Clarke's original pond was the prototypical first build. Although it was nice, it lacked filtration, a bottom drain and volume. After Clarke bought a nice Japanese Kohaku from us and visited me on site at another build, he became motivated to begin construction of his new pond. To the left you can see the digging has just begun and we are preparing to install the concrete collar
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This ponds volume would end up being 6,000 gallons in an L shape configuration. The pond measures about 28' long by 8' feet wide, the bottom section of the L measures 15 feet
The digging complete, you can see we have begun to run jets, air and returns. The 2" return (bottom middle) originates from the filter system which provides good water movement. There are also 4 jets which run from the skimmer (under the deck in the back right corner)
There is also an aeration station located at this end. The pond is sloped to the bottom drain which is about 20 feet from the end of the pond pictured here |
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The filter system is starting to take shape. It includes a Nitritech Vetex Vortex chamber, a 125 gallon rotating media chamber, and a 55 gallon polishing chamber with reticulated foam. There is one additional 55 gallon drum utilized for flushing. The water then feeds to the pump in the wooden pump box. The savio skimmer is also seen, this runs 3 jets. This shot is at the opposite end of the pond from the picture above right
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This pump box ended up being packed full of goodies. It houses a Dolphin 4000 which runs the filter system. The Dolphin 3000 operates 3 jets. The air compressor works the rotating media filter as well as a deep water air station
All equipment requires shut off valves in order to be able to easily remove if necessary |
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We also installed a heater. After the filter, the pump moves the water through the Elektra Pro 20 and then to the Heat Exchanger. The reservoir tank is not yet installed in the photograph far left
Clarke was all smiles, well most of the time that is! But seriously, this project was a little trying as we battled the cold weather and exhaustion as it was the end of the season. Although we were on site for about 75 hours, Clarke easily put in over 200 to bring this project together. It was a lot of work but enjoyable and I got to know Clarke pretty well. We have since gone down to Virginia a couple of times together to see Ray Abel's Mud Pond Harvest. Clarke has also put his own website together |
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