Our Pond Maintenance and Set-up
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cliff_and_joann
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoThis is the set-up...the biological pond is 200 gallons
and it is just one aspect that helps keep our pond clear and healthy.The pond operation--The water flows between the biological pond and the main pond from underground tubing. The water enters the pond from the waterfalls, then goes through the bottom drain and then through the three mechanical filter tubs. The last filter tub contains the four pumps. After going through the filter tubs, the water then travels 18 feet underground and spills into the small biological pond, via the waterfall in back of the biological pond. The water travels through the biological pond getting scrubbed by all the vegetation in it's path and goes through a drain at the end of this pond --it then travels back 18 ft underground and spills into the main pond from under the small wood dock in back of the main pond. The process then starts all over again. The pond is a bare bottom pond and the entire pond bottom is slightly slanted toward the bottom drain. The only thing that is rocked is the 3ft x 5 ft beach section. The beach is cleaned weekly by hosing them full force with the garden hose, the rocked shelves are cleaned by hosing them as well.
cliff_and_joann
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoThe three tubs daisy chained together.
The drawing doesnt show it, but tub two is also divided
into sections with various material to trap the waste.Tub three is our polishing tub...it has one section in the front
to trap more waste before exiting the tub to make it's
journey to the biological pond. The water passes through the biological pond getting scrubbed by all the vegetation
in its way, then at the end, the water exits the biological
pond and enters the main pond from under the wooden
dock. This process is 24/7 ...The waste is trapped
in the filter boxes and the water is continually scrubbed and polished by the vegetation in the biological pond.
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoThe bio pond is the little patch of water to the upper
right of the pond...it is 18 feet away from the main pond.
cliff_and_joann
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoClear pond bottom, no rocks to get in the way of the water flow to the Bottom Drain.
Note: this is not to say that rocks on the bottom is bad, however, with a bottom drain the pond floor has to be rock free.
cliff_and_joann
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoThis is a drawing of the beach and the rock shelf
all around the pond. The beach is shallow and hosed
off weekly...
cliff_and_joann
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoThe beach used to have small rocks and pebbles...
we soon had to change it to big rocks as the koi would
pick up the rocks in their mouths, roll them around
and spit them out.
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoThis is the wood dock, I wanted a wood dock so drew this
up, of course the head guy wanted it to be functional as well
as pretty...This is where he houses the DIY skimmer that we had left over from our old swimming pool. We only use it in early spring and late fall to help catch the
floating stuff from the trees.
Many people have adapted this idea to hide their unsightly
filter tubs.
Here is a link that might be useful: Dock in use -- from June 28th 2013
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