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      New Project

      More ponds, three more to be exact. I got a good deal on three 9 foot blue poly water troughs. They are round, like the Dream Ponds show tanks, same blue color, only rigid poly. 9' wide by 30" deep. I will be setting them up for holding tanks for small Koi next spring. Each one will have a Sand/Gravel filter powered by an Evolution ES 1500 pump.

      I was able to borrow a small tractor from a Koi friend so I leveled the spot where they will be going. Had lots of rocks to dig out. Next I will add clean fill to level the site.
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      So it should be done sometime tomorrow?
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      Quote Originally Posted by Luck View Post
      So it should be done sometime tomorrow?
      Not quite. I'm off to CA. Sun for a week so it will be after I get back.

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      Quote Originally Posted by birdman View Post
      Not quite. I'm off to CA. Sun for a week so it will be after I get back.
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      Quote Originally Posted by Luck View Post
      Lucky dog!
      You wouldn't think so if you saw the rain we got last night.
      I have my fingers and toes crossed that we get sun this week.

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      Quote Originally Posted by birdman View Post
      Not quite. I'm off to CA. Sun for a week so it will be after I get back.
      I am already packed, LOL


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      Quote Originally Posted by birdman View Post
      Not quite. I'm off to CA. Sun for a week so it will be after I get back.
      Where you going in Ca? No Sun the San Jose are this weekend. I am trying to dig and pour the footing for my pond this weekend, and keep getting rained on.... At least the digging is easy when I can get outside. Of course my muddy feet messed up the nice smooth dirt floor in the excavation.... Will have to go back and smooth that out later.

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      Quote Originally Posted by 1Kflyerguy View Post
      Where you going in Ca? No Sun the San Jose are this weekend. I am trying to dig and pour the footing for my pond this weekend, and keep getting rained on.... At least the digging is easy when I can get outside. Of course my muddy feet messed up the nice smooth dirt floor in the excavation.... Will have to go back and smooth that out later.
      I am headed for Oakland. My client guaranteed me it never rains in Oakland.

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      Good day today. Got the fill in and leveled.
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      Then I started on the filtration. An Evolution ES 1500 feeding a well mate sand/gravel filter. There will be three of these, one for each tank.
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      Quote Originally Posted by birdman View Post
      I am headed for Oakland. My client guaranteed me it never rains in Oakland.
      Not so sure about that... but at least the rain seems to have passed for now. Oakland is just a bit north of me. I think the rest of the week should nice from what I hear.

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      Looking good. Can't wait to see the finished ponds.....I know you'll have something special made up for each one of them.....Have a nice trip.....
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      I'm waiting too, I have a 9' x 28" blue Behlan County stock tank with a 1500 gph pump, a tetra bottom and this week I'm converting my 55gal matala filter to a sand & gravel.
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      Quote Originally Posted by IMSALSMOM View Post
      I'm waiting too, I have a 9' x 28" blue Behlan County stock tank with a 1500 gph pump, a tetra bottom and this week I'm converting my 55gal matala filter to a sand & gravel.
      Sounds just like what I'm doing.

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      Nice and sunny here today. When are you headed to O'town? Gonna be nice all week, with the next rain on track for Saturday and the ikeage.

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      He's flying in to Oakland but the job he is working on is in Lafayette.

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