finished pergola

[angler]

hi everyone, just thought you might like to see my pond

 

[addy1]

Very nice, love the setting. Did you do the pergola yourself? Looks wonderful and clean clear pond.

 

[stroppy]

now that is really good love your pond too :0)

 

[angler]

yes i built it myself over 5 weekends, i kinda new what i wanted it to look like and planned it as i went

 

[addy1]

yes i built it myself over 5 weekends, i kinda new what i wanted it to look like and planned it as i went

You did a great job!

 

[angler]

thanks mate:regular_waving_emot

 

[Oldhead]

Ok I'm officially jealous :yikesu:

 

[Sunshine]

WOW what a great relaxing place. Love it ..

 

[phillyofish]

nice setup. looks very relaxing

 

[DrCase]

Very Nice you did a Great job !!

 

[jethro13]

Well done. Very creative

 

[DrDave]

Perfect, I love the effort and design. I had planned on doing something similar.

 

[Telkwa]

You did all that over 5 weekends?! Woulda taken me forever. And that's if I had some kind of plans...

 

[stroppy]

can you tell me what is on the top of the pergola ? i have one nothing as grand as yours mine just has a sail shade on top but would love something more permanent .. also would love to hear more about your filters as your water looks lovely and clear :0)

 

[angler]

thanks for your comments, i put split bamboo (which comes on a roll) over the top, it does not block out the sun completely but most of it, i had problems with blanketweed as my pond is in full sun from around 11am, it stopped that problem almost immediately, and to my surprise seems to give my fish a better colour appearance, i've got two filter systems, on one is a titan pump then it goes through a saturn booster pre-filter which then goes through a vorton 14000 uv, then into a trinamic12500, which empties into a small veggie filter i made out of an old box filter then it goes into the pond, on the other filters, i've used a titan pump it also goes through a vorton 14000 then splits and goes through two eco-max filters with built in uv's these also go into the veggie filter then into the pond, all my pond equipment is hozelock, the water is gin clear, as with most of us who care for our fishy friends i check everything constantly and pretty much know every scale on my fish.

mick