pond is filled and stocked!

I've been mainly mainly lurking for, what a year now...., anyway thanks
everyone for their help.
Pond is filled, pumping and stocked.
Here is a picture of my wife and i toasting the opening.
http://www.injection-moldings.com/EB...nd/toast1s.jpg

Here is what I hope is a very clever VF design. Water pumps from
underneath. I built a frame that holds florescent light grid panels.
To clean it I hope to be able to lift the panel I want and clean under
it. We planted it with wonderful stuff we found in a local creek;
watercress, several rushes, cat tails, parrot feather, and several other
things I have no clue what they are.
Here's a shot of the frame and grid:
http://www.injection-moldings.com/EBPAGE/pond/vf4s.jpg.

Filtration is a bottom drain hidden in a pot and a no-niche skimmer.
Both are gravity drained with 3" pipe (big headache changing to 3")
http://www.injection-moldings.com/EB...%20drainss.jpg

We also bought a lotus and lily and a few other things at the pond store.

Thanks again for all the help. Lots of work left to do! (OK, I must be
hooked. I was at a friends house around their small swimming pool and
all I could thing was what a nice size koi pond this would be.)

Mark Bannister

Wow! Thanks for all the pictures!
Looks wonderful and innovative
and can hardly wait to hear further
reports.
Welcome to the PORG!

kathy :-)
www.blogfromthebog.com

"mark Bannister" wrote in message
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I've been mainly mainly lurking for, what a year now...., anyway thanks
everyone for their help.
Pond is filled, pumping and stocked.
Here is a picture of my wife and i toasting the opening.
http://www.injection-moldings.com/EB...nd/toast1s.jpg
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Keep us updated (with more pics) as the fish and plants grow. :-)
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mark Bannister wrote:
I've been mainly mainly lurking for, what a year now...., anyway thanks
everyone for their help.

Hey, it is alwayd good to help a fellow atheist.

Did you know that all rec.ponder are atheists and and hate JW's

Looks wonderful Mark, cheers on the toast. ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~