New Tropical Pond

[sbuse]

Holy RED GRAVEL-Thread-Hijack Batman! My eyes hurt now...
TUG-Remember to account for the water being absorbed by your 4 acres of filter media, all the trapped air pockets in the pipes getting filled & whatever water the killer Costa Rican sun is evaporating. It looks great & I hope your kids are swimming soon!

holy red gravel in my hijacked kids tank! not my choice of color. and to the thread-jacking read better only answering a valid question. calm down and don't sit so close to the screen and you will be ok!! seems like we got a cryer.

 

[Polyptasaurus]

WOW - all this for fish!? you are DEDICATED man!!! You better keep us updated with more pics!!!

 

[mkman]

tuggerd if your originally from the US, why did you move? You need to build this pond in the USA j/k

 

[jrjerin]

WOW - all this for fish!? you are DEDICATED man!!! You better keep us updated with more pics!!!

Look at the thread it is updated almost every day.

 

[bigcol]

this thread is the best, has more pics than a porn site

 

[tuggerd]

I moved to Costa Rica because its a very stimulating place to live. The language alone was tuff. When I arrived here I could only say taco, tortilla, and adios. My spanish was limited to what I learned in Taco Bell. And they didn't put a Taco Bell in our town until my 7th grade year. In Costa Rica you can also get away with building a pond/pool like this without sinking up to your neck in red tape and permit fees. PURA VIDA!!!!!!

 

[Drew'n'Kylene]

Ha now THATS monster passion!!!

 

[JakeH]

The other reason to move to Costa Rica!
http://news.aol.com/article/costa-rica-happiest-nation/556510?icid=main|main|dl1|link7|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fcosta-rica-happiest-nation%2F556510

 

[tuggerd]

We cleaned the rocks and the water coming from the filter. We're raising the entrance edge to have a higher water level and we lowered the entrance to the skimmer to get a little more water flow. We raised the edge by using a 2 in pipe as molding instead of the 1 inch like before.

We had a couple of cracks that had to be reinforced with screen in the surface. I hope this works.

Also the railing is coming along nicely.

 

[sbuse]

it is cheap to build in el salvador, is it the same in costa rica... es mucho dinero por un jugete pero es un exelente trabajo pero cuando se gasta el dinero en algo que gusta dinero es lo de menos porque tienes lo mejor