got the top wood cut.
"not screwed down in the pics"
i got 3 - 12' 2x8 "make sure its cut right.no extras"
"not screwed down in the pics"
i got 3 - 12' 2x8 "make sure its cut right.no extras"
start to my diy 480 gallon timber pond (not finished)
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that looks sharp(smart, cool, neat-o), you should stain the top and seal it...
all thats left is the foam and liner, mar i reconend a non-silica based sand sunstrait... most fish prefer a sandy bottom, om my pond i will be using a small rock/sand... play sand works well, it would be a good contrast.
oh BTW the filter i spoke of is almost 900gallons and its in my on-going write up in the pond section, although i enlarged it a bit at the end of the year and i plan on lining it with cinderblock so its inside diamiter will be 4x5x6, Building a 10,000-13,000gallon pond, this would be my second year of building, third if you inchude planning and druling...and saveing.
size, about 10000-13000gallons(will probly end up around 13k,14k), pumps are 7500gph eachX2, and right now i have mudfish and hopes/dreams in it
all thats left is the foam and liner, mar i reconend a non-silica based sand sunstrait... most fish prefer a sandy bottom, om my pond i will be using a small rock/sand... play sand works well, it would be a good contrast.
oh BTW the filter i spoke of is almost 900gallons and its in my on-going write up in the pond section, although i enlarged it a bit at the end of the year and i plan on lining it with cinderblock so its inside diamiter will be 4x5x6, Building a 10,000-13,000gallon pond, this would be my second year of building, third if you inchude planning and druling...and saveing.
size, about 10000-13000gallons(will probly end up around 13k,14k), pumps are 7500gph eachX2, and right now i have mudfish and hopes/dreams in it
do what?
lol bench is done "after i do the 2 braces"thought about that.
in no time flat the sun wound crack/fade it.
you forgot the hard part,filter
thanks for making mine look tiny
whoaa.... we got the overhang on that top trim..
that looks exellent...
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oh BTW the filter i spoke of is almost 900gallons and its in my on-going write up in the pond section, although i enlarged it a bit at the end of the year and i plan on lining it with cinderblock so its inside diamiter will be 4x5x6, Building a 10,000-13,000gallon pond, this would be my second year of building, third if you inchude planning and druling...and saveing.
size, about 10000-13000gallons(will probly end up around 13k,14k), pumps are 7500gph eachX2, and right now i have mudfish and hopes/dreams in it
thanks for making mine look tiny
now imagine for a moment how sad i feel to post up pics of a 300L pond and the reading your tread and then reading portabudy's tread......
thanks for makin mine look like almost microscopic.....
on another note....are you planning on covering up the filter??
that looks exellent...
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oh BTW the filter i spoke of is almost 900gallons and its in my on-going write up in the pond section, although i enlarged it a bit at the end of the year and i plan on lining it with cinderblock so its inside diamiter will be 4x5x6, Building a 10,000-13,000gallon pond, this would be my second year of building, third if you inchude planning and druling...and saveing.
size, about 10000-13000gallons(will probly end up around 13k,14k), pumps are 7500gph eachX2, and right now i have mudfish and hopes/dreams in it
thanks for making mine look tiny
now imagine for a moment how sad i feel to post up pics of a 300L pond and the reading your tread and then reading portabudy's tread......
thanks for makin mine look like almost microscopic.....
on another note....are you planning on covering up the filter??
thanks,now mine looks big again
seriously tho,you seen my starter pond so your on the right track.
how it is now,no cover.
going to try to grow water lettuce in it.
the opening is kind of small tho now that its built.
i think the filter is going to be trial and error.lol
trial and error sound right to me, thats the way i do every project then once im done they say ohh, dam you should of done it this way or hay man my cusin works for a concreet place you could have got it for free... I want to kill those people...
as for making somethin look small, i should show you my wallet, smaller ponds cost less... remember that, your what $500 in, well im 4-6... thousand... and a year away from compleating, well it all goes well. i admire your work ethic and the rate that your compleating this, its a real feat and a exelent final product... as for the filter, fill it with boiballs/lavafock/plastic scrubbie sponges for bio filtration and s0me of that fine white filter stuff for polishing, it it gets green add a turbo twist uv filter... you dont even want to know what i have planed for mine..., thi filter is the easyest thing, if you where to use some of that easter basket stuffing that would work too., did you get a pump yet, that guy off ebay is realy cool about prices and shipping, he has a 3000gph pump for sale now.
as for making somethin look small, i should show you my wallet, smaller ponds cost less... remember that, your what $500 in, well im 4-6... thousand... and a year away from compleating, well it all goes well. i admire your work ethic and the rate that your compleating this, its a real feat and a exelent final product... as for the filter, fill it with boiballs/lavafock/plastic scrubbie sponges for bio filtration and s0me of that fine white filter stuff for polishing, it it gets green add a turbo twist uv filter... you dont even want to know what i have planed for mine..., thi filter is the easyest thing, if you where to use some of that easter basket stuffing that would work too., did you get a pump yet, that guy off ebay is realy cool about prices and shipping, he has a 3000gph pump for sale now.
ya this smiley is for them ->
around 160 bucks as of now it will be 4 to 5 hundred when done tho most likely,filter and liner to go
thats what im trying for but dont know how to go about it.
heres a link i just started to get help with filter
and i have a uv for it
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62461
i will have to look back for that link and check it out.
i dont have a pump yet,im not that far "by the way yours are beasts lol"
not sure what gph i will get but 3000 sounds like alot of electricity
