DIY 200,000 Litre Pond

[ryanlio]

Bro u mentioned about acrylic sheet.. but haven't seen any work yet.. are u using it to built it up above ground level?

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[xnsdvd]

Bro u mentioned about acrylic sheet.. but haven't seen any work yet.. are u using it to built it up above ground level?

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The acrylic's for the skimmer! lol! But yes the pond wall is going to be extended 1m above ground as well. There's a few reasons for it;

1) To prevent my 6 month old from accidentally falling in.

2) An extra meter of wall gives me 40% more volume.

3) Deeper pond = lower temperature

[Jameshong]

Must camp here to see the pond progress......

[Sani Boyan]

Very eager to see the final result...

[CKL]

Mega project and all the best for the remaining stages. May I ask if you have planned any side viewing section for your pond as there are another 1 plus meter of pond wall to go up?

[ryanlio]

Mega project and all the best for the remaining stages. May I ask if you have planned any side viewing section for your pond as there are another 1 plus meter of pond wall to go up?

Haha.. same thoughts when I asked for the purpose of the acrylic sheets

Haha..

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[xnsdvd]

Mega project and all the best for the remaining stages. May I ask if you have planned any side viewing section for your pond as there are another 1 plus meter of pond wall to go up?

Trust me, I really really want to but I'm not sure how to justify this cost to my shareholders, after all, this is a company project. I'm 40% convinced I can get away with it... though it seems easier to just build a reverse periscope and hang it over the sides, then I can move it around as well.

[John Deroe Kenedy]

WoW.. Maybe when im super rich n staying in a Semi D house of bigger, im gonna do what u are doing but instead of a pond, maybe a backyard underwater world..

[stevenchia]

Think you get can drop a fishing line just from your balcony.. Good for fishing..

[xnsdvd]

WoW.. Maybe when im super rich n staying in a Semi D house of bigger, im gonna do what u are doing but instead of a pond, maybe a backyard underwater world..

You don't have to be super rich, I'm certainly not. Just get into the mass affluent or emerging affluent demographics and you're already richer than me.

[allantang]

10cm thick wall snapped like a @#$%ing biscuit. Fortunately it'll be cheap to fix =) so it's just a 1 day setback.

Just a thought. Earth moves every now and then. Could this be it that is y it snap? What will be your safety precaution to ensure your tank will not leak?

[tropic]

Err... How bout Double layer brick wall with cement in between cured ?

[BFG]

Has the structure been certified to hold that much water xnsdvd? It might push the earth underneath and create some movement which might affect the house structure or the neighbour. Just thinking of safety.

[xnsdvd]

Mother nature telling me that I should fill the pond faster...

Anyway, on to questions;

Why did the wall break? - Actually this one was down to human error. The wall is supposed to retain the backfilled concrete, not support the weight of the water, so when we were filling it up, it should only have been done 2ft at a time. Unfortunately whoever was overseeing it had horrible depth perception and poured 3.5ft of wet concrete at once and broke the wall.

Double layer brick wall with cement in between? - Actually that's pretty much what we're doing here except it's just 1 layer of bricks set 1ft away from the earthen wall, then backfilled with concrete. For the above ground section of the wall, it'll be exactly as you suggest.

Neighbour how? - That's a big concern and we addressed it by compacting the earth under the pond prior to adding 10cm of hardcore. Then compacted it again with a pneumatic rammer. It's quite impossible to move at this point.

[ogykogy]

hope that we(src members) will get an invitation once it is done.

[xnsdvd]

I already invited everyone, just search "OnHand Agrarian" on facebook I'll announce dates and times when I'm free. And check out the videos on the page, you get to see the trawlers I get bycatch from.

[ryanlio]

Updates.?? Upz

[Gouldian]

Updates.?? Upz

From my conversation with Shannon, apparently his neighbor filed a complain against him and this project have to be dropped for the time being.

[Jameshong]

From my conversation with Shannon, apparently his neighbor filed a complain against him and this project have to be dropped for the time being.

Oh no...hope the project can be completed.... .

[BFG]

What was the cause of the complaint, earth movement, noise of the construction, no permit?

[Admiraltian]

Some neighbour he have...

[surreal1228]

............he should pull his neighbour into this hobbies, or any of reefer here can become his neighbour to support him.

really looking forward to this setup!

[Jameshong]

............he should pull his neighbour into this hobbies, or any of reefer here can become his neighbour to support him.

really looking forward to this setup!

Hack the partition wall and make the pond larger if the neighbor is a reefer lor... :D !

[surreal1228]

Hack the partition wall and make the pond larger if the neighbor is a reefer lor... :D !

Ya loh, one control topup, and ca, mg, kh, while another in charge of feeding, no3, po4.....

What a reefing pond！

Lol

[rekian]

Gosh would be great to see this huge pond! I hope things get sorted out.