awesome man!

Hier kom dit! Baie goed gedoen Bobby!!!!!!!!!!!

After 2 hrs

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Next I took some more caffeine and coupled the one air pump servicing the BD's. You cannot imagine the emotions

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Inspecting my filter sump

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Bobby is so stil, ek dink al die water het uitgeloop. LOL

Hy het 'n lek opgetel op sy top up lyn. Sien die water in die vorige photo in die sump.

Hy sal seker nou - nou vir ons vertel hoe en waar.

I don't know if you notice the water trickle streams in the filter sump.

After 2 prozac's from Jaco I could think straight and found the problem. The inlet water pipe above the pond was not secured yet. You will notice the water trickle from top of the pond to the bottom. The water run in the cavity of the wall on top of the pond and trickled down into the filter sump above my sealed area and ran down the sump.

The 32mm inlet water pipe was shorter by about 100mm than the outer cover pipe and the water pushed back into the wall.

I have now cut the pipes stuffed them with SF Pro-struck 67 and within the hour we will restart the process with the Prozac bottle closer this time round. I must have aged 5 years this morning.

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wayneb wrote:

Hy het 'n lek opgetel.

Ek hoop jy bedoel die dam, en nie hy nie

Hi LG,

Het hierdie net vir jou gekry!

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Sterkte!

Paul, Ja ek dink ek het ook in die proses paar lekke opgetel, ons los dit nou maar daar, soos die edele SF se ons praat nie oor sulke goed langs 'n Koi dam nie. Ek probeer nou baie geduldig wees om alles te laat droog word maar sal so teen 15hoo weer die metertjie laat loop tot die volgende issue.

Met elke stap van my herbou, het ek meer hare verloor!!!En net om jou te troos my dam lek weer effe, top hom op sodat my vrou nie te veel agterkom nie!

Sterkte. Daar gaan mos baie boeings oor- so ek is seker jy kan oorgaan na iets sterker!!!

Dankie Albie Ek gaan alle hulpmiddels nodig kry. Ek hoop net jy verwys nie na SA Airlink nie, ek het 25jaar op George lughawe vir SAL gewerk. Wel ek kan seker bly wees dit nou net die dam wat my verder grys maak.

So 10 minute gelede weer kraan oop gedraai, nou wag ek maar met die vlietuig spares hier langs my. Ek glo ek sal die volgende krisis met meer gemak kan hanteer.

Sorry ek het ook sy edele SF se panic button om my by te staan. LG

Soos om 'n groot skip die eerste keer in die water te sit, baie opwindend.
Geluk Bobby.

I promised myself to restore the front yard after pond build. Well you be the judge, I still want to change the garden lights and for the rest is must just grow. I will also add a frame-less pivot door at the entrance in January to be within the law and to protect my babies.

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No unexpected waterfalls on the outside as yet!!

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This is where I need to install the glass door.


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For the first time in 3.5 month no obstacles next to new pond.


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Hell Dis Mooi

Dit is wragtig mooi. Bobby laat die res van ons sleg lyk. Hierdie is defnetief nie nog 'n settlement chamber nie.

Ek sien ons is nog nie by die venster nie...gaan jy slaap vannag?

Hannes Uys het vir my lank gelede vir my gese, "n dam met 'n lek is altyd goed vir die koi"

Filling a pond is not for sussies, het so pas weer 'n floutetjie gekry.

I just returned from checking my KoiCare filter House when I heard water running and my sump pump starting up.
Needless to say that I got very concerned only to see that the Nexus purge valve is open and water streaming into the sump.

I will not be able to handle the stress of the window tonight so I will stop when it gets close. Eugen you should know the water is above the window ledge that you were standing on a few days ago.

WOW



Looking great!!!!

Your finshing is brilliant, so nice and neat and polished

Thanks David, My only real concern is that the water finishes up staying in the pond and does not look for escape roots.

I have to go and work seeing my Manager is away for the weekend so I stopped my water just on 20,000lt and pond about 2/3 filled. Will face the window tomorrow.

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Back from work and the water level is still were I left it 2.5 hrs ago. This means that there are no leaks in pipework as the mid water return and float level check is covered with water. Next issue window, or maybe I should wait until the morning before celebrating.

Overnight and I have lost to be thankful for as water level still 100% as I left it last night. Back to work and later this morning we will tackle the window.

All i want to say is that I do not recommend anyone with a weak heart observing the water rising up a window. Prozac is no longer helping

This Pic water approaching frame at 22000lts

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This one about 40cm above frame at 24000lt and still holding water.

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