And i ain't small! This is another reason for filling slowly though, if there is a structural weakness then i'd rather have a nice audible/visual warning of it and be able to take appropriate action rather than just rush filling and watching it blow open.

Lighting will get properly decided on when the pond's full and working and i can start doing lid designing. Won't be over kill and bright, the fish prefer the dark anyway. I'm thinking just 4 4feet tubes with reflectors evenly spread over the top. Can always add more if i think it needs it. Will probably throw some kind of moon lighting in there too, can get 12v under car neon kits very cheaply these days:naughty:

TheCanuck;3853567; said:
I missed the memo where myspace pictures as avatars for mfk where cool.

are you flexing?


:ROFL:
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FTW!:headbang2:ROFL:
 
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