Well, we moved early this year to a new home.. Beside building a new pond, the landscaping requires a lot of work.. With a busy life with work and young kids, I plan to take it slow.. I give myself 2 years to get the yard to a decent shape.. That seems a lot of time but its actually not.. The weather here allows us to really work outside for 4 months a year..
All the fishes are in a temporary housing, 1400 gallon Intex pool in garage.. The need for a new pond is on the top priority.. This will be another DIY pond, with limited budget.. Below is a plan. Any inputs are welcome. And please stay with the available equipment if possible. Other low cost equipment is OK but NO new & Expensive equipment at this point (not on the wife approval list ):
1. The pond will be around 4500 gallons liner pond, 15x10x4.5ft. Because the backyard is going up hill after the patio, as you see in the pic below, the back of the pond will be below/same as ground level. The front of the pond, at the patio, will be ~2ft above ground. This will limit the digging. And after seeing fishes in the intex pool, I like the idea of seeing fish up close.
2. Equipment in hand: 2 pumps (8200SEQ22 and ES5500). 2x Cetus sieves. 2x air pumps (40lpm and 20lpm), 8 cft K1 for MB, and ~200 lb feather rocks for shower. 1x57W UV, 2x S&G. And a few 55 Gallon barrels and few 300Gal Totes for MB and other needs
3. Filtration plan: I plan to have 2 circuits. 1 will be running year round, and 1 will run during summer month.
a. First circuit will run year round: 1x4BD to 1 sieve + 1x4 Skimmer to 1 sieve. Both sieve output connects together and go to 8200SEQ22 pump -> 3xS&G -> MB -> Water stream. There will be a bypass directly to pond that can be used in the winter.
b. Second circuit will run during summer only: Mid-level water -> ES5500 -> 3 tiers DIY shower -> water Stream or directly to pond. The first tier will be matala mat for pre-filter. Last 2 tiers will be feather rocks.
4. The UV probably go on the first circuit but still need to determine its location.
Thanks,
hp.