Table of Contents for "The Complete Pond Solver"
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1 INTRODUCTION 8
1.1 WHAT’S NEW IN THE COMPLETE PONDSOLVER? 9
1.2 ABOUT THIS BOOK 10
2 LETS SUM IT UP 14
2.1 THE BASICS 14
2.2 THE APPROXIMATE COSTS 15
2.3 AVOIDING PROBLEMS AND HASSLES 16
2.4 SOME GENERAL TIPS TO START OFF WITH 16
3 EQUIPMENT SELECTION 19
4 THE POND IMPORTANT INITIAL CONSIDERATIONS 23
4.1 TYPE AND LOCATION OF POND 23
4.1.1 In Ground or Above 24
5 LINER PONDS 26
5.1.1 Shapes and sizes for diy ponds 27
5.1.2 Using A Liner … initial considerations 27
5.1.3 Pond Depth 30
5.1.4 Don’t Forget The Shelves 32
5.1.5 Select Your Site Carefully 33
5.1.6 Installing A Liner Pond 34
5.1.7 Installing A Preformed Pond 38
6 CONCRETE PONDS 42
7 KNOW YOUR POND’S VOLUME 43
7.1 IN THE BEGINNING 43
7.2 HOW MUCH WATER IN MY POND? 44
7.2.1 Calculating Pond Volume 44
7.2.2 Conversion factors 45
7.2.3 Volumes of Irregular Shaped Ponds 45
8 PONDS ON UNEVEN GROUND 48
8.1 THE PEG IT APPROACH 48
9 FLEXIBLE LINER PONDS VARIATIONS 51
9.1 USEFUL WHEN THE GROUND IS LEVEL. 51
9.2 WHEN THINGS ARE NOT SO SIMPLE 53
10 LIGHTS IN THE POND 55
11 PUMPS IN PONDS 56
12 THE WATERFALL 58
12.1 THE PRINCIPLES 58
12.1.1 Waterfalls and height considerations 63
13 THE POND FOUNTAIN 67
14 THE PUMP … SEE APPENDIX FOR IMPORTANT SELECTION CHARTS 69
14.1 INTRODUCTION TO PUMP SELECTION 69
14.1.1 Why do I need a pump? 70
14.2 CHOOSE A PUMP WISELY – A GENTLE WARNING! 71
14.3 CRITICAL SELECTION CRITERIA: 74
14.4 CORRECT FLOW RATE SPECIFICATION: 77
14.5 CORRECT HEAD SELECTION: 81
14.6 HOW DO I CHOOSE THE RIGHT PUMP? 84
14.6.1 The Guarantee 88
14.6.2 Indoor and Outdoor Applications 91
14.6.3 Pumps and Electricity 92
14.6.4 The advantages of using 2 pumps 94
14.6.5 Pipe Diameter and Length Considerations 98
14.6.6 Manufacturer and Distributor Reliability 104
14.6.7 Information on the Box 104
15 HOSES & FITTINGS 104
15.1 PIPE WORK 105
15.2 FITTINGS 107
16 CONVERSION TABLES 107
17 PUMPS, PIPES AND FRICTION 108
18 BIOFILTRATION & WATER QUALITY 111
18.1 WHAT IS BIOFILTRATION? 111
18.1.1 Good Filter Design Principles 116
18.1.2 To Summarise ……. 122
18.1.3 How to select a biofilter 125
19 BIOFILTRATION – UNDERSTAND IT WELL 126
19.1 INTRODUCTION AGAIN 126
19.2 THE BASIC NITRIFICATION CYCLE 126
19.3 WHAT IS HAPPENING INSIDE A BIOFILTER? 128
19.4 AMMONIA AND THE NITRIFICATION CYCLE 131
19.5 BIOFILTER PRINCIPLES 134
19.6 NOW CONSIDER A BIOFILTER 138
19.7 JAPANESE MATTING FILTER MEDIA 140
19.8 CANNOT AFFORD A VORTEX FILTER? 142
19.8.1 Sand Filters 144
19.8.2 Fluidised Bed (Bead) Biofilters 145
19.8.3 Conclusion 147
20 HOW TO MAKE A BIOFILTER 147
21 NATURAL BIOFILTRATION 151
22 ALGAE IN PONDS 152
22.1 AQUATIC PLANTS AND ALGAE 154
22.2 TYPE 1 … SUSPENDED ALGAE 155
22.3 HOW TO REMOVE SUSPENDED ALGAE 156
22.4 THE DANGER OF ALGAE BLOOMS 158
22.4.1 Talking of a Pond That Breathes. 158
22.4.2 Beware algae blooms in ponds 159
22.4.3 Seasonal Impacts upon carbon dioxide problems 160
22.4.4 pH and carbon dioxide 160
22.4.5 Aeration of ponds 161
22.5 TYPE 2 … NON-CIRCULATING SURFACE ALGAE 162
22.6 TYPE 3 … DREADED BLANKETWEED 162
22.7 FOR CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER - USE AN UV 165
22.8 WHAT DOES AN UV DO? 166
22.8.1 The UV unit itself 167
23 THE BLUE LIGHT MIRACLE WORKER 170
23.1 WHAT IS ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT? 171
23.2 PERFORMANCE OF AN ULTRA VIOLET CLARIFIER 172
23.3 HOW DOES THE UV WORK? 174
24 ALGAE AND BARLEY STRAW 175
24.1 RESEARCH RESULTS 176
24.2 OXYGEN AGAIN ... SO IMPORTANT 177
24.3 WHAT ARE HUMIC COMPOUNDS? 178
24.4 TURNING THEORY INTO PRACTICE 178
24.5 HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE? 179
24.6 STRAW ACTIVITY NEEDS OXYGEN TO WORK 179
24.7 IMPACT UPON OTHER PLANTS 180
24.8 HOW MUCH STRAW IS NEEDED STARTING WITH A CLEAR POND EARLY IN SPRING? 181
24.8.1 Initial Application: 181
24.8.2 Additional Applications: 181
24.8.3 Beware Dense Algae Blooms and Hot Weather 181
24.8.4 Adding Fresh Straw 182
24.9 NOT SHORT TERM FIX 182
25 BONUS SECTIONS 184
26 PLANTS IN THE POND 185
27 KNOW YOUR FISH FOOD 188
27.1 SAVE MONEY ON BUYING KOI FOOD 188
27.2 DIGESTIBILITY OF FISH FOOD 190
28 PONDS AND FEEDING IN WINTER 193
29 MORE ON WATER QUALITY 197
29.1 WATER QUALITY MORE ADVANCED CONSIDERATIONS 197
29.1.1 The vital importance of Oxygen 198
29.1.2 pH and the Pond 200
29.1.3 pH and Water Hardness 201
29.1.4 Acceptable Values For Pond Testing 203
30 FISH HEALTH 205
31 GENESYZ - ULCER DISEASE AND DROPSY - A NEW PERSPECTIVE 206
31.1 FACTORS CAUSING DISEASE OUTBREAKS 207
31.2 CLINICAL SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS 208
31.3 COMMON TREATMENTS 210
31.4 A NEW IDEA WELL WORTH CONSIDERING 210
32 HOW MUCH WILL THIS POND COST? 214
32.1 THE COST SOUTH AFRICA ONLY 215
33 WHO WROTE THIS E-BOOK ANYWAY? 216
34 FISH HEALTH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR 2004 EDITION 217
34.1 FISH HEALTH INTRODUCTION 217
34.1.1 Fish health in general 218
34.1.2 Ich .... A common but deadly pond fish disease 219
34.1.3 Costia & Chilodinella 221
34.1.4 Flukes 222
34.1.5 Anchor Worm & Lice 223
34.1.6 Bacterial Infections: 223
34.1.7 Dropsy 224
35 APPENDIX 1 PUMP SELECTION TABLES 226
35.1 HOW TO USE TABLE 1 ... 227
35.2 TABLE 1 SELECT PONDMASTER POND PUMPS USING GALLONS PER HOUR FLOW RATES 227
Waterfall flow required in US Gallons per Hour 227
35.3 HOW TO USE TABLE 2 ... 230
35.4 TABLE 2 SELECT PONDMASTER PUMP USING WATERFALL MEASUREMENTS ONLY 231
Waterfall overflow width in inches 231
36 POND PUMP TABLES VARIOUS SUPPLIERS 233
36.1.1 Cyprio (Hozelock company) 233
36.1.2 Laguna Water Garden Pumps 235
36.1.3 Danner Pondmaster 236
36.1.4 Tetra Pond Pumps 237
36.1.5 Beckett Pond Pumps 238
36.1.6 Little Giant Pond Pumps 239
36.1.7 OASE Pond Pumps 240
36.1.8 Rena Pond Pumps 242