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Comment by Arlene Baker on March 27, 2015 at 9:33pm

I'm going to toss this out here again. Has anyone here, or know of someone, who has converted their pool to a large pond? I know about the Gardenpool.org group; I am more interested in keeping the pool (which is a diving pool of 25,000 gallons) and making it into a pond. At the cheapest rate possible, since I now am on a fixed income.

Comment by Arlene Baker on March 27, 2015 at 9:30pm

Is there any business here in town that does aquaponics for a co-op or employee owned operation, or ? I would love to work in a place like that. Just curious. Now that I'm retired, I have time to look up all kinds of things. Am moving some of my bigger 4" goldfish and the Koi into the house to enjoy. My garden grow bed doesn't look at nice as yours, Kim -- I think because it doesn't get enough sun. Am delaying moving the damned thing as I know it is going to require renting a pallet jack to move. And the husband to get to doing it....

Comment by Kim Romen on March 15, 2015 at 7:03pm

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Comment by Kim Romen on March 15, 2015 at 6:57pm

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here are some pics of my system.  the pics rn't showing the fish tanks with the baby fish and 2 extra garden beds

Comment by Kim Romen on March 12, 2015 at 9:19am

I'm relocating some things in my yard and sadly, I need to sell my AP system.  anyone interested feel free to email or call kim romen @ yahoo or 4 705 0685.  bell syphon, sump, 2 garden beds full with lava rock, 275 gallon FT, solar heater, 2 fishtanks with baby tilapia in them, 7 ready to eat sized tilapia, and 2 extra garden beds

Comment by John Malone on February 23, 2015 at 6:45am

I don't really know why the hole occurred. There's a crease in the liner and the slit occurred on the crease.  I'm wondering if the tension on the liner by a full tank of water caused it to fail.   There are a couple of other spots where the fold in the liner appears to be fraying too, but they're genuine liner folds and not really a concern. 

I'm a bit puzzled to be honest.

The patch is a self-adhesive one from the same manufacturer as the liner.  It was quite thick, so I'm hoping it'll provide a level of support for that part of the liner.

Time will tell.

Comment by Timothy Borg on February 23, 2015 at 4:24am

What caused the slit?  It looks like there was a fold in the liner there.

Comment by John Malone on February 22, 2015 at 7:40pm

Well THERE'S your problem!

I finally admitted to myself that I had a leak in my fish tank.  I've been in denial for weeks.   So I let the tank slowly leak dry, this being the recommended method to determine at what level the leak is at.   Well, the tank emptied all the way out.  That must mean that I have a leak in the bottom.  Oh great!   

I snagged the fish and temporarily housed them in the DWC bed, which isn't leaking a drop.  They didn't seem to mind too much.

Since the tank was empty, I took the time to brush it out and remove all the debris that has fallen in there over the last 2.5 years.

Slapped a patch on the hole, which was remarkably obvious, and I'll find out tomorrow how well it holds.

A slit big enough to put a couple of fingers through

Yup!  That'll let out the water.

Patch applied and silicone smeared

Site manager inspection

Looking up at the outlet of a bell siphon after 2 years operation

Comment by Dr. George B. Brooks, Jr. on February 15, 2015 at 3:49pm

Improved classroom setup at Brooks School. 2/14/2015

Comment by Kim Romen on February 8, 2015 at 11:00pm

John, if u can't find anything else local i can double check. i have about 15 fish in the garage.  i'd have to count and measure.  some of them haven't grown very much (females i suppose) and some are twice their size. 

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