projects: ozzie's Pond
Summer 2002
Ozzie's pond is over 13,000 gallons in size and features 2 bottom drains, 4 jets and 2 box skimmers
It is filtered with both Aquadyne and Fluidart bead filters along with a Nitritech 3 chamber system. It also has a 240 gallon settlement tank and many other details which make this a very technically proficient pond
This shot is early in the construction. The bottom drains are clearly visible and you can see the concrete collar. There was still a lot of shaping and bowling to do
Here we can see the settlement chamber, the flushing chamber and the pump box. The is an air compressor also located in the pump box
We attached a priming pot to this dolphin pump. It feeds 3 jets which are ball valve controlled
Finally the filling process has begun.This is the exciting time of the build
A 3 chamber nitritech filter is the core of the system. As it is above ground, it can be fully drained
Ozzie covers his pond for the Winter and runs a pool heater to keep it warm
Building a good pond is quite an undertaking.
We build every pond like it was our very own !
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Construction Fundamentals page to see
the steps to success that we advocate
Visit
Portfolio 5 to
see more of this pond