Member's Ponds
Rod & Dianne Taylor;
Brian & Lorna Whipp;
Steve & Angie Watson;
Fred & Jean Brice;
Christine Sharp & Dave Crittle; George & Olive Loft; Peter Toon & Jo Lang; (Revised) Tony & Diane Flood;
Heather & Glen Moore: Barry & Angie Novis; (Revised) Phil Watts; Irene & Michael Burbridge (New)
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1. ROD & DIANNE TAYLOR
Pond Number 1 - The Newer Pond
Gallonage - 7150 gallons in main pond with another 700
gallons of vegetable filter with goldfish, tench, bream etc
in the vegetable filter. The filter was the original garden
pond and was built by Rod and Dianne.
Pond shape - Rectangular
Dimensions - 16' x 11' x 6'6" deep
Construction - Block and render inner structure, with
reinforcing and cement outer structure
Waterproofing - Fibreglass
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Bottom Drains - Two
Filter Feeds - From bottom drains
Pipe work - 11/2" and 2" for returns and 4" from bottom
drain to filter
Filtration - Two Nexus 300 with Answer/Easy and 365 litres
of K1 media plus sponges on outlet for fine particles
Location - Across path from pond
Aeration - 2 air domes on bottom drains, 4 x air stones in
vegetable filter
Pumps - 3 x Sequence 10000, two for nexus and one for
skimmer
Water Returns - 2 high level plus one to vegetable filter
from nexus, one mid level and one low level from skimmer
Other Equipment - 1 x Airtech 80, 4 x Airtech 40, 1 x
Superfish 20, 2 x 55w UV, 2 x 25w UV, 1 x 6kw Electro Heater
- all in separate bay on side of pond
The pond holds
30 Koi of all sizes from 30cm to 55cm.
Pond Number 2 - Older smaller Pond
Gallonage - 1885 gallons
Shape - Rectangular
Dimensions - 11' x 6'6" x 4'6" deep
Construction - Block and render
Waterproofing - Fibreglass
Bottom Drains - One
Filter Feeds - From bottom drain
Pipe work - 11/2" and 2" for returns and 3" from bottom
drain to filter
Filtration - Nexus 200 with Answer plus 130 litres of K1
media, Sponge on outlet for fine particles
Location - Across path from pond
Aeration - 5 x air stones plus redox 1 metre air tube
Pump - Aquamax 5500
Water Returns - One
Other Equipment - 3 x Airtech 40, 1 x 35w UV, 1 x 3kw
'Electro' Heater - all in separate bay on side of pond
The pond holds
30+ Koi of all sizes from 15cm to 45cm
NOTE
All ponds/tanks are fed through 'Purity on Tap' water
purifiers, with auto top facility on each pond.
All ponds have purge facilities from bottom drains with
waste water pumping automatically to the drains.
All power is fed from protected fused supply and each
electrical device is also individually fused.
The pond and filtration hold a total of 3000 gallons. Built in 1997 it has one bottom drain with a airdome and two filtration systems.
Three 'Highblow' 40's feed air to the seven air stones in the main filtration unit, airdome and air curtain in the pond.
The pond is gravity feed to a large vortex which supplies the three bay filter. One has brushes and two bays have Japanese matting. Two 'Grunfos' circulating pumps feed the the pond, one via 55w UV and the other via a vegetable filter planted with Arum lilies and Irises.
The pond is constructed in brick and concrete block and has been fibre glassed. A third 'Grunfos' pump from a skimmer returns via a 'EazyPod' filter to the pond at mid level. This circuit has a 2kw 'Electro' pond heater.
The pond is covered in the winter months with a polycarbonate roof.
The pond contains 13 Koi of mixed variety up to size six.
Completed in May 1999, the pond is 19ft x 14ft and is 8ft deep. Constructed with 18in hollow concrete blocks, rendered with fibre mix and fibre glassed, it holds 8888 gallons excluding filtration.
The filter system set behind and below the rockery (or 'bomb shelter' as Angie lovingly describes it!) is feed by four 4 inch 'Paragon' flip top bottom drains to two vortex's each measuring 4ft diameter and 8ft deep.
With the two 4 bay 'World of Koi' filters, filtration is 3640 gallons. Two 750 'Sequence' pumps plus a 1/6th hp pump drive the system. There are two returns to the pond with a surface skimmer feeding a vegetable filter via a protein skimmer, returning to the pond via a weir.
With air pumps, a bank of u/v lamps totalling 165 watts completes the system. A 50,000 btu boiler keeps the pampered pets warm in the cooler months.
This pond was constructed in 1999. It is cement block, rendered and fibre glassed. Size is 18ft X 9ft and 5' 3in deep holding 6000 gallons. Two 4in bottom drains feed a filter system containing Vortex, brushes, flocor, Jap matting and sponges.
The
pond has a 55watt u/v, is heated by a gas heat exchanger and is driven by
a
1.8hp 'Bressner' pump. A 'Oase' pump drives the skimmer which
feeds a vegetable filter with return to the pond via a weir.
The pond holds 30 odd koi ranging between 18 - 30ins. Fred & Jean also have a fine fish house to bring on babies and a 300 gallon quarantine system.
5. CHRISTINE SHARP & DAVE CRITTLE
This self build pond was started 4 years ago (2002) and was filled 2 years later. It is still not complete and there are quite a few features yet to be added. The pond is gravity feed and holds 4000 gallons not including the filters. The 2 bottom drains feed into a large vortex with a 4 bay filter holding brushes, flocor and Jap matting.
A Sequence pump drives the system through a 35 watt U.V. to a selection of 4 pond inlets with a separate pump from the skimmer feeding a vegetable filter which returns to the pond over a weir. This, with 2 air pumps gives plenty of oxygen to the system.
The pond is constructed with cement thermal blocks and reinforced concrete and was fibre glassed by Dave himself. Water pipe heating elements have been placed under the floor of the pond and will be connected to a gas boiler which will also serve the under floor heated 500 gallon quarantine system recently constructed (Dec 2006).
Christine & Dave also have a small quarantine tank of 50 gallons with a indoor Aquarium of 28 gallons to bring on their babies!
A 'D' shaped pond of 5500 gallons (25000 litres) and 6' (1.9 metres) deep lined with fibreglass and complete with a bottom drain and air dome.
Filtered by a 4 bay filter starting
with a vortex, followed by a brush chamber, then flocor with
air stones and lastly jap matting with air stones. There is
an electric bay with 1 x 55w UV, 1 x 15w UV, 2 'Grunfos'
25/55 pumps plus a High Blow 40 and 60.
The pond has a skimmer powered by a Sequence 750 pump. The fish are mostly Go Sanke plus a Chagoi and some Shiro Utsuri.
There is also a quarantine system at the bottom of the garden of 272 gallons (1235 litres) with air stones, 15w UV and a small filter of flocor and air pump.
7. Peter Toon & Jo Lang's Pond
Peter & Jo have a natural looking Koi pond, which has recently been raised after
alterations.
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Although it has held fish since 2003, it has now been fibre glassed and a window built into the wall. It holds apx 3000 gallons (including filters) and is filtered by two Three Bay filters containing flocor, foam & jap matting. It is 4 foot deep with two bottom drains gravity feed powered by two Grunfos pumps. Air is supplied by two 80 Ltr Blagdons and has two 30 watt U.V.s.
The Pergola has been hand made using oak.
A uniquely covered pond of 3530 gallons (16026 litres), it is 5' deep (1.5 metres) with a bottom drain and air dome to a gravity feed vortex and four bay filter containing brushes. flocor. jap matting and alfagrog.
Air stones and dome are feed by a 80 litre air pump. The
pond pump is a 'Blagdon' 10000 litre and hour system which
goes through a 55w UV. The pond contains around 30 Koi of
various varieties.
Tony and Diane also have a heated quarantine system of 350 gallons (1590 litres) run by a box filter with a UV and a 40 litre air pump.
9. Heather & Glen Moore's Pond
From an old pond 9ft x 8ft and 4ft deep holding 2000 gals, Heather and Glen Moore have recently altered it to hold 3,500 gallons.
Starting in February 2007, they had their new
pond finished and running within four weeks.
The new pond is 12ft x 8ft.8in x 6ft deep and fitted with
liner. Filters are a vor-tec 30000 with sequence pump 10000
and an aerated bottom drain plus a skimmer.
A glass window 3ft x18"x19mm.has been fitted. The top half of the new pond is constructed in 9 "x 2" wood with loft insulation between panels. It is finished in white cladding.
10. Barry & Angie Novis's pond
The pond is 12.5 feet long by 8 feet wide by 8 feet deep , in total 5000 gallons. The filters are clover leaf 4 ,gravity fed bottom drain pumped back through a 55 watt yamatsui UV, by a sequence 10000. also a skimmer runs a fluidised bed filter M70P fed by a 3500 aquamax pump (surface mounted). A Gatwick Koi 'Shower' unit is also fitted.
It is a timber construction above ground with a new roof and filter house recently completed. It has a viewing window and the pond is lined with a Fawcetts liner.
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The pond holds 5300 gallons and measures 24ft x 12 x 5 deep.
The filters have a Vortex, brush chamber plus 2 chambers
with Japanese matting and foam cartridges fed by 2 Grunfos
25/55 pumps.
There is a 60 watt UV and two
hiblow 40's (1 in winter). Double drop waterfall fed by one
Grunfos 25/55 pump and automatic feeder in the summer.
The pond holds apx. 34 fish. The
oldest is about 20 years old. Fish sizes are between size
1 to size 6.
12. Irene
& Michael Burbidge's pond
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Constructed in 2010 the pond with two viewing windows. It is raised and is 10 foot square holding 4.000 gallons and is gravity feed with one bottom drain with Spindrift airdome, 7 foot deep and fibre glassed. Filtration has a very large vortex containing brushes feeding one filter containing four bays with Flocor, two Jap matting and Alfagrog. One large Grunfos pump feeds into pond via a 55 watt U.V. and 2 one & half inch inlets. A skimmer with outlet directed towards bottom drain is powered by a small Grunfos pump.
