New 3000L pond build

there piss easy ger and itls save ye a fortune ye can build it as big as u like hook a uv up to it ur laughing

hi I got the g4 off ebay there is a guy on done deal that builds ponds ,he might be able to help you . reguarding the heron covers ,I looked at these a couple of years ago ,and didn't think they covered enough of the the pond . I made up my covers using some 2 X 1 timber and covered them with a green plastic netting I got in woodies . herons are very persistant birds , I had two herons sitting on the roof of the house behind me every morning for two weeks this spring before they got the message that they weren't getting my fish

alan wrote:

there piss easy ger and itls save ye a fortune ye can build it as big as u like hook a uv up to it ur laughing

Jaysus that's straight forward enough Alan isn't it........one for the future!! cheers

Little update........well lights and filter pump are here but the delay now is the G4 paint......I ordered it last week and collected it yesterday via parcel motel......but to my horror when I opened it I realised I bought the Clear G4 instead of the black!!.....now what i'm gonna do is do 2 coats with the clear G4 and 1 coat with the black that I ordered yesterday,and that I will hopefully have by Friday...........then weather permitting I will get it done some time soon after that.............once it's sealed it will be full steam ahead so hopefully in the next two weeks it will be ready for fish

Ger

Watched the filter video no way would that filter do a 1000 gallon , it has no uv and just isnt big enough,
The pond he has it running on is a lot smaller than 1000 gallons . Might be ok for a wifelife pond . Where would my 15kg of biohome fit

Its the principle in the filter building not the size in the video, i will be building mine with a water tank out of an attic using the same principles, filters are easily built and a lot less expensive than what u will spend in a suppliers how much would u pay for a filter the size of an attic water tank in a suppliers, and add a seperate uv system which are got cheap enough and ur laughing

Hi Alan , my mate got a oase filter 10 years old, we reckon the filter box hold about 100 gallon plus a 110 uv total cost was over 1600 euro , i replaced the uv for him this year cost 240 euro . A large attic tank should make a good filter , loads of room for media and with a bit of planning you should be able to get a uv that will bolt onto the side making a good looking unit . What media were you thinking of using ?.will certainly work out a lot cheaper than buying one the same size

Bio home rob il be on to u to see where u get it also what are the recomendations for uv size and water flow rate through them for ponds

Just let me know total surface area and total capacity to include filter and i will do my best to work something out for you , also will need to know what fish , presummaly koi .

Sound mate sure when i am doing it i will give u a shout have u seen a guys add on denedeal said he has jap koi for 10euro a piece sturgeon ireland or something

Hi alan , the ad is a guy in clonmel , seems to be into the sturgeon , i would have douts about the koi being jap for that price

Another quick update.............I got to finish painting/sealing the inside of the pond and i'm really happy with the finish........it got 2 coats of clear G4 sealer and 1 coat of black G4 and it's now ready for water
What I did notice for anyone buying G4 in the future,you will get a good bit more area covered with the Clear G4 than you would from the Black one...........giving it 2 coats of the Clear one I still have at least one third of a 5kg tin left,but I just about made it doing one coat with a 2.5kg tin of the Black,so keep that in mind

Here's a couple of photo's as it is now:






Ger

Hi Ger , sounds as though you have done a great job . Cant open the pictures , any chance of just post on the forum , as i am dieing to see them . Thanks Robert

robert wrote:

Hi Ger , sounds as though you have done a great job . Cant open the pictures , any chance of just post on the forum , as i am dieing to see them . Thanks Robert

Cheers Robert,i'm very happy with everything so far..............and I've sent JohnH a PM regarding inserting the pics ok so hopefully they'll be up soon enough.

Ger

Edit:
Done now - sorry for the delay

Edit: thanks John

Hi Ger , thats a very impressive job looks brilliant , when are you hoping to get some water in and filters running ?

robert wrote:

Hi Ger , thats a very impressive job looks brilliant , when are you hoping to get some water in and filters running ?

Cheers.............well they say 72 hours after painting G4 on it can be cleaned down and filled so that would mean tomorrow afternoon............i'm off Tuesday aswell so I might leave it till then though.....we will see.

Ger

Well I've added a fair few stones to the base and positioned the 4 LED lights were I want them,and then half filled it with water..........I still have a bit of fiddling around to do with the pump,inlets,outlets etc. but that's tomorrows mission to get sorted...............I'm getting a bit excited now as i'm so close to adding the most important part of the pond.....The FISH!!

anyway here's a short and crap video :



Ger

Well on Tuesday I added 4 Gold fish but within a few hours that 4 became 2.......by the next morning that 2 became 1.......and from this morning sometime that one became 0..............now I added them to check that all was ok in the pond and if the 12" wide plastic protectors would work,but obviously they haven't ha.............anyway apart from the missing 4 fish i'm still happy with how things are panning out and even though I was hoping to avoid it a full net cover has being ordered.

Ger

Hi Ger , i did have my douts about the heron protection you put on the pond , i have a bit to do in the garage this morning i will then post some pictures ot the covers i made up to protect my pond , very simple and cheap to make up

Hi Ger . enclosed pictures of my pond cover , made from 2x1 treated timber with a plastic net cover , these allow light into the pond and also you can feed the fish. we only take them off when someone is sitting in the garden . even after putting these on two herons were sittng on the roof of the house for 2 weeks waitng for a chance . my cover are 4 years old now so have worn well , also very light for lifting off and on

JohnH wrote:

Oops - still, you're doing you bit to keep the North Dublin herons alive and well...you could look at it that way.



John

Ah sure we all have to eat John!!

robert wrote:

Hi Ger . enclosed pictures of my pond cover , made from 2x1 treated timber with a plastic net cover , these allow light into the pond and also you can feed the fish. we only take them off when someone is sitting in the garden . even after putting these on two herons were sittng on the roof of the house for 2 weeks waitng for a chance . my cover are 4 years old now so have worn well , also very light for lifting off and on

Thanks for the photos Robert..........to be honest I haven't had time to think about it too much.........when I ordered the net Friday I thought maybe putting some kind of hooks around the inside of the pond and pin it on them but after seeing your photos I might look at going a different route with it........cheers

Ger

Great job Ger! Will look brilliant with those lights in night.

Check with Kev for fish, he have brilliant looking cold water fish amazing colors, cant remember the name but would be suited for pond.

Tom

helix8008 wrote:

Great job Ger! Will look brilliant with those lights in night.

Check with Kev for fish, he have brilliant looking cold water fish amazing colors, cant remember the name but would be suited for pond.

Tom

Where's this?

Kev here from forum, nickname Homer

I took this photo (not best shot) when visited him.

They sparkle and change color when mating, he have lot of fry out his garden

helix8008 wrote:

Kev here from forum, nickname Homer

I took this photo (not best shot) when visited him.

They sparkle and change color when mating, he have lot of fry out his garden

Ahhhh ok..........I misread your other post were I thought you said 'we' instead of 'he' and thought a few people had a shop going somewhere I did not know about!!! gas how 1 letter can change a sentence completely!! cheers

Ger

What are they, are they shinners?

Yea kev breeds them so he should have lots of them soon for sale i reckon unless hes keeping them all ha there beautiful shiners best ive seen

ger310 wrote:

helix8008 wrote:

Kev here from forum, nickname Homer

I took this photo (not best shot) when visited him.

They sparkle and change color when mating, he have lot of fry out his garden

Ahhhh ok..........I misread your other post were I thought you said 'we' instead of 'he' and thought a few people had a shop going somewhere I did not know about!!! gas how 1 letter can change a sentence completely!! cheers

Ger

Haha no worries