The pot plant container box that I made a few years ago that sits up top at the back of the pond needs fixing.
Category: Garden Pond
Garden pond – New Years tidy up
Garden pond–continued
Making progress pressure cleaned the larger rocks and arranged them back under the waterfall. Cleaned the main pump sponge filter as well as the fountain pump – add water.
Garden pond – maintenance
The weather is right for the annual pond cleaning event, where’s that kneeling pad.
Garden pond update-
Did some more rebuilding on the pond today under the cover of a tarp to keep the sun off my back – almost done On the way home from the horse paddocks popped into Bunnings and bought another water plant and a pump prefilter (see next post).
Above: Hot day so erected a temporary tarp to keep the sun off my back.
Garden pond update-
To avoid frequent cleaning of the (small) internal filter of Aquapro AP-1050 pond pump I purchased the AQUAPRO 200 x 100 x 100mm Small Prefilter Sponge for $7.98 – from Bunnings . Took me a few minutes to work out how to fit the pre filter sponge onto the pump. Once fitted you end up with some left over pump parts!
The filter sponge has a plastic tube running down its centre. This tube is threaded at one end which screws into the pump inlet. No more fiddling with the pump, cleaning now is simply a matter of sliding the sponge off its tube and rinsing under tap water
Garden pond update
Dropped into Bunnings on the way home from the horses and got a Clam Shell Sandpit which looks the same size/shape/profile as the old one which will now act as a base for the new one.
Garden pond update
The new clamshell fits like a glove into the old leaky one so started the rebuild process, first up is the waterfall.
The waterfall diffuser is simply a vacuum cleaner hard floor nozzle tool turned upside down with the pump hose pushed into it and then sandwiched between two pieces of slate – you can see it sticking out the back.
Garden pond – we have a leak !!!
As posted earlier this year (Jan/Feb) decided to create a garden pond from a clamshell sandpit that was lying around in the backyard. Needs topping up now and then due to evaporation etc. but over the last few weeks top up’s have been to frequent – hmm.
Topped up yesterday and this morning water level is noticeably down, checked around the pond and yep ground is damp – we have a leak and it’s getting worse – bugger.
Hope I can get another clamshell that will fit into the one in there.
Pond maintenance – it needs it.
Pond maintenance – it needs it.
I have the main pump on a timer which cycles through most of the day…every day x 365…so it always looking clean. However what was one a thriving water lettuce died off and seemed to contaminate everything so time for some TLC.