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How much did the Red Shiners set you back? Just googled them and they look lovely fish. Am considering changing my 4ft tropical tank to a coldwater tank. Cheers Gordon.

That was exactly my thoughts too. Cheers Gordon.

I will have all the Vallis PM me your paypal details and i will send you the payment. Cheers Gordon.

Hi any left? Chees Gordon.

There is no way my wife to be would want my ex at our wedding, neither would i to be honest which is later this year. I would be getting another divorce before i even got married. Cheers Gordon.

Any Vallis left? Am interested so if you have any left please let me know on price. Cheers Gordon

Hi again all, Just to let you all know this project should get going again soon seems its been a long winter. The project came to a stop last year partly because of a new girlfriend plus winter started to set in. This weekend coming should see most of the pipework completed, plus a section in...

Thanks everyone glad you all like is so far. Saph thans very much for the pics, sure has helped. :good: I think my jap mat is in bits but should not be expensive to buy, and did not have any white filter wool, lucky i have a big roll of this which i cut up and use on my aquarium. Is there...

Hi Saph, Thanks for a very informative reply. Yes its a kockney koi 5000v, brought second hand. I dont have an old filter as the preforformed liner pond never got finished, lol Not too sure what you mean about laying the jap mat flat, and i will have a look for one of those blackknight vortex...

Thanks every one. Been quite a while since i have managed to get any thing more done on the build, but did get some more done last weekend. First thing to do on Saturday afternoon was to clear some space in the shed for the filters new home. So about 4 hours later and a trip to the local...

For me has to be either the Snowball, I did have one, but sadly pased away. I then replaced with a Gold Nugget Plec, just stunning. The snowball is in my profile pic no pics of the gold nugget as yet. Cheers Gordon.

Thanks Guys and gals. Here some more for you. Well the following was done last weekend. Got some of the pipework in, and concreted under the sleepers. It was slow going though at the weekend, but once the concrete has set i can start digging. In the above pic you can see the concrete under...

As requested some more pics. This was the progress 3 and half weeks ago of the build after a fairly busy and hard day. The above pic shows the brick work finished. The place where the brick has been left out on the right is where the waterfall will be going. The work in the above pic...

Well i started some preparation work for my pond about a month and half ago, so thought it about time i posted some info and progress pics on it so far. The pic shows how it looked before i did any work on it. Took that pic after that old rubbish pre formed liner was took out. It had never...

Thanks for that, i will try and get somewhere around the 10 to 12 inch mark then. Cheers Gordon.

Hi all, I am in the process of building a pond, i have a kockney koi 5000v filter which will be pump fed with inch and half pipe, and the return will be gravity fed in 3 inch pipe. The thing im wondering how high above the pipe outlet at the pond does the filter outlet need to...

Thanks for taking the time to do that sketch Davo. The more i think about it i think the easier option is the pressurised filter and pump, as linked to in one of my previous posts. I would feel happier having a bottom drain (if possiable) with the above filter and pump both external to the...

Your more than welcome for the info Davo, you been a great help so far. :good: So with the inlet on the wall of the pond, would this be enough to pich up any debris from the bottom of the pond? i suspect so or you would have not suggested it. How big would the sump container need to be? and...

Hi Davo thanks for the tip about drilling the sleeper, for thhe hose then sealing the liner with the silicon. But the Elimax 2500 is for use outside of the pond also. Have a read here for more info on that pump. So different ideas bouncing around my head at the moment. Cheers Gordon.

With the filter and pump set in my post above, the pump can be sited outside of the pond which sounds a great idea. But how would the inlet to the pump need to be set up? Would i need a bottom drain or something? I like the idea of not having any hose coming out over the top of the pond to the...

Thanks for your input everyone. Just did a quick search on ebay and found this For that kind of price does not seem worth doing a diy job on a filter. Cheers Gordon.

If i decide to add a waterfall, could i use a tee from the pump, one to the waterfall, then the other to a DIY filter, which would be fed back by gravity. My reasons for thinking in this way is because i dont want a big filter box above my waterfall for two reasons would look unsightly and no...

There is an area higher than the area the pond will be in, but only a foot also higher, so was maybe thinking a small waterfall here to return the water back to the pond after the filter. I see you can get pressurised filters, which can be buried too the top of the filter. Just been looking at...

Hi Davo, Was maybe thinking about the idea of using some railway sleepers to raise it above ground a bit. Have found some at £12.50 each. Then dig down to the depth as in my first post. Great idea about leaving some shelves at ground level too, how wide should these be...

Have a read Here Cheers Gordon.

Hi Chris I won't be putting koi in. :good: Thanks for the guide on pumps and filtration, i need to look at the site where the pond will be to confirm the size. Just had a thought, what happens if you hit the water table when digging down? will this cause any problems? Cheers Gordon.

Hi, was just thinking about goldfish or similar anyway, so thats great to hear :good: Is the fact that a pond freezes a major problem? How big a pump for a pond of the size im looking at would i require? and what kind of filtraton would be the easiest. (to install and maintain) Cheers Gordon.

Thanks for your input. Well we maybe get a little snow here in UK, and some cold temps but nothing to drastic compared to other countries. Cheers Gordon.

Hi I have a section of my garden that needs finishing off. I thinks its just asking for a pond to be built. The dimensions are about 2m long x 1m wide and can maybe get a depth of around 0.7m to 0.8m. So what kind of fish could be kept in a pond of this size? I would like a few plants...

Or a flow or distribution issue, or a mixture of them all. Some tanks stats would help. Cheers Gordon.

Hi Aqua Essentials always give excellent service. Cheers Gordon.

Try here, have heard good reviews about that place. Cheers Gordon.

Hi, im interested to know how your going to mount and connect up that driver as im on the look out for one thats capable of driving 8 to 10 1w leds. Looking good so far. Cheers Gordon.

Hi All, I am wanting an Aqua Medic sp3000 dosing pump or something similar. Cheers Gordon.

I got my Golden Nugget for £15.00 :good: Cheers Gordon

Get yourself down there ASAP, i think you will be impressed, fish always top notch but a little pricey. Cheers Gordon.

Andy, I'm glad if i have been a help to you in any way on this project. I think you have done an amazing job, and your final product looks great. Well once i get some cash together i be looking into this for my 2ft tank, looking at the brightness of those 3w i...

Have you got a Maidenhead Aquactics near you, as i have 3 around my area and all of them usually have Ottos in. Cheers Gordon.

Yep mine loves cucumber and muscle. I also put in a few algae wafers now and then too. Cheers Gordon.

Bump Anyone?