| yes you can siphon, sure..ive done it using a compressor that sucks with a six inch pipe and by playing with buckets of water and pvc cappings.
howevre the cheapest way was to put a pipe in throught the wall as they were dug. so try get em to put 4 pipes in four ponds now if you can manage it.
leave it there permanent and it takes about 10 seconds to start and you dont have to lug pipes around. ill tell you now, that when your doing over 20 crops a year you dont need to waste time on things that coulda been remidied in the building process for about 50 bucks.
ive run a farm that was like that.. a total nightmare compared.
consider things like that to take away from your time enjoying life with friends, family or something other than kois.
you can gravity siphon only to a lower point which means you must have a low ditch or channel somewhere there.
throw a pipe in at that height of the channell through the wall with a cap or elbow and lenght (standpipe) internal or external woulda done the trick..which would let you drain to that depth and pump the rest. pack the dirt around it good.
thats why i was saying its not fun farming in holes in the ground.. they should be purpose built to make your farming days much easier.
anyway siphoning takes more time thats all. youll still be seeing fish. maybe you can make some money up and dig em in later if you do a good crop and make some sales.
maybe if you have a backhoe available someday when doing something else, you can do it right.
for me, well water is pumped from the ground and spring water is leaking form the ground.
thats good your using ground water with no trash but dont let the guard down on moving trash fish around on nets, in nets, in buckets of water, hyacynth if you use it etc.
i know everyone says dont use that net on that pond and then the next one but its hard to be strict on yourself.
ive often wished i had a new farm so i could avoid all the unwanteds.
sound slike youve got a chance kfg. |