New Ray Pond - For my Flowers
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Wow, progress is minimal! A month and half to do a 1/2 days work! Over built structurally, but will allow me to insulate the hell out of it.
Are you planning on using some larger lumber (like 4 by 4s) to tie all the sides together in the corners?
Curious about the elevation too...... Putting a drain in the bottom?
That is one thing I will DEFINETLY do different when I rebuild my pond. I didn't think it was necassary but man would waterchanges be easier, plus poo would go down the drain rather than end up in the filter.
What are your plans filtration wise????
Curious about the elevation too...... Putting a drain in the bottom?
That is one thing I will DEFINETLY do different when I rebuild my pond. I didn't think it was necassary but man would waterchanges be easier, plus poo would go down the drain rather than end up in the filter.
What are your plans filtration wise????
DB junkie;2802002; said:Are you planning on using some larger lumber (like 4 by 4s) to tie all the sides together in the corners?
Curious about the elevation too...... Putting a drain in the bottom?
That is one thing I will DEFINETLY do different when I rebuild my pond. I didn't think it was necassary but man would waterchanges be easier, plus poo would go down the drain rather than end up in the filter.
What are your plans filtration wise????
No immediate plan. I have tons of equipment laying around, large commercial type stuff like pumps, bio-towers, and mechanical units. Drain will be in the side wall, probably up high. In the display tank with built in overflows I never see poo for more than a few minutes, it ends up getting into the overflow somehow. It is going to be plumbed to the existing 300 gallon system. Ultimately I want to do a constant feed. Tricky with my copper pipes and soft/acidic water though. I will need a lot of copper resin and I have to trust it as well.
I have 1/4" Steel "L" brackets and 32 4" carriage bolts for the corners. They are just mocked up in the photo. They need be nailed down and the brackets installed.
This pond is only for my 11" flower and 9" flower for now, and maybe the MM. The 210 they are in is getting crowded, oh yeah, the tig will go down there too. So until they put on some size, the filtration will not be that big of a deal. Long term I only want 3 flowers, Tig, MM, and mantilla/MM's. So six rays and a Tig in a 7' x 10' pond.
Wish I never saw poo....LOL I guess now that I think about it I didn't have this problem when the rays were small.... But when they are pushing a foot and a half it's there. I have to do w/c gravel vacs almost everyday. Would be much easier to flip a few valves. (drain and jets blowing towards it). Just my experience anyways...
Sounds like it will be a GREAT home. They should be some very happy rays.
I just like trading ideas and plans with fellow raykeepers, seems the rays benefit in the long run. Hence the reason for so many questions. Have to absorb as much as possible so the next time I build a pond I'm not sitting here a year down the road planning yet another rebuild cause of unforseen problems.
Sounds like it will be a GREAT home. They should be some very happy rays.
I just like trading ideas and plans with fellow raykeepers, seems the rays benefit in the long run. Hence the reason for so many questions. Have to absorb as much as possible so the next time I build a pond I'm not sitting here a year down the road planning yet another rebuild cause of unforseen problems.
Yes, definitely some current directed at the floor to lift things. It will bare bottom. I have a mobile cart for polishing it, removing poop, temp running of carbon, etc.
ask away, that is the point!
ask away, that is the point!
Nice cart setup.. I like this thread i'm getting all the good info for when i build my ray pond.
How bout some more info on this "filter crash cart"???
GPH, and micron size of the filters???
When/how often do you use the cart and for how long? Or is it just "use as needed for cleanliness"?
I'm pretty jealous of you you guys and them fancy carts.... Seem like they are almost common place for ray enthusiasts.
GPH, and micron size of the filters???
When/how often do you use the cart and for how long? Or is it just "use as needed for cleanliness"?
I'm pretty jealous of you you guys and them fancy carts.... Seem like they are almost common place for ray enthusiasts.
Use as needed. Haven't needed it, but I imagine it will come in handy with the pond. I use it for the mixing tank to de-gas and also dissolve the salt.
20 Micron
I think it does 3600 gph?
20 Micron
I think it does 3600 gph?
