We use ready mixed stuff, you know just add water, but we've only done small jobs.
Lime? Isn't there some chemical you can stick in to treat it?
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We use ready mixed stuff, you know just add water, but we've only done small jobs.
Lime? Isn't there some chemical you can stick in to treat it?
Treatment
The pool may be treated by filling it with water containing alum (a salt comprising a double sulphate of aluminium and potassium) in the proportion of 1 kg of alum to 500 litres of water. After one week it should be emptied and refilled with water containing 1 kg of Epsom salts per 500 litres and again allowed to stand for a week.
from a website about ponds.
"Finally, the pool should be emptied and refilled with clean water, then emptied again and refilled after one week. Fluoridated water should then be conditioned prior to stocking with fish.
Once the pool has been stocked and plant life established, it should not be disturbed for at least a year, except for occasional topping-up with fresh water.
Initially, the water may become cloudy, but this cloudiness should disappear again as the plant and fish life in the pond settle down."
soundsa like a balls ache.
:(
^
I have no idea how many litres my pond has in it.
how do i work that out?
^I don't know much about ponds, but couldn't you have just dug a hole and stuck some water in it? I mean that's what normal ponds are.
Fill it with water and then collect all the water into bottles and see how many bottles you've got.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
There may be a simpler answer, but I reckon that will be fun.:)
don't think so.Quote:
Originally Posted by NickA
surprisingly, it's nearly full now.
doesn't look like it's leaking yet.
the dogs are loving it.
^A more serious answer... guess, measure or maybe you can buy some sort of water meter to stick on the end of your hose.
About 5000 litresQuote:
Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thetyim
how did you work that out?
from my estimated dimensions?
dreading the water bill, if it needs re-filling too often.
wow it has only taken you a month to get to this stage. Impressive work.
closer to 2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Travelmate
:(
still it what we call "Dedication". What have been all too easy to back fill it and create a patio......Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
not again... gonna start another thread about it?Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
lazy git.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
well,Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
volume=surface area of the base mulitplied by the average height...
^it's just working out the surface are of the base and the average height that anuudlwyn needs to learn now:)
Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
I like mixed metaphors
do you have any?
lots of plants around the edges and some in the water are nice
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Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
Is this one?
it is very difficult to work out the volume of a shape like your pond, so just assume 5000 litres
Great work Cmn. so now you have to build a six foot fence to stop the dogs jumping in,or use it as a dog bath :)
I'm hoping that once we add plants to the pond edge they will get the idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady Hawk
got a pic of me bathing in it too.
:)
Go on post it i dare youQuote:
Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
I'd rather see that one!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
Forget all that crap, do you have a banana tree ??? If so then chop it up and put in the pond for 3 to 4 days, pump the water out and fill new in, check the pH and you're ready to go. That's how we do it with our tanks, no problems..Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
how?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalton
and what am i looking for?
Swimming Pool shop
Ph testing kit
Help is at handQuote:
Originally Posted by jizzybloke
Coaching Dwarf Swimmers
Drink the water and see if you die or have any nasty disease. If not, it's probably OK for the fishies.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon