The best video series production I have ever encountered on TH-cam. Yourself & of course Dave, should be very proud of the fantastic effort & expertise you have showcased on this project. I’m a 70 year old enthusiast, with just goldfish in my small pond. I have picked up so many tips & tricks from your footage in this well put together production. Thank you Ed. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Thank you from Dave in North London.
Thanks Dave, very kind of you to say so-it’s incredibly flattering receiving comments like this and really encourages me to keep documenting my work! Thank you for watching and commenting, Best, Ed
Ah thanks so much for saying so and really chuffed with the gardeners world comment! That would be my dream to be involved in something like that!! Best, Ed
Thanks for watching and your kind words! There’s a snippet of footage showing the pond illuminated at the end of this video (around the 19:30 min mark). This season I’ll do a ponds revisited video and will get more footage inc some nighttime video! Best, Ed
That’s what it’s all about-sitting there with a glass of something and enjoying the sights and sounds of the pond! Thanks for watching and commenting. Best, Ed
Wow... really enjoyed watching that. I bin watched it all. Your professionalism shines through. I thought I was watching a BBC production it was that entertaining. Subscribed thanks.
Thanks Jason- really kind of you to say so and thanks for watching!! Part one of the wildlife pond project adjacent to this pond should be out tomorrow! Best, Ed
The sticklebacks make a nice addition, but can I suggest a better choice would be gudgeon. We have had a couple of dozen of them in our koi poind for over twenty years (not the same ones, they breed well). They are useful for keeping the bottom clean and are amusing to watch when they come up and snatch the carp food. They also look glorious when they sunbathe as a shoal in the shallow ledges. They can grow quite large, 5" is about the medium size.
Hi there, thanks for watching and commenting and a great suggestion! Gudgeon are a fabulous fish -one I very rarely encounter in ponds but a great addition to any pond. Worth noting that they have high oxygen demands and prefer ponds that are filtered/ have moving water and require good water quality to thrive. Best, Ed
@@CrystalClearAquatics Yes, being in a koi pond (not a swimming pool type) they benefit from excellent water quality good water movement and a decent oxygen level. They also benefit from the pond being heated to 13.5 during the Winter. Fortunately last Winter it was with a heat pump that worked very well in terms of efficiency and money saving compared with earlier years. Terry.
This formal pond is beautiful, especially at night with the lights from the barn reflecting on the surface. I wanted to do a plant shelf in my pond but I couldn't due to the raccoons.
Oh I have enjoyed these four videos SO much. Dave is amazing, bless his cottons❤. I find your videos so relaxing which is therapy for me, you leave me a happier girl🙏🏼. We are moving to York soon and have a pond which I want to make larger and more interesting, your giving me ideas and enthusiasm as to what can be achieved. Shame your not here in North Yorkshire, you’d definitely get the job. Thanks so much for making a difference to so many🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
Thanks Maria for such a lovely comment- I’ll pass this onto Dave also and yes, he’s a trooper! Thanks for watching and commenting and good luck with your move! Best, Ed
Hi Ed, just dug a pond out and it’s going to be a water garden/wildlife pond. Can you recommend a good solar pump for circulation, I may build a bog filter just in case the wife forces me to get a couple of fish. It’s about 3 - 3.5ft deep and approx 12x6. Cheers
@@davesaxon7348 hi there Dave, I’m afraid in my experience of selling and playing with solar pond equipment (it’s been a while to be honest) I was unimpressed with anything on offer. Quality and reliability was very poor and in terms of savings with solar vs an equivalent mains powered pump there is much greater range of mains powered equipment on offer, mains on a like for like comparison (flow/power) are generally cheaper and it would take years of running the solar pump to be able to make some savings, by which time the pump will probably have broken as they’re so poorly made! Just my opinion but hope it helps. Best, Ed
@@CrystalClearAquatics Hi Ed, thanks for that and tbf I had a feeling that would be the case. Thanks again for all the videos and content, I appreciate it must take a lot of time editing and uploading etc. cheers 👍🏼
Fantastic pond! Great fun watching all three videos. If you fancy a lovely break in the Scottish Highlands, I'd love some consulting on a similar pond in planning up in Lochinver.
Thanks for watching and your kind words-don’t tempt me-would love an excuse to do some touring in Scotland! In all seriousness I offer consultation services and can provide you with plans and details to create such a feature. Feel free to email me for more info! Best, Ed
Very entertaining, and the approach you take to informing everyone about the nitrification cycle is extremely refreshing to see. The care you take to the fish reintroduction is very interesting. A lot may not notice the emphasis you place on it. Just a simple observation, and it’s from a fishes perspective. You stressed how important it was to dig a little deeper, to expand the volume of the pond, and while that is very true and will assist the fish, there is a major benefit I’m sure you must know, given your understanding of fish, but you didn’t actually mention it. Fish can not control their temperature, and move up and down in the water column to control this, thus the additional depth will benefit them in a big way. Visually I’m sure the owners are stoked, but I’m sure you know, over time those koi will become family favourites and their care will grow in importance, perhaps beyond the visually stunning additional to the yard.
Well done Ed and Dave of course, Another great pond and another great video,, Your comment about the Sticklebacks eating the Koi fry l understand but why dont the Koi adults not eat the Sticklebacks ?
Hi Norman, thanks for watching as ever! Koi are not predatory fish and although opportunistic and would occasionally eat fry they won’t pose a threat to fish beyond an inch or so in size. Also stickle backs are naturally well protected against being eaten as they are very bony and have very sharp dorsal fin rays, which they open up and lock into position, making it much harder to be swallowed by a would be predator. Hope this helps! Best, Ed
Hi there, thanks for watching and commenting. It’s a bit of a grey area re discussing accurate costs for jobs publicly like this-I’m very conscious of client confidentiality when filming commissions for clients. That said I agree- I’d like to include a shopping list of sorts outlining material costs. Something for the future I’m sure! Best, Ed
HI Thomas, Thanks for watching and commenting! In consideration of client confidentiality I don’t want to post publicly what this particular build cost, however feel free to email me privately and I can give you an idea of costing if its something you’d be interested in having built in your garden! Best, Ed
Thanks very much for saying so- your fire pit looks very tasty also!! As for the swim; no I never did… maybe next year!! Thanks for commenting! Best, Ed
Thank you! Big robust varieties of well established plant in large baskets tend to be left alone, however some fish can be very persistent in rummaging around in the base of the plants and occasionally covering the planting basket in a grid to prevent fish from getting down to the planting substrate is called for! (Upturned hanging baskets cable tied to the lily basket can be useful here!) Thanks for watching and commenting! Best, Ed
@@CrystalClearAquatics No worries mate ! It isn't much that I do but I intend to support CCA as I am able. I do enjoy the show and you are quite easy to listen to. You don't use mm and uh and so forth to the point of listener fatigue. Just a thought Ed. I would like to see other pond works not necessarily just your works but maybe some that have given you inspiration and provoked new ideas etc. If that would be doable I would go along for the ride ! Cheers mate
@@MrTonyPiscatelle bless you Tony! Great idea re including other inspirational ponds (and lakes) in future videos and something I will endeavour to do! Best, Ed
@@CrystalClearAquatics Ed yes those would make for interesting video topics for sure. As would processes you go through like at the stone yard picking the proper stones for your jobs and why ,as well as plants and fishes' I'm pretty sure most of your viewers would find these topics worthy of viewing. Don't over look your gift ! You have a great screen presence and you can explain things and make them interesting. And I disagree with you , I think you can and do teach very well.
Really enjoying watching all your videos. Just out of interest, are there positives to leaving the lower part of the liner uncovered rather than filling everything with rock and gravel?
Good question! Partly it’s down to cost-building stonework right down to the deepest sections of a pond would increase the labour (and ultimately cost) considerably. You may have seen some of the videos of my (incomplete) pond which is stone and gravel all over (and looks very nice for doing so!) however in general having a substrate of any kind at the base of a pond can make maintenance much harder (gravel getting sucked up into pumps/vacuums and nets etc) and additionally can become a sediment trap, causing detritus to settle more easily. Maintaining a clean pond is much easier if substrate is left off the bottom. Hope this answers your question! Best, Ed
Hi Tony, as my business name would suggest; Crystal clear!! There’s not really a clear definition as to what level of visibility would qualify as ‘clear water’ but in general in a clear pond one should be able to see to the bottom, down to 4ft or more and with minimal/no visible suspended solids reducing visibility. This is achievable in all ponds, providing the correct equipment is utilised. There’s a lot of science behind how to make a pond clear and it’s important to note that water clarity is in general for our benefit and not any livestock/plants/wildlife-but essentially it’s a balance of correct water flow, filtration and uvc sterilisation all working in sync with each other. Best, Ed
Hi there! Not a treatment I use and as such can’t comment on its actual success rate/reliability in use but in general there’s not really a treatment that’s a true ‘all rounder’. As a broad spectrum treatment or a precautionary preventative this looks good-(I shall see if I can get hold of some myself for future use!) as an alternative to something like FMG mixture (Mix of formalin and malachite, typically used for years in the trade as a good broad spectrum treatment)-useful to help treat issues that may be difficult to diagnose accurately (or as I said above as a general preventative) however if a confirmed diagnosis has been made I’d recommend using a treatment designed to treat specifics, ie an anti bacterial, anti fungal, anti parasite etc etc treatment. Hope this helps! Best, Ed
@@paulmartin7078 Nice! But don’t encourage me…I already have my eye on a casioak and some other modified g shocks. Check out Tokyo studios if you haven’t already, for some lush looking g shocks..!
hi ed great videos given me a lot of inspiration just one question i have built a formal pond like the one you did in lockdown out of natural limestone do you think its advisable to use something like g4 pond sealer or just leave it kind regards tim
Hi Tim thanks for watching and commenting and my apologies for the delayed response. A good question and one you’ll find you’ll get many different responses from whoever you ask! Initially some people will say that limestone isn’t a good material to build ponds out of in any case. Such materials will buffer the water making it more hard and alkali, which (again some people, but not all which is very confusing and conflicting) some will say is not ideal for ponds. However ponds have been built out of-for example Purbeck (a type of limestone) for ever (not very scientific but ever since I’ve been interested in ponds and as far back as my own experience will allow for) I myself have built ponds from Purbeck-both koi only and mixed/natural ponds and all have thrived and I’ve seen no evidence that the use of such a building material has caused any detrimental effects to the pond. So building material choice aside in answer to your question-no- I’ve not sealed any stonework used in pond construction and have never had an issue. The use of sealants such as G4 (which is an excellent product by the way!) would require reapplying every 5 years or so and I don’t see such sealing of building materials necessary. If the purpose of sealing was for waterproofness that would be a different story but to prevent lime Ingres etc into the pond water I wouldn’t worry. I would however recommend filling the pond once built, letting it soak for a week or two and then draining and cleaning before re-filling and starting the maturation process. This drain and clean will get rid of the bulk of any harmful contaminants from the use of stone, cement etc. Hope this helps and thanks for watching! Best, Ed
@@CrystalClearAquatics thanyou very much for the reply ed much appreciated you took the time to get back to me. i modelled it on your lockdown pond slightly smaller but yours gave me the inspiration. keep up the great work regards tim
Hi there! Thanks for watching and commenting! The smaller shoaling fish in this pond are three spined stickle backs (Gasterosteus aculeatus) a lovely little Uk native fish with some fascinating breeding traits! Hope this helps, Best, Ed
😂 honestly you couldn’t be more true!! Didn’t realise I did that so frequently until I started to film my work and you’re so right-bloody annoying! I’m massively conscious of this and hope I do it less and less in future videos! Thanks for watching and commenting, Best, Ed
Sorry but not liking this pond. Don’t like square or rectangle ponds. Should have made a koi type pond as some of the fish look fantastic. As long as owner likes it. Well constructed and enjoyed your video
Thanks for watching and commenting! In general I would agree with you-I’ve never been a fan of straight lines in ponds, but I was converted with this one when it was finished! Out of interest what do you think would make it a more ‘koi’ type pond? Really interested to hear people opinions on what they think of as a typical koi pond, goldfish pond, wildlife pond etc as I find frequently this can be very subjective! Best, Ed
I am not at all green with envy 😉 what a wonderful pond Fantastic informative video thank you.
Thanks Maggie! I wish I had the space (and the funds!!) for a pond like this… thank you for watching and commenting!
Best,
Ed
The best video series production I have ever encountered on TH-cam. Yourself & of course Dave, should be very proud of the fantastic effort & expertise you have showcased on this project. I’m a 70 year old enthusiast, with just goldfish in my small pond. I have picked up so many tips & tricks from your footage in this well put together production. Thank you Ed.
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Thank you from Dave in North London.
Thanks Dave, very kind of you to say so-it’s incredibly flattering receiving comments like this and really encourages me to keep documenting my work!
Thank you for watching and commenting,
Best,
Ed
Amazing pond again guys and videos are great Ed, really informative but also getting that gardener's world vibe
Ah thanks so much for saying so and really chuffed with the gardeners world comment! That would be my dream to be involved in something like that!!
Best,
Ed
Love the style of this pond. simple and elegant. perfect in an English garden.
Thanks Joan and very nice of you to say so!
Best,
Ed
Me encanto la serie de videos. Todo quedo de show. Bendiciones !
Muchas gracias!
Loved all of it , please show us in the dark and the fish 🐟 going back in
Thanks for watching and your kind words! There’s a snippet of footage showing the pond illuminated at the end of this video (around the 19:30 min mark). This season I’ll do a ponds revisited video and will get more footage inc some nighttime video!
Best,
Ed
great job I bet they will have hours of relaxing watching the fish.
That’s what it’s all about-sitting there with a glass of something and enjoying the sights and sounds of the pond!
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Best,
Ed
Absolutely superb pond - trouble is your videos keep giving me expensive ideas to upgrade my own koi pond. 😄
Ha! Sorry about that, but glad you’ve found some inspiration from these vids!
Thank you for watching and commenting!
Best,
Ed
Wow... really enjoyed watching that. I bin watched it all. Your professionalism shines through. I thought I was watching a BBC production it was that entertaining. Subscribed thanks.
Ah thanks Phil- thats really nice of you too say so! Glad you enjoyed the series!
Best,
Ed
Absolutely superb series Ed, what a fantastic job you have both done, the pond looks amazing 👍👍
Thanks Jason- really kind of you to say so and thanks for watching!! Part one of the wildlife pond project adjacent to this pond should be out tomorrow!
Best,
Ed
The sticklebacks make a nice addition, but can I suggest a better choice would be gudgeon. We have had a couple of dozen of them in our koi poind for over twenty years (not the same ones, they breed well). They are useful for keeping the bottom clean and are amusing to watch when they come up and snatch the carp food. They also look glorious when they sunbathe as a shoal in the shallow ledges. They can grow quite large, 5" is about the medium size.
Hi there, thanks for watching and commenting and a great suggestion! Gudgeon are a fabulous fish -one I very rarely encounter in ponds but a great addition to any pond. Worth noting that they have high oxygen demands and prefer ponds that are filtered/ have moving water and require good water quality to thrive.
Best,
Ed
@@CrystalClearAquatics Yes, being in a koi pond (not a swimming pool type) they benefit from excellent water quality good water movement and a decent oxygen level. They also benefit from the pond being heated to 13.5 during the Winter. Fortunately last Winter it was with a heat pump that worked very well in terms of efficiency and money saving compared with earlier years. Terry.
@@stirlingpark6145 sounds like you have a good set up and very lucky fish to be in a heated pond!
Best,
Ed
This formal pond is beautiful, especially at night with the lights from the barn reflecting on the surface. I wanted to do a plant shelf in my pond but I couldn't due to the raccoons.
Hi there! Thanks for watching and commenting. I have to say Racoons is a new one- def not a problem for me here in the UK!!
Best regards,
Ed
Great job the new pond looks fanatic well done you.
Thanks for your kind words!
Best,
Ed
Oh I have enjoyed these four videos SO much. Dave is amazing, bless his cottons❤. I find your videos so relaxing which is therapy for me, you leave me a happier girl🙏🏼. We are moving to York soon and have a pond which I want to make larger and more interesting, your giving me ideas and enthusiasm as to what can be achieved. Shame your not here in North Yorkshire, you’d definitely get the job. Thanks so much for making a difference to so many🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
Thanks Maria for such a lovely comment- I’ll pass this onto Dave also and yes, he’s a trooper!
Thanks for watching and commenting and good luck with your move!
Best,
Ed
Good job well done. Hats off.
Thanks and as ever thank you for watching and commenting!
Best,
Ed
Great job, well done.👍🏼
Thanks very much!
Best,
Ed
Hi Ed, just dug a pond out and it’s going to be a water garden/wildlife pond. Can you recommend a good solar pump for circulation, I may build a bog filter just in case the wife forces me to get a couple of fish. It’s about 3 - 3.5ft deep and approx 12x6. Cheers
@@davesaxon7348 hi there Dave, I’m afraid in my experience of selling and playing with solar pond equipment (it’s been a while to be honest) I was unimpressed with anything on offer. Quality and reliability was very poor and in terms of savings with solar vs an equivalent mains powered pump there is much greater range of mains powered equipment on offer, mains on a like for like comparison (flow/power) are generally cheaper and it would take years of running the solar pump to be able to make some savings, by which time the pump will probably have broken as they’re so poorly made!
Just my opinion but hope it helps.
Best,
Ed
@@CrystalClearAquatics Hi Ed, thanks for that and tbf I had a feeling that would be the case. Thanks again for all the videos and content, I appreciate it must take a lot of time editing and uploading etc. cheers 👍🏼
@@davesaxon7348 no worries and you’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
Best,
Ed
An excellent build as always by you and Dave
Thanks Mike!
Best,
Ed
How beautiful was the final result....just come across ur videos and uve gained another subscriber
Keep up the good work
Thanks Carl, welcome aboard!!
Cheers for watching and commenting!
Best,
Ed
Stunning work gents, beautiful pond 🙂
Thank you for your kind words!
Best,
Ed
Just watch some of your videos this weekend your work is outstanding mate 👌 I will keep watching
Cheers Guy, kind of you to say so! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Best,
Ed
Fantastic pond! Great fun watching all three videos. If you fancy a lovely break in the Scottish Highlands, I'd love some consulting on a similar pond in planning up in Lochinver.
Thanks for watching and your kind words-don’t tempt me-would love an excuse to do some touring in Scotland!
In all seriousness I offer consultation services and can provide you with plans and details to create such a feature. Feel free to email me for more info!
Best,
Ed
Top quality filming and workmanship 👊🏻
Thanks very much for your kind words!
Best,
Ed
Very entertaining, and the approach you take to informing everyone about the nitrification cycle is extremely refreshing to see. The care you take to the fish reintroduction is very interesting. A lot may not notice the emphasis you place on it. Just a simple observation, and it’s from a fishes perspective. You stressed how important it was to dig a little deeper, to expand the volume of the pond, and while that is very true and will assist the fish, there is a major benefit I’m sure you must know, given your understanding of fish, but you didn’t actually mention it. Fish can not control their temperature, and move up and down in the water column to control this, thus the additional depth will benefit them in a big way. Visually I’m sure the owners are stoked, but I’m sure you know, over time those koi will become family favourites and their care will grow in importance, perhaps beyond the visually stunning additional to the yard.
Well done Ed and Dave of course, Another great pond and another great video,, Your comment about the Sticklebacks eating the Koi fry l understand but why dont the Koi adults not eat the Sticklebacks ?
Hi Norman, thanks for watching as ever! Koi are not predatory fish and although opportunistic and would occasionally eat fry they won’t pose a threat to fish beyond an inch or so in size. Also stickle backs are naturally well protected against being eaten as they are very bony and have very sharp dorsal fin rays, which they open up and lock into position, making it much harder to be swallowed by a would be predator.
Hope this helps!
Best,
Ed
beautiful work. wish had more idea of costs
Hi there, thanks for watching and commenting. It’s a bit of a grey area re discussing accurate costs for jobs publicly like this-I’m very conscious of client confidentiality when filming commissions for clients. That said I agree- I’d like to include a shopping list of sorts outlining material costs. Something for the future I’m sure!
Best,
Ed
Nice work, really enjoyed the series👍
Thanks so much for watching and glad you enjoyed it!
Best,
Ed
Great job guys a real inspiration
Thank you!
Best,
Ed
Fantastic job, thank you
Thanks for your kind words!
Best,
Ed
Fantastic
Thanks for your kind words!
Best,
Ed
This was proper ace, amazing to see the entire process too 👏👏👏
How much did it cost?
HI Thomas,
Thanks for watching and commenting! In consideration of client confidentiality I don’t want to post publicly what this particular build cost, however feel free to email me privately and I can give you an idea of costing if its something you’d be interested in having built in your garden!
Best,
Ed
This pond is excellent! So cool and the video is amazing! Great work guys! Did you ever get to swim in it???
Thanks very much for saying so- your fire pit looks very tasty also!! As for the swim; no I never did… maybe next year!!
Thanks for commenting!
Best,
Ed
Excellent , thank you - how do you manage water lilies in the koi pond ?
Thank you! Big robust varieties of well established plant in large baskets tend to be left alone, however some fish can be very persistent in rummaging around in the base of the plants and occasionally covering the planting basket in a grid to prevent fish from getting down to the planting substrate is called for! (Upturned hanging baskets cable tied to the lily basket can be useful here!)
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Best,
Ed
Thanks!
Tony you are a legend😉 thank you once again for your incredible generosity-really kind of you! Hope you enjoyed the final instalment…?!
Best,
Ed
@@CrystalClearAquatics No worries mate ! It isn't much that I do but I intend to support CCA as I am able. I do enjoy the show and you are quite easy to listen to. You don't use mm and uh and so forth to the point of listener fatigue. Just a thought Ed. I would like to see other pond works not necessarily just your works but maybe some that have given you inspiration and provoked new ideas etc. If that would be doable I would go along for the ride ! Cheers mate
@@MrTonyPiscatelle bless you Tony! Great idea re including other inspirational ponds (and lakes) in future videos and something I will endeavour to do!
Best,
Ed
@@CrystalClearAquatics Ed yes those would make for interesting video topics for sure. As would processes you go through like at the stone yard picking the proper stones for your jobs and why ,as well as plants and fishes' I'm pretty sure most of your viewers would find these topics worthy of viewing. Don't over look your gift ! You have a great screen presence and you can explain things and make them interesting. And I disagree with you , I think you can and do teach very well.
Really enjoying watching all your videos. Just out of interest, are there positives to leaving the lower part of the liner uncovered rather than filling everything with rock and gravel?
Good question! Partly it’s down to cost-building stonework right down to the deepest sections of a pond would increase the labour (and ultimately cost) considerably. You may have seen some of the videos of my (incomplete) pond which is stone and gravel all over (and looks very nice for doing so!) however in general having a substrate of any kind at the base of a pond can make maintenance much harder (gravel getting sucked up into pumps/vacuums and nets etc) and additionally can become a sediment trap, causing detritus to settle more easily. Maintaining a clean pond is much easier if substrate is left off the bottom.
Hope this answers your question!
Best,
Ed
Beautiful pond Ed. One question ! What amount of clarity do you want to achieve with the water ? Looks really nice at night .
Hi Tony, as my business name would suggest; Crystal clear!! There’s not really a clear definition as to what level of visibility would qualify as ‘clear water’ but in general in a clear pond one should be able to see to the bottom, down to 4ft or more and with minimal/no visible suspended solids reducing visibility. This is achievable in all ponds, providing the correct equipment is utilised. There’s a lot of science behind how to make a pond clear and it’s important to note that water clarity is in general for our benefit and not any livestock/plants/wildlife-but essentially it’s a balance of correct water flow, filtration and uvc sterilisation all working in sync with each other.
Best,
Ed
Could , (((Seachem paraguard )be good to use for any fish infections, for koi carp , perhaps you could advise us what you use , thanks
Hi there! Not a treatment I use and as such can’t comment on its actual success rate/reliability in use but in general there’s not really a treatment that’s a true ‘all rounder’. As a broad spectrum treatment or a precautionary preventative this looks good-(I shall see if I can get hold of some myself for future use!) as an alternative to something like FMG mixture (Mix of formalin and malachite, typically used for years in the trade as a good broad spectrum treatment)-useful to help treat issues that may be difficult to diagnose accurately (or as I said above as a general preventative) however if a confirmed diagnosis has been made I’d recommend using a treatment designed to treat specifics, ie an anti bacterial, anti fungal, anti parasite etc etc treatment.
Hope this helps!
Best,
Ed
a satisfying end Ed, very nice :) ps is that a gshock? :)
Thanks Paul! Absolutely-Gshock is the ultimate work watch!
Thanks for watching and commenting,
Best,
Ed
@@CrystalClearAquatics i have my eye on the Mudmaster in orange, it may just be a Christmas present to myself.
@@paulmartin7078 Nice! But don’t encourage me…I already have my eye on a casioak and some other modified g shocks. Check out Tokyo studios if you haven’t already, for some lush looking g shocks..!
@@CrystalClearAquatics yeah i have seen them, there is some very nice stuff
Nice Job to you both Aengus
Thank you!
Best,
Ed
hi ed great videos given me a lot of inspiration just one question i have built a formal pond like the one you did in lockdown out of natural limestone do you think its advisable to use something like g4 pond sealer or just leave it kind regards tim
Hi Tim thanks for watching and commenting and my apologies for the delayed response. A good question and one you’ll find you’ll get many different responses from whoever you ask! Initially some people will say that limestone isn’t a good material to build ponds out of in any case. Such materials will buffer the water making it more hard and alkali, which (again some people, but not all which is very confusing and conflicting) some will say is not ideal for ponds.
However ponds have been built out of-for example Purbeck (a type of limestone) for ever (not very scientific but ever since I’ve been interested in ponds and as far back as my own experience will allow for) I myself have built ponds from Purbeck-both koi only and mixed/natural ponds and all have thrived and I’ve seen no evidence that the use of such a building material has caused any detrimental effects to the pond. So building material choice aside in answer to your question-no- I’ve not sealed any stonework used in pond construction and have never had an issue. The use of sealants such as G4 (which is an excellent product by the way!) would require reapplying every 5 years or so and I don’t see such sealing of building materials necessary. If the purpose of sealing was for waterproofness that would be a different story but to prevent lime Ingres etc into the pond water I wouldn’t worry. I would however recommend filling the pond once built, letting it soak for a week or two and then draining and cleaning before re-filling and starting the maturation process. This drain and clean will get rid of the bulk of any harmful contaminants from the use of stone, cement etc.
Hope this helps and thanks for watching!
Best,
Ed
@@CrystalClearAquatics thanyou very much for the reply ed much appreciated you took the time to get back to me. i modelled it on your lockdown pond slightly smaller but yours gave me the inspiration. keep up the great work regards tim
Lovely
Thanks very much!
Best,
Ed
Rachael will be over the moon when she gets home and I tell her there’s another instalment 😊
🤦♂️😂 bless her!! Thanks as ever for watching and commenting Chris😘
@@CrystalClearAquatics pond looks amazing, I need more water lillys and a bigger pond. S2 filter was huge . Enjoy the beers
Sir, what is the name of the fish that are smaller? Thanks
Hi there! Thanks for watching and commenting! The smaller shoaling fish in this pond are three spined stickle backs (Gasterosteus aculeatus) a lovely little Uk native fish with some fascinating breeding traits!
Hope this helps,
Best,
Ed
hugh pond good job ;)
Thank you for watching and your kind words!
Best,
Ed
mm dint work that well
Thanks for watching and commenting! You mind me asking which aspect of the pond you’re not keen on?..
Best,
Ed
Great series and this pond pimp was great. But the swallow you do after you speak and the tut before you talk is really annoying.
😂 honestly you couldn’t be more true!! Didn’t realise I did that so frequently until I started to film my work and you’re so right-bloody annoying! I’m massively conscious of this and hope I do it less and less in future videos!
Thanks for watching and commenting,
Best,
Ed
Sorry but not liking this pond. Don’t like square or rectangle ponds. Should have made a koi type pond as some of the fish look fantastic. As long as owner likes it. Well constructed and enjoyed your video
Thanks for watching and commenting! In general I would agree with you-I’ve never been a fan of straight lines in ponds, but I was converted with this one when it was finished! Out of interest what do you think would make it a more ‘koi’ type pond? Really interested to hear people opinions on what they think of as a typical koi pond, goldfish pond, wildlife pond etc as I find frequently this can be very subjective!
Best,
Ed
@@CrystalClearAquatics a koi pond should have zero plants. Water heavily filtered so crystal clear water. These fish should be visible at all times.