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by fishyfingers
Fri May 07, 2010 6:46 am
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: king span
Replies: 5
Views: 9348

Re: king span

yes Matt made progress, cut out small section with a core drill near bottom drain and sucked out trapped water then completed the rest of the fiberglass which went on without the previous problems with water.Will plug the core foam section today with aquarium sealent and apply several patches of grp...
by fishyfingers
Thu Apr 29, 2010 2:46 am
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: king span
Replies: 5
Views: 9348

Re: king span

i am building a pond of simular size IMO i think kingspan of 25mm would be sufficient, but please be aware that trying to fiberglass over kingspan can get trickey especially if you have any water ingress . Water and fiberglass dont mix and i have had problems fiberglassing (trying to do it all mysel...
by fishyfingers
Sat Apr 10, 2010 3:52 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: electronic blanketweed eliminators
Replies: 7
Views: 12669

Re: electronic blanketweed eliminators

Thanks Chris for your comprensive summary of what appears to be a total waste of money. Your type is obviously an electromagnetic type which you have pointed out. Other models seem to have copper electrodes which seem to partially dissolve in water killing green growth, but cannot be kept running al...
by fishyfingers
Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:28 am
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: electronic blanketweed eliminators
Replies: 7
Views: 12669

Re: electronic blanketweed eliminators

Absolute garbage i wouldnt waste my money!!!! :lol:

Seriously how does it work and is it left on all the time. :shock:

Have not heard of this make before :roll:

Cheers :)
by fishyfingers
Thu Apr 08, 2010 7:10 am
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: electronic blanketweed eliminators
Replies: 7
Views: 12669

Re: electronic blanketweed eliminators

Cheers Justin
With a couple of different manufacturers of these things some one somewhere must have tried them. :roll:
by fishyfingers
Wed Apr 07, 2010 1:11 am
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: electronic blanketweed eliminators
Replies: 7
Views: 12669

electronic blanketweed eliminators

Does anyone use any of these devices - do they eliminate blanketweed successfully -which model did u find works/or not -are natural/chemical cures better There are loads of stuff for us try but i would like to here from the most important people which are the guys with experience who have tried and ...
by fishyfingers
Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:41 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: Solar pump for DIY Solar heater
Replies: 16
Views: 26778

Re: Solar pump for DIY Solar heater

Solartwin is a company which makes solar pannels based on the same principal, using a photovolatic panal to generate power to pump water around the system. Their system retains the water in the pipes and it might be worth visiting their site and even talking to some of their tech people. Pump issues...