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Have posted this question but can't find it !!! hope i don't lose this one , also get some advice . the water well will be pumping by 1-25-04 , since well water is void of oxygen i plan to shoot the water into the air and let splash back into the pond . the pond depth at this point is appx. 6.5' now , 8' when full , the water will splash into the deepest part . this is good drinkable East Tx. water . well is 590' deep . any suggestions ? Thanks Harvey
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Harvey,
You could utilize the venturi effect and aerate the water prior to it entering the pond...no power required, simple to do and very inexpensive...if you aren't familiar with the concept, let me know and I'll describe the process...just a thought...
BTW, I'm just east of you in the Shreveport area...
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Torchy , im not familiar with the venturi effect of aerating water entering the pond . would love to know the detailes . Thanks Harvey
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You may not have to do anything. It depends on how large your pond is vs. the amount of water you are pumping in. How big is the pond and do you know how many gpms you would be pumping?
If your volume of water ratio to the water going in is large, the water will be oxygenated by making contact with the pond water.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Hi Harvey, here are a couple of shots of how I feed my water from the well. I am using an old shower head that I drilled out the supply hole as large as I could and then attached to a piece of pipe that goes through an old lobster trap float that I found out in the Pacific Ocean one day fishing for tuna. It is attached to a piece of rope and a weight to hold it in place.  I get about 20' of height with the spray and a fairly fine mist.  This is a shot from about 50' above the pond I took one day while I was working on my antenna tower.  Another benefit is although we don't freeze real bad here in North Alabama we do sometimes and as you can see I can maintain a nice hole in the ice. Hope that helps.
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Nice pictures. Well done. Very innovative. Aint it amazing. The more we fish the smarter we get.
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Hard to believe that yesterday and today I am iced over and caught 10 catfish of about 3-6 pounds last weekend!
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But see you got smarter. You caught them before the pond froze over.
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Harvey,
I can't figure out how to post an attachment...could you email me at rich.adkins@barksdale.af.mil I'll build a couple of diagrams and post them back...do you have power point or do you want them in a jpeg format ?...or, somebody could tell me how to post a jpeg or power point attachment here...
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Hi Torchy and all, will explain again how to do it as it's been a year and a half or so. Follow the example below and replace the home.hiwaay.net/~n4bk with the place that you store your images. I get 50 meg of storage with my internet provider and there are also some free areas to upload images to that someone else can recommend.
[img]http://home.hiwaay.net/~n4bk/image.png{/img]
And that's all there is to it.
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Bob,
I would think it wold be counterproductive and a waste of electricity to keep water open in the winter if you only freeze over a short period of time and you don't have much snow cover. Seems if anything you may be chilling the water causing stress to your fish. Any fungus or bacteria problems with your fish when the water starts warming up again in spring?
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Bob,
I'm on a .mil web server so non-.mil users can't access the server system I'm on...is there any other way ? BTW the .mil is a restricted access system, we can searh/email out, however non .mil can't surf in...kinda limits me...
Torchy...
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No problems at all, the well water here is about 54 degrees year around, so if anything I'm actually heating the water up a little this time of year. The well runs approx 20 percent of the time. The cost is about 35 cents a day to keep it going. It is on a cycle as I am on a slow well and just keeps the pond topped off since I don't get a whole lot of runoff, plus it looks nice for the other half, gotta remember this is in my front yard and part of my landscape along with being a source of enjoyment for the kids and me to go fishing! Torchy do a search on yahoo for free picture uploading I did it and found a bunch of places with free space.
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Torchy I could post it for you if you wish...or if you know a little HTML you could use www.geocities.com They are completely free and fairly easy to use. If you need help, let me know. I've thought about making a webpage where anyone and everyone could upload there pictures. (I'm currently doing it for Rangeredge) *Although I need to update it...oops* How many would be interested in that? Chris
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Cecil & Bob . Pond is apprx. 2.5 acres , 8' at deepest point , pump will put out from 55 to 65 gpm's . Thanks for info . Bob great pictures - will think about this for my pond Thanks again Harvey
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Hey Chris maybe Bob will see this and get an upload area on the PondBoss site justthis reason for those folks that don't have a posting area. How about it Bob Lusk?
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Harvey, Hit this web site...very good discussion of venturi with excellent pic and a basic description of the use, design, materials...has some pics of the device in use...shouldn't cost you much to build and install, maybe 50 bucks ?...tell me what you think... Torchy http://www.koi.com.my/forum/KOI_Talk_C1/..._DIY_man_P2707/
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I believe Cecil Baird once posted a link to a diagram to show the device that he was using to aerate. Cecil?
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Hey guys.... There is a free service at http://photobucket.com to post photos at. You can link from there to post the links in the forum. Very easy to set up and use.
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Torchy the venturi looks good . what iv'e done is put a brass fire nozzel installed on my dock screwd to 2 " pvc pipe coming from the well pointing up at a 45 degree angle with an inline pressure gauge and agustable gate valve ,shooting the well water up then splashing into the pond,this worked good . but to make the water spray a little finer i took 2 pieces of 1/8 inch copper wire side by side and clamped them to the end of the nozzel into the water stream . works great,and the only noise is coming from the gate valve which is minimal.Harvey
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IMHO, if your pond is 1/4 acre or more, and your flow is 20 gpm or less, you are wasting your time and money doing anything other than just running it into your pond. The size of the the pond volume will quickly alleviate the low oxygen level and nutralize the temperature difference.
However, in a much smaller pond that can be a different story. I run 38 gpm of well water 24/7 into my 1/10th acre pond, and I drop it through four five gallon buckets filled with plastic media, before bringing it back up again at the pond, with an upturned elbow causing it to cascade before it hits the water. The 38 gpm is so substantial in this pond it is enough to fill the pond in less than 2 days.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Any one know of a lab close to dallas where i can heve the well water tested , every ong says it's great to drink but want to test it before hooking up to the house . Harvey
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Harvey, do you have a local Health Dept as here in Ohio you have to have your well tested before you connect to house (or use). This is monitored by needing a permit before the driller drills if it is potable.This is done on a county basis.Ted
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Ted - the driller here in East Tx.didn't need a permit . from what i here the water is the 2nd or 3rd best in the nation 590' down . but before hooking up to the house i want to have it tested for peace of mind , you know what i mean ! Harvey
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