Our Pond, new photo's (the big build)!!!.....

Hi All
These photo's are of what Val and I bought for our £600


This photo shows the last Vortex of the four with the Kockney koi 15 watt U/V and the Aquamax 3500 pump plus the return pipe to the side of the pond which you can just make out at the side , it also contains a huge bag of alfa grog where helpful bacteria is grow in huge quantities,



This photo if you ignore the Votex's in the fore ground of the photo.
It will give you an idea of the scale of everything feel free to magnify to give you a better idea as it shows it's sister setup in place and you'll get an idea of scale from it


This photo shows two of the Vortex's in line and an idea of the size of the pipe work they contain Jap matting designed to filter out bits of detritus after everything has been spun in the first vortex in line to break up bits of detritus



This last photo is an image of the foot print of the base of the pond and gives you an idea of the bottom drain, its pipe and also you can just make out the spindrifter pipe running alongside and connected to the hub of the bottom drain It works by supplying air up into the pond via the spindrifter.
This bed of sand is about one foot in depth

We hope this photo's will help you invisage our poject of course it will be different than these photos but youv'e got the idea of it.
rgrds
broxandval
PS after a preasure wash it should all come up as good as new
Then when it is running a double dose of PP should kill of anything unwanted both our pond and it's sister cost £3,000 so ours was £1,500 and it is only about two years old.
The jap matting cost £45 a sheet and there are a stack of those as you can see
Plus the alfa grog is £12.50 for a Kilo and there is around 100 kilos of that, both these were thrown in for free which was really nice of Stu and Mel.
We were also given 11 ft square of brand new netting by a member of our club last week to net the top of the pond

Wow Wow Wow

That is some set up you have there Brox. With the water running through all those filters, I imagine you will have an immaculate pond with crystal clear water. Your Koi will be in 7th heaven with all that space. I can see why now that it will take you most of the summer to set that all up. I can't wait to see it all put together.

Good luck!!!!!!!!

Hi Sabrillo
Can you imagine our thoughts when we first saw it ,shock was the first thought as we had envisioned it as a lot smaller than it is .
But when we got used to the idea we thought exactly the same as you " 7th heaven ",
It's going to be a major project and it has to be done right first go as I believe it holds about 5 tons of water so we cant afford a leak in any of the joins and especially from the bottom drain.
rgds
broxandval
PS Thanx for the good luck"we are gonna need it".

It looks pretty fancy. You didn't take a photo of the pond itself? It's just a perfectly circular huge black bowl basically?

Hi Robyn
The second photo will give you an idea of the size but you are correct it is a perfectly circular black bowl.
But when all is finished and the pond is clad in either wood or brick it will look really nice.
In the koi world here there are very few ponds that are natural looking in fact the ones weve seen are all either rectangular, square or round though richer koi keepers tend to go for the Japanese zen type garden sort of thing.
rgrds
broxandval
Stu and Mel took the photo's I should have asked them thinking about it.

Are all those bins part of your filter?! all running simultaneously?

Hi Swimming_clueless
Yes they are, the water leaves the pond by way of the bottom drain and is sent by a pipe into the first vortex this spins the water breaking up bits of detritus.
It then travels through the next two flters containing the Jap Matting removing smaller particals
Then from there it goes to the last vortex through the Alfa grog the Clarifier, and Pump and is returned to the pond at an angle so the water starts a slow spiral to the bottom of the pond and starts all over again
Meanwhile the Spindrifter connected to the bottom of the drain supplies a constant stream of bubbles to the pond.
Another air pump supplys air to the three filters with medium those helping the growth of helpful bacteria.
To clean there are a number of slide valves to open and shut, so as you can see it's far less labour intensive
rgrds
broxandval

That is INTENSE You're pond is probably gonna be crystal clear with all that ha ha. You'll see straight down to the bottom

WOW!!! That is amazing!!!! So you plan to ship all the extra's to me, right? Huh buddy???

Darn good deal for sure!

Hi Route3drummer
Only the pond and the first four vortex's are mine bud, the sister of mine is the one in the background (which give you an idea of what the size is if you zoom in)
I suppose you could always Phone Stu and Mel to see if it hasn't been sold then get it shipped over.
We agree though we got ourselves a bargin, gonna pressure wash everthing this weekend to get it looking like new again
rgrds
broxandval

Awesome set up.
What did it cost over all?
Your filtration system looks awesome (now you need a way to hide it, lol!)

Your 'soon to get' diamondback sturgeon will LOVE your filtration.
They love excellent water and with they will have a blast!
How many are you getting?
One, or two?

Turn the filters into a set of bleachers lmao. Two rows of them, for people to sit down, and then put a dolphin in (since you have so much water ) and run a show!

Hi Jayesh
Our overall layout s far has been £600,(the original cost to Stu and Mel was £3,000 for twin units making ours worth £1,500), the only thing for the time being we will do with the Vortex's is to put lids on the top.
Perhaps a little later we may box them in (we'll see on that).
I'm glad you say that the diamond backed Sturgeon will just love our filtration.
We'll get just one for the time being, with perhaps another later on
two of the filters are full with Jap Matting and another at the end of the sequence is full of Alfa Grog , with an opyion tp add brushes.
We hope that these answers helpful to you?
rgrds
broxandval

Hi Swimming_clueless
we could have the dolpins jumping from filter to filter
rgrds
broxandval

Hi Brox, just how big is your pond, how many gallons or liters, what are the dimensions?