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| 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | ||||||||
| Purchased House Big Storm levels wooded hill (back yard). |
Cut Down 60+ large trees Build Garage |
Bulldozers remove stumps level hill. |
Main Pond Gazebo Bridge |
Get married By the Pond Lower Pond Waterfalls |
West Stream Millhouse Waterwheel |
Koi Hatching Ponds |
East Stream Outhouse Fire Pit |
Garage Pond | New Filter Small Bridge Japan Trip Shulista Pond |
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| Pumps: | Two Sequence 1000, 4400gph, 2.3amps. Both pumps pump up to the millpond. One pump runs two bottom drains, the other runs the east stream which acts as a skimmer. Third pumps 180gph runs the waterwheel. Monthly Electrical Cost approximately $20 |
Filtration: | Located behind millhouse. 5x5x4 deep with a conical bottom. Upflow design similar to commercially sold vortex. 25 cubic feet of hog hair filter mats as media. The filter has a bottom drain which is opened every few days. That is the only maintenance on the filter. |
Volume: | 20,000gallons | Fish load: | 100+ koi, About 50lbs of fish total Feeding 2lbs of Mazzuri food a day. |