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About me: Project-aholicTwin Cities, MNEmployed for the last 18+ years as the Project Engineer for a large custom tradeshow exhibit company. I’m the one that figures out how to and how much for all new construction. Prior to the salaried position I owned my own custom fixture company for a number of years. Before that, I was a general contractor doing residential and small commercial remodeling.
I got married (not the first for either of us) March of 2003, which led to selling my townhouse and buying a larger house September of 2003. Now comes the major remodeling and landscaping projects! The 600 sq ft woodworking shop addition is complete as of March 2004. Two story sunroom and spa room and deck are complete (Nov 2005)
1,500g pond with stream, waterfall and grotto as part of the 2006/2007 projects is complete.
Nearly 30 years of freshwater aquariums and now over sixyears of saltwater reef aquariums with multiple tanks. I design and install reeftank systems as a sideline and design and fabricate most of my own equipment.
…and then in my spare time…….

My zone is: z4a MN
GardenWeb Member: 2004-03-16
Commented: building a new pond in a northern climate Mike, Have you noticed any issues with SpaFlex (flexible PVC) that is drained but going through the freeze cycles? I have three 2" lines that are buried but come up through the ground in the pump...
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Commented: Pond Treatment Questions As mentioned above, UV light as part of the filtration and plants are your best options for algae control and safest. Another option I use to kill algae is hydrogen peroxide. It is pretty cheap and no...
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Commented: city restrictions on ponds? When I was doing the original designs for my pond and waterfall I went to zoning and asked about regulations pertainig to ponds. The building inspector I was talking to told me they didn't have any re...
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