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February 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Pond,Biofilter,Cascade
Hi guys coming to your form nice tropical Dominican Republic.
I have been in this hobby for over 15years now, I have done reef thanks to simple plated freshwater tanks..
For some reason I have always wanted to do a pond and Now have found myself in that position...
In this thread i will try to document my progress and ask for some suggestion.. and hope to accomplish a nice ecosystem for fish and plants to thrive in my small back yard....
So far I have done the follwoing
-selected the area where to place the pond
-monitor the area during the whole day to figure out if it get the sunlight it needs
-selected my materials
-done initial pluming-
-seal the ponds
-have let my concrete cure for a few month and have check for leaks
-read to move to the next step..
Here is where i l be asking for all the help as possible
One thing to keep in mind is that I need this pond to consume the least amount of electricity as possible since we have a large electric bill as is and wife made me promise..to keep it low on the monthly cost..........
pictures will follow shortly....
my humble thanks to all that will contribute to making this project work..
thanks from Albin,Mia and Karina... | 
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February 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| thats incredible! what kind of fish are you putting in there?
we'll all be waiting for pics 
and if i haven't said it before, welcome to fishlore! | |
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February 9th, 2009
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| Welcome to Fish Lore
Your project sounds pretty cool! Have you considered starting a blog for it? Member Blogs | |
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February 9th, 2009
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its a L shape concrete pond with straight walls...so its like a little pool.. | |
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February 9th, 2009
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its a L shape concrete pond with straight walls...so its like a little pool.. | |
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February 9th, 2009
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Originally Posted by agabr123  thats incredible! what kind of fish are you putting in there?
we'll all be waiting for pics
and if i haven't said it before, welcome to fishlore! | hanks for the encouragement.. il be posting pics in a few minutes as soon i get this picture attachment to work...
Fish..well ...since i cant ship them in to keep cost and the wife happy might go to local rives and get some that have colors... or would love to get ideas for you guys... but we are still a couple of weeks way form putting fish in.. fist we need to work on some pluming ...to make it circle without using electricity...(if possible) | |
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February 9th, 2009
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Bio filter will overflow in to the main tank to oxygenate water..plus the plants will filter the water.. | |
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February 9th, 2009
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Bio filter will overflow in to the main tank to oxygenate water..plus the plants will filter the water.. | |
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February 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| how many gallons will it be?
if i had to suggest something, it would definitely be the shubunkin goldies, they are GORGEOUS! i've been doing some research on them recently and would love to have some in a 180.
if it's 1000+ gallons then koi would be awesome, i've always wanted some | |
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February 9th, 2009
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ground drainage for maintenance.... | |
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February 9th, 2009
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other part of the L shape... | |
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February 9th, 2009
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| cool let me reaserch it
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Originally Posted by agabr123 how many gallons will it be?
if i had to suggest something, it would definitely be the shubunkin goldies, they are GORGEOUS! i've been doing some research on them recently and would love to have some in a 180.
if it's 1000+ gallons then koi would be awesome, i've always wanted some | Cool , thanks for the suggestion:; and let me check with my local supplier and see if they have them...
I will measure tomorrow but the pond look pretty big and will be more than 1000 gallons if i count the biofilter... | |
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February 9th, 2009
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| will many read it?
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Originally Posted by Lucy Welcome to Fish Lore
Your project sounds pretty cool! Have you considered starting a blog for it? Member Blogs | Thanks Lucy for the suggestion and welcoming to the Forum...
If I create a blog will i get the sames response as using this thread?.. the whole idea is to have current members help me out and use it so new builders (ponds enthusiast0 will know what worked for me... | |
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February 9th, 2009
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better view of project so far | |
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February 9th, 2009
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as you can see i did it with thick walls.. al pure concrete.. and 1/2 rebars | |
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February 9th, 2009
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| cna they live with angel fish?
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Originally Posted by agabr123 | Cool I have seen these here in my pet shop...can the live with Angel Fish...? | |
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February 9th, 2009
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Originally Posted by opusgamma Cool I have seen these here in my pet shop...can the live with Angel Fish...? | probably not, angels are really sensitive to water conditions and the temperature changes in a pond probably wouldn't be the best for them. and goldies are coldwater fish and angels are tropical | |
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February 9th, 2009
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| how about Arawonas? | |
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February 9th, 2009
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| arowannas are really, really neat. they get really big though (i've heard up to 4 feet!). what kind of heating/cooling system do you have? are you planning on trying to keep a more steady temp, or just letting it fluctuate? | |
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February 9th, 2009
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| I ma looking at as natural to my area as possible....my original idea was to keep it low budget on the monthly bill.
Here everything is double of what it should be....
So far no heater to be put on the pond.. so life stock needs to be able to suriver on water temperature changes...,,, | |
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February 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| in that case, your best bet is probably goldfish or maybe koi.
what kind of fish are local to your area? | |
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February 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| The shubunkins would be good - koi and plants don't mix. Koi are notorious plant eaters. Goldies will eat some of the plants also, but not as much as the koi do. My concern would be the concrete. It will have to be resealed every couple of years or it will leak. Are you going to seal it with a latex or rubber type of sealant? There are some products that can waterproof it, but I'm not sure how expensive it would be. There is a product called Great Stuff that has one version that is specific for ponds and is pet safe. Here is a link to it: http://greatstuff.dow.com/greatstuff...ducts/pond.htm I don't know if this is available in your area or not, but it may help. Our pond that was made of concrete started leaking into the house so it now has a preformed plastic liner. | |
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February 9th, 2009
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| Sorry guys let me give you the briefs about my back yard...
When i moved here It was fill of plantains and Yuca plants...
I wanted to have a outdoor scape since i work from home..
SO I got creative and did some research ..and came up with what you see so far in the picture...
so far i am done with the building of the vessel it self.. no more concrete... Now I need ot figure out if I can use a siphon to pull water from main tank to biofilter...
so that my plants(commign soon ) will be able to do their job..
I am trying to avoid using a pump...for this...
This pond will have many local water plants found around my neighborhood Rio Yaque.. so filtration in a way will be taken care by the plants..... | |
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February 9th, 2009
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| I have use a Polyurethane base seller so far that it was sold to be friendly.. its use here to seal cistern where we keep tap water.. so I figure it would be good for the pond...
I ma also looking at placing river rocks on the bottom of the tank so it will serve as a additional place to grow plants...
Goldies are looking like the winer so far.. any other suggestions.. | |
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February 9th, 2009
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| Ah.. When we pour the concrete to make the shell..we did 9in on the bottom and 7 o nth side wall....just be safe.....I have it fill up for 4 month just to see water level and to test the concrete... and so far no problems.... | |
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February 9th, 2009
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Originally Posted by opusgamma Ah.. When we pour the concrete to make the shell..we did 9in on the bottom and 7 o nth side wall....just be safe.....I have it fill up for 4 month just to see water level and to test the concrete... and so far no problems.... | I'm glad there are no problems. One more hint - if you ever have to drain the pond completely, don't let it dry out all the way or the concrete may crack. We had that happen too. | |
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February 10th, 2009
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Hi guys ill be posting the early construction pictures so you have an idea of what i done so far.. | |
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