Chris & Deborah's Pinchen's Pond

Pond Details

Gallonage: 8500 gallon
Shape:  Informal
Dimensions: 26ft x 14t x 6ft 6 Deep
Waterproofing: to be Fibre-glassed
Bottom Drains: 3 spin-drifter air domes
Filter Feeds: 3x bottom drains
Vortex: 2 x 5ft x 40" dia Vortex      Filtration: 2 x 3 bays (brushes, flocor & Japanese matting)
Aeration:  2 x Hi-Blow 80
Pumps: 2 x Badu
Water Returns: Via waterfall  2 high-water and 2 deepwater returns  (with inline Venturi's)
Skimmer: 2 x Grundfos
UV: 2 x 30Watt
Shading: Pergola to be built over most of pond, side panels for winter

Deborah showing off the pond

As the pond is still being built and under construction, we thought you would like to see the progress, the top photo was August 2001, and the great dig photos were May 2001, I will put together an article to cover the trials and tribulations of the pond build, so watch this space.

Link to our Temporary Ponds (semi-permanent) when we first moved house in 1993, the 10ft diameter PVC swimming pool vat became home for at least two years!!! We then progressed to what was meant to have been the quarantine facility, of which we have had two versions, as the first almost burst!!!