| The Koi House |
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| The building is 16' x 13' with the walls only 6' high. This kept the overall height down for heating purposes. The entire framing is of PT lumber�so no worry about rot, etc. There are 14 windows in it, along with 4 skylights. This has given me a lot of passive solar heat. I also don't have to worry about lighting for the fish. |
| The main tank has an inside dimension of 11' x 4' x 5' deep. Three feet of its depth is in the ground�in what we locally call ''hardpan''. As much as it's dirt it's rock hard! What a pain to dig in! The other 2' are made of 2' x 6' framing. Then the entire inside is sheathed in �'' plywood. |
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| The liner was then installed over this. There's one 4'' bottom drain in the tank along with 2 TPR's for current. The bottom drain is made out of a toilet flange and the TPR's are eyeball jets for a swimming pool. |
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| The filter for this tank is made out of 3-55 gallon barrels, with toilet flanges installed as bulkheads between the barrels �the 1st acts as a settling chamber, the 2nd as a mechanical filter and the 3rd as a sump for the main pump and for the pump that feeds the TT. |
| The bottom drain has been set in concrete also to prevent any movement |
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| The piping on the filter is the same size as on the main pond�that way I can use the AquaFlo pump on both systems. |
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| The building is being heated by de-humidifier and the tank heater, along with whatever solar heat I'm getting. |
| At any time it's about 80* in there and the water temp is 75*. The fish will be nice and happy for the winter and I can relax and not worry about them. |
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