underwater cam

[addy1]

jw check out the underwater cam! We got the skimmer running, I cut the weir in two days ago what a pain but it does not leak!........the water went unreal clear now, half the pond was not getting real good flow.

Now the heron can really see the fish!

 

[taherrmann4]

how were you pulling in the water to your pump before the skimmer?

 

[addy1]

We have a line running into the pond in the deep end, now have a T that goes to the skimmer and bottom then to the pump. Have a ball valve on the skimmer line, need to put one on the pond line so I can push more flow to the skimmer when the leaves begin to drop.

 

[taherrmann4]

On the line that goes to the bottom do you some sort of screen on it to keep fish from getting sucked in?

 

[superdaft]

It looks really good Addy, how many fish do think is in there now? they all look very happy.

 

[addy1]

On the line that goes to the bottom do you some sort of screen on it to keep fish from getting sucked in?

Yes I put the black 3 inch flex tubing around the pvc, the drainage stuff with the small slits in it. My skimmer is a pool skimmer, hayward, with a large weir, if I remember right 14 inches.

 

[addy1]

It looks really good Addy, how many fish do think is in there now? they all look very happy.

unknown, lol, we are guessing 100 plus. There is still lots of room for them. Water tests are always zero. We have only had an issue with ph, our well is 5.5

 

[superdaft]

I always think fish look happier and more natural in shoals, great fun watching them on the underwater cam.

 

[addy1]

I watch them more than I watch the tv right below them lol, I have a few show offs, they seem to hang around the cam. We have two in the water, but ran out of ports, so swapping out drv's lol. Honey asked how many do I need to watch the fish..............I said.........umm 8?
giggle..............I want to get some good underwater lights for the winter so we can watch them over winter. Put the lights on a timers. without lights it will be all night vision, no color. I will have the two underwater cam's set up. Might be boring to watch them sleeping all summer....opps winter! lol

 

[superdaft]

It will be interesting to see their movements in the winter.

I will be putting a big bit of clay pipe in my pond when the cold kicks in proper, to give them cover, good for them, but I probably won't see them again until spring.

 

[addy1]

The pond is deep enough, they are pretty protected, but I might float something so they feel more protected until it freezes over. They have plenty of plant cover , but tend to hang out in the deep end that has minimal plant cover. The deep end is around 5 feet.

 

[j.w]

Missed your post about the underwater camera today. Went for a bike ride this afternoon for a couple hours. Too dark now to view it. Will check it tomorrow.