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Offline JohnInFlorida

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There's a light at the end of my pond tunnel!
« on: October 23, 2006, 10:52:43 AM »
As some of you know, I've been working on converting my inground swimming pool to a backyard pond for quite some time and I've been pinching myself lately cause it looks like I'm coming down to the wire.

The mechanical filter pits are done ...
 


The pumphouse is ready ...
 

The pumps are primed ...
 

And the pond is filling ... slowly, but filling ...

We're on a well here, so I've been filling the pond 90 minutes on & 90 minutes off. Hopefully I won't overtax the well pump as I'd rather not have to replace that along with everything else.

I've ordered 5 yards of 1/2" river rock to fill the bogs for bio filtration and that will be delivered on saturday. The filling should be complete well before that. Once I get the rock spread in the bogs I think I'll be in the fine tuning stage ...

The water in the "minipond" is still at 70/71 deg F but the water from the well is filling at 58 degs ... I'm going to leave the minipond flow/filtration separate for now 'cause I really don't think the goldies will be happy with the temp change if I combine them at this time. The mini and the fountain in it are designed to run off the main pumps but I've been running them separately with a Little Giant MD4 temporarily. Switching it over is just a matter of disconnecting the LG and capping the pipe that attaches it to the system and opening two valves. That will wait until the temps in the pond and minipond equalize.

As you can tell, I'm a bit excited that it's finally here and


My gosh! I think it might actually happen!  :D @O@  @O@  @O@ :D

Keep Smilin'
John :)


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Re: There's a light at the end of my pond tunnel!
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2006, 11:02:31 AM »
Woo Hoo!! I'm so glad to see that it's almost done!! @O@ @O@ Looks Great!
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Re: There's a light at the end of my pond tunnel!
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2006, 11:56:30 AM »
I can't wait to see the finished product!!!  So very cool to have a pond that size!!!
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Re: There's a light at the end of my pond tunnel!
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2006, 12:08:56 PM »
woohoo for you !  I know how long and hard youve worked and it is going to be fabulous!

Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel seems so far away... you dont a great job!

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Re: There's a light at the end of my pond tunnel!
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2006, 01:06:35 PM »
I'm sooo happy for you....I would die to have a pond that big....can't wait to see it with  o( .....
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Re: There's a light at the end of my pond tunnel!
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2006, 01:32:02 PM »
Looks terrific. Nice job on the pumphouse- looks neat, organized, easy to access, and screened off.  O0
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Re: There's a light at the end of my pond tunnel!
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2006, 04:12:14 PM »
Congratulations on getting to the light  :). Looks like it's going to be great. Those look like some heavy duty pumps  :o
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Re: There's a light at the end of my pond tunnel!
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2006, 04:17:04 PM »
Congratulations :)
Be sure and post more pictures!
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Re: There's a light at the end of my pond tunnel!
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2006, 04:45:14 PM »
I'm jealous!  It looks wonderful!
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Re: There's a light at the end of my pond tunnel!
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2006, 05:04:28 PM »
What an amazing undertaking.
Looks like things are comming along just great O0

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Re: There's a light at the end of my pond tunnel!
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2006, 05:53:02 PM »
When it gets all done and it's beautiful, I'm gonna come and visit you and jump in and swim with the fishies!!!  (There's some people here who would like to see that happen sooner, rather than later!!)
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« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2006, 08:18:47 PM »
As the girls say John WooHoo! @O@ I know how long and hard you have worked getting pond finished. Will be beautiful when done. Thanks for sharing your success with us. Please keep posting pictures. O0
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Re: There's a light at the end of my pond tunnel!
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2006, 10:09:14 PM »
Wow!!! What a pond. Your hard work is sure going to be worth it when the water is all in and you can enjoy it everyday.
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Re: There's a light at the end of my pond tunnel!
« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2006, 08:52:39 PM »
That is going to be awesome.  Can't wait to see the little  o( o( o( swimming around in there.

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Re: There's a light at the end of my pond tunnel!
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2006, 06:15:16 AM »
Nice system.  Looks like you thought of everything.  Your hard work paid off. Beautiful!
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Re: There's a light at the end of my pond tunnel!
« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2006, 08:46:50 AM »
I can't wait to see the final pics!!   O0
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Re: There's a light at the end of my pond tunnel!
« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2006, 04:21:40 PM »
Nice system it is!  Not overly complicated . I'd like a pump house one day O0
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