New home for my fish

[patclay]

Deep pocket project...but superbly nice.

[nutx]

Originally Posted by DragonFireSG

@nutx

Under the BD is concrete stabilized soil. We had to dig a trench in that as the 6" sweep elbow we used has a 2 ft span. It and the rest of the base was sealed in concrete. The wire was then built on top for the reinforced base.

As for the issue with algae, a UV light inside the mechanical filter toasts the drum 24x7. That should take care of the bio film growth on the drum. I'll also be running the system at just 1/2 to 3/4 the 15000gph max capacity to allow more buffer.

Thanks for the info.

The algae with concerns will be those hairy algae form in the pond, get loose and suck into the drum....
I've know someone who use a fine netting at the settlement chamber, to trap all these physical dirt, to prevent them from messing up the rest of the chamber. but the netting need to be wash daily, else get choke.

[DragonFireSG]

Aha. String algae Interestingly I never had a problem with that stuff in my old pond. The drum has a collection tray with rakes to pull that off the inside of the filter. It will need to be cleared daily though if there is a severe outbreak.

Of course a severe outbreak probably means I've been neglecting something and letting the water parameters go out of whack.

[DragonFireSG]

Some progress. Heavy duty SS deck framing for the main pond.



Removable frame for the filter pit - for ease of maintenance.

[limz_666]

what sort of mistake the previous pond had ?

[DragonFireSG]

1. Improperly sized bottom drains in bad locations
Flow through each was slow. Sludge collected in the lines and had to be purged very often.
The positioning of the BDs did not adequately allow the sweeping of debris on the pond bottom.

2. No Tangential returns to aid in water circulation
Lots of stagnant spots in the pond that collect waste

3. Right angled corners
Right angles result in stagnant spots at the pond corners

4. Very undersized, jerry rigged surface skimmer
Never worked properly

5. Improperly installed drains in the filter chambers
Not possible to properly purge the chambers if waste without disturbing the bio media. This was a major flaw that severely affected water quality

[limz_666]

i see , btw you adding any k1 media chambers ?

[DragonFireSG]

No K1 at this time. I might use an above ground FGT as a moving bed backup filter in future. I have a sack seasoned K3 and biochip media from the old pond that I could use in it. Had K1 too, but I gave that sack to a friend.

I'm also interested in exploring anoxic filtration for nitrate control - but that might require a bit more real estate than I have. I'm thinking that a few large clay pots with overflows drilled into them could make for pretty denitrification units if planted with monstera deliciosa.

I just got back from ICT so the pictures are a bit lacking The shower filter came in and the decking is done. I will get some fresh pics up once my muscles have recovered a bit more.

[DragonFireSG]

Finally managed to source the epoxy paint.

Using Nippon Heavy Duty EA9 Finish HB. Got it from JB. SG no stock. Did manage to get the white EA9 primer locally tho.

One coat of the primer applied so far. Luckily it had 24hr to cure before yesterday's shower. Epoxy doesn't like to touch water when it is curing.

[DragonFireSG]

Btw check out the colour of the haze rain. Poisonous for sure.