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KoiCop · 2 Weeks Ago

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MATTHEW · 2 Weeks Ago

Love your pond! I noticed on the last picture your cetus screen is going the wrong direction. The tab on the screen should be at the top. Easy fix

Great pond!

JasPR · 2 Weeks Ago

Well done!

Really like your stocking level, Don. STAY strong!

JR

farne230 · 2 Weeks Ago

Don, I love your set up. Very clean, easy to maintain and organized. You want to fly down to south texas and do ours?
Congradulations.
Bob

drussell · 1 Week Ago

and ........nice work!

David

woodyaht · 1 Week Ago

Very nice job Don!!!!!!!! What more could you ask for, excelent work, good times with good company, and Nancy got her purse

KoiCop · 4 Days Ago

Thanks for all the nice comments. I sure hope Nancy's passed them on to Frank.

A few updates to report:

1. We thought that the Cetus Pond Sieve had been manufactured with double wall construction, but in actuality the lower portion is single wall -- and it's very flexible. I mention this because (after we finished packing around it with sand and finishing the cement, stone and mortar work) we noticed that the float seemed to be pinched a bit as it no longer travelled up and down in the channel freely (as opposed to how it had functioned before). So we had to bust it all out and build a vault to keep it from deforming under the pressure then finish it, again.

2. Both of the air nipples coming out of the gunite (for the DIY air domes) were damaged during the previous work and had to be repaired -- which required the pond to be drained about 75%.

3. While we were at it, we lowered and balanced the two no niche skimmer units.

4. And finally, we patched some cracks from earth movement (where we'd shot the 'new' gunite pond underneath some 'old' waterfalls from our prior watergarden) using A&B epoxy putty.

As you can see, the koi couldn't have seemed to care less.

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KoiCop · 4 Days Ago

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gspotmc · 4 Days Ago

Don,
Congratulations on a job well done. Now you can startwroking on your water softener.

Lam Nguyen · 4 Days Ago

Looking very good Don. Landscaping's very nice. I am so envious of Cali weather. While it will be nice here in Portland over the next few days, the weather fluctuates so much that it's hard to get a long enough season to get a good growing season up here.......thinking about packign up and head south more and more every day..............

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KoiCop Oyagoi Join Date: May 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 2,470	Monday (continued): . . . . . . . . . . . __________________ Don Koi Kichi & Water Garden Club, AKCA *ZNA, Southern California* *Southern California Koi Club, AKCA* *CKHPA*

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drussell Tosai Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hudson ,Fl Posts: 35	Wow !!! and ........nice work! David

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KoiCop Oyagoi Join Date: May 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 2,470	Thanks for all the nice comments. I sure hope Nancy's passed them on to Frank. A few updates to report: 1. We thought that the Cetus Pond Sieve had been manufactured with double wall construction, but in actuality the lower portion is single wall -- and it's very flexible. I mention this because (after we finished packing around it with sand and finishing the cement, stone and mortar work) we noticed that the float seemed to be pinched a bit as it no longer travelled up and down in the channel freely (as opposed to how it had functioned before). So we had to bust it all out and build a vault to keep it from deforming under the pressure then finish it, again. 2. Both of the air nipples coming out of the gunite (for the DIY air domes) were damaged during the previous work and had to be repaired -- which required the pond to be drained about 75%. 3. While we were at it, we lowered and balanced the two no niche skimmer units. 4. And finally, we patched some cracks from earth movement (where we'd shot the 'new' gunite pond underneath some 'old' waterfalls from our prior watergarden) using A&B epoxy putty. As you can see, the koi couldn't have seemed to care less. . . . . . . . . . .

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2 Weeks Ago	#82 (permalink)
MATTHEW Nisai Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 52	Love your pond! I noticed on the last picture your cetus screen is going the wrong direction. The tab on the screen should be at the top. Easy fix Great pond!

2 Weeks Ago	#83 (permalink)
JasPR Oyagoi Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,478	Well done! Really like your stocking level, Don. STAY strong! JR

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farne230 Tategoi Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 308	Don, I love your set up. Very clean, easy to maintain and organized. You want to fly down to south texas and do ours? Congradulations. Bob

1 Week Ago	#86 (permalink)
woodyaht Jumbo Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Stockton,Ca. Posts: 518	Very nice job Don!!!!!!!! What more could you ask for, excelent work, good times with good company, and Nancy got her purse

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gspotmc Jumbo Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Walnut, Ca Posts: 817	Don, Congratulations on a job well done. Now you can startwroking on your water softener.

4 Days Ago	#90 (permalink)
Lam Nguyen Tategoi Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 389	Looking very good Don. Landscaping's very nice. I am so envious of Cali weather. While it will be nice here in Portland over the next few days, the weather fluctuates so much that it's hard to get a long enough season to get a good growing season up here.......thinking about packign up and head south more and more every day..............