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angryant

Posts: 57 Join date: 2009-05-16 Age: 36 Location: Blouberg
 | Subject: Re: Bobby's new pond Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:38 pm | |
| now here is a man that knows what his doing, One day i will have a setup like this for my koi well done omm bobby i enve you awsome looking good. _________________ Shawn Van Straaten There Are Those That Dream Dreams And Then There Are Those That Have The Guts To Make There Dreams Come True.
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Bobby

Posts: 403 Join date: 2008-06-30 Location: Malmesbury Cape Town
 | Subject: Re: Bobby's new pond Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:29 pm | |
| Thanks Shawn Over the past two years I have had many advice help and support from Koi Keepers, forum people, dealers and personal Koi friends. The pond was designed by Julie de Villiers from KoiCare in Pretoria without ever visiting my property. This was achieved by mailing photographs of the area and my terrible measurements. One only has to ask and the Koi keepers will part with their secrets and share pitfalls to avoid. Having said all off this, should my pond be successful it stands to reason it my design, should it fail it is the bum advise received from my bum Koi keeper friends.  _________________ Bobby Matthee Koi- The Art of Waterkeeping
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Bobby

Posts: 403 Join date: 2008-06-30 Location: Malmesbury Cape Town
 | Subject: Re: Bobby's new pond Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:58 am | |
| Vanogend lui my foon en ek skrik toe ek sien dis die SF se baas. Baie skaam antwoord ek toe maar en kry gou ‘n bekvol. Jy jaag net K#@&% aan hoekom luister jy nie na my nie! Nee nie regtig nie ooom Pieter het goeie raad gegee wat ek lank oorweeg het. Pieter het aanbeveel dat ek aan die een kant lintels oorsit, en sodoende loopspasie aan die een kant bo op die watervlak aanbring, dit sal ook baie help met die vangery van Koi. Ek sal met hierdie idée geen water volume prys gee nie maar wel die persepsie van dam grootte. Pieter ek is so lank gespot met die klein dammetjie dat ek nou nie eers persepsie wil inboed nie. Ek het geen plek vir ander dam, so vir eers sal dit die laaste een wees en ek wil graag die meeste wateroppervlakte sien wat beskikbaar is. Sal dalk jou idée in toekoms op ander projek kan toepas. Dankie vir advies. Ek behoort binne dag of twee die trickle towers te kan aandui en sal dit tot bo toebou om nie vanaf pad of huis sigbaar te wees nie. As we speak my Nexus 300 is on its way from Vredenburg, at last after more than a year it will be on my property and I am eager to fit it in my filter bay. I hope it fits and that the 110 bottom drain pipe is in the correct position. _________________ Bobby Matthee Koi- The Art of Waterkeeping
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Marius Bezuidenhout

Posts: 494 Join date: 2009-01-29 Age: 43 Location: Bloem but currently Mbeya/Tanzania
 | Subject: Re: Bobby's new pond Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:34 am | |
| Ek begin nou sommer jaloers raak oor die mooi dam en die vordering wat plaasvind. Bobby, jy moet nou nog net die klein stukkie gras wat langs swembad is verlang met die volgende: http://www.vandyckcarpets.com/ProductOutDoorProfile.aspx?Id=3Die ''Leisure range'' lyk goed en as jy sand onder mat plaas werk dit net so goed soos gras. Jy sal tyd spaar om gras te sny en meer tyd he om saam Koi te spandeer noudat daar in elk geval nie meer WP en VS rugby is om te kyk nie |
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Bobby

Posts: 403 Join date: 2008-06-30 Location: Malmesbury Cape Town
 | Subject: Re: Bobby's new pond Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:10 am | |
| Maruis, ''Leisure range'' thats my kind of product. "LG" The Nexus arrived last night and after a few soft drinks we placed it in the filter bay. I did not have the courage to do it earlier for fear of pipework and nexus not fitting. I had a good night sleep between 2 and 5.   _________________ Bobby Matthee Koi- The Art of Waterkeeping
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Jan
Posts: 70 Join date: 2009-02-01 Age: 59 Location: Johannesburg
 | Subject: Re: Bobby's new pond Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:16 am | |
| Ek maak toe vandag oop en sien die: | Pieter J de Villiers wrote: | jy beweeg nou op f@kk@n dun ys, ek kan jou my familie stamboom stuur, ek is niks van hom nie! Ek beskou dit as 'n beledinging om met hom vergelyk of verwys te word! Ek sal dit waadeer as dit nie weer gebeur nie. |
Pieter As ek jou beleedig het vra ek om verskoning. Gelukkig sal ek jou kan verstaan as jy oor die radio of TV praat, die ander ou verstaan ek nie. |
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Pieter J de Villiers

Posts: 581 Join date: 2007-09-17 Age: 58 Location: Krugersdorp, Gauteng,South Africa
 | Subject: Re: Bobby's new pond Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:24 am | |
| Jan, Ag, baie dankie, nou voel ek al beter..............maar moet se die vergelykings is nie meer snaaks nie, gelukkig het ek 'n i in my naam! |
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Bobby

Posts: 403 Join date: 2008-06-30 Location: Malmesbury Cape Town
 | Subject: Re: Bobby's new pond Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:59 pm | |
| Shaped the water pit with concrete & removed grid for overnight galvanizing.  Shapes a concrete bevel 250 x 250 around bottom drains, ready for plastering  _________________ Bobby Matthee Koi- The Art of Waterkeeping
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Bobby

Posts: 403 Join date: 2008-06-30 Location: Malmesbury Cape Town
 | Subject: Re: Bobby's new pond Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:42 am | |
| This construction will be the roof of a Koi house in the USA. Maybe I should consider to put this on my filter bay to hide the green trickle towers from street view.  _________________ Bobby Matthee Koi- The Art of Waterkeeping
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Eugen

Posts: 101 Join date: 2008-01-29 Age: 36 Location: Parow,Cape Town
 | Subject: Re: Bobby's new pond Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:50 pm | |
| nou wil jy lekker mal gaan  |
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Bobby

Posts: 403 Join date: 2008-06-30 Location: Malmesbury Cape Town
 | Subject: Re: Bobby's new pond Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:37 pm | |
| Ja Eugen, jou venster voorstel her my beursie mal genoeg gemaak. Vandag die 316 .... 60mm hoekyster x 6m ... vanaf Gauteng gekry, raam is in. Nou ja ons praat nie oor die kostes nie. Bestel more glas 2250 x 750 x 42 _________________ Bobby Matthee Koi- The Art of Waterkeeping
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Bobby

Posts: 403 Join date: 2008-06-30 Location: Malmesbury Cape Town
 | Subject: Re: Bobby's new pond Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:54 pm | |
| Will be installing the trickle towers tomorrow!....time and weather permitting. Cleaned the last 8mths dust from them today, had a 110 pipe with rubber on the one side, crimped to a 90mm on the opposite side made up by Umbhobho in Brackenfell today. Thanks Collin Galvanizing is done, so I can install the 2 green monsters tomorrow, its going to take lots of brickwork to hide them from view. _________________ Bobby Matthee Koi- The Art of Waterkeeping
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Collin
Posts: 160 Join date: 2008-04-27 Location: Pretoria
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Bobby

Posts: 403 Join date: 2008-06-30 Location: Malmesbury Cape Town
 | Subject: Re: Bobby's new pond Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:27 am | |
| One trickle tower in position one to go!  _________________ Bobby Matthee Koi- The Art of Waterkeeping
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Marius Bezuidenhout

Posts: 494 Join date: 2009-01-29 Age: 43 Location: Bloem but currently Mbeya/Tanzania
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