BYC Café

[DobieClose]

Did the avatar picture not give me away??!!

Although I love them, I do not now, nor have I ever had a Doberman.
My name is actually Dobie.

 

[DobieClose]

In a nutshell:
A deeper pond than the first.
4" bottom drain with air diffuser that feeds into a 60 gallon settling tank. Water flows up through the 2" outlet pipe and is first passed through poly shavings then a Matala filter wrapped around the outlet pipe.
Water pulls through the skimmer which is also connected to the top of the settling tank.
Water splits on the outlet side of the pump:
One line to the bio waterfall filter which has a 5" air sparger disc in the bottom to tumble the bio media and inject lots of oxygen into the system to really send the bacteria into turbo drive.
One line go through a UV clarifier and then back over the edge of the pond and aimed around the side wall of the planting shelf to swirl the water clockwise and down to the bottom drain.
I will have gold fish and keep the number to a low roar along with pond plants.
Maintenance will require dumping the skimmer screen, closing the knife valve on the settling tank and turning on a sludge pump with a hose that I will leave in the tank when I am running the bottom drain to empty the solids while hosing out the poly shavings and Matala filter. Then I'll open the knife valve and let the pond push whatever is in the 4" line up into the tank and pump it out again.
I'll check both once a week and see how often it needs to be done once the pond is established.
I'll have to prune the lilies and marginals but that's normal garden maintenance which I just love doing.

In a nutshell:
A deeper pond than the first.
4" bottom drain with air diffuser that feeds into a 60 gallon settling tank. Water flows up through the 2" outlet pipe and is first passed through poly shavings then a Matala filter wrapped around the outlet pipe.
Water pulls through the skimmer which is also connected to the top of the settling tank.
Water splits on the outlet side of the pump:
One line to the bio waterfall filter which has a 5" air sparger disc in the bottom to tumble the bio media and inject lots of oxygen into the system to really send the bacteria into turbo drive.
One line go through a UV clarifier and then back over the edge of the pond and aimed around the side wall of the planting shelf to swirl the water clockwise and down to the bottom drain.
I will have gold fish and keep the number to a low roar along with pond plants.
Maintenance will require dumping the skimmer screen, closing the knife valve on the settling tank and turning on a sludge pump with a hose that I will leave in the tank when I am running the bottom drain to empty the solids while hosing out the poly shavings and Matala filter. Then I'll open the knife valve and let the pond push whatever is in the 4" line up into the tank and pump it out again.
I'll check both once a week and see how often it needs to be done once the pond is established.
I'll have to prune the lilies and marginals but that's normal garden maintenance which I just love doing.

Will you install it ll yourself?

 

[DobieLover]

Will you install it ll yourself?

Yes.

 

[DobieClose]

Yes.

I REALLY need a play by play of this. Maybe YouTube or something?

 

[Sally PB]

Greetings from Caribou, Maine! DH and I are out for a friend's wedding, which is tomorrow, outside, at her house. Supposed to be 85, but hoping for some breeze.

We drove the approximately 1400 miles in two days. Actually, DH drove it all. I offered several times, but he said he was ok. He'd rather drive than ride, and I'd rather ride than drive, so it works out.

This morning, we climbed Haystack Mountain. Lovely view from up there. My legs were very happy for the exercise, after two days of sitting.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, Cafe', coffee is ready. Another triple digit day predicted here. This is getting boring.

 

[Mtn Margie]

Coffee is brewed! Have at it!
Sally, enjoy your trip and the hike sounds really fun.
We are supposed to be getting some rain this weekend, so just hoping on that.

 

[Mtn Margie]

Morning, Sour! I guess we will be coffeed- up and ready for the day!

 

[DebbieMarler]

Good morning, Cafe', coffee is ready. Another triple digit day predicted here. This is getting boring.

Same here, daily over 100 in northern Arkansas.

 

[DebbieMarler]

I woke up to a zipped chicken and got to watch him come out of his shell. I have 3 more in there. 1 of them has pipped. It's time to get the brooder set up.