FredrikAnderson
Koi Herder
I recently got 2 new fish and had to set up a quarentine pond to keep them in. I set it up using a 100 gal stock tank and a skippy filter made out of a trash can. I have decided to keep the quarentine set up permenantly so that I don't have to scramble to get one ready anymore. My wife is on board but I have to make it look nice because she (and me) aren't feeling the trash can look. So I when to the local hardware store and found a very large Urn Fountain that they had in the back that was missing the pump and had some damage on the bottom.
I bought it for 75 dollars and was in business.
Because it was a fountain and not a real urn it only had a small hole in the top so I had to cut the top open (If you are looking to do something like this a real pot or urn would be much easier). I also had to use a differant shower drain then I usually do because it had a 6" hole in the bottom of it where I would usually only put a 2 1/4" hole. I was able to figure out something to work however.
I also have had to figure out a few things because of the thickness of the Urn is a little thinker then 3/4" were I am use to going though material that is more like 1/8" max. There was a 1/2" hole at the bottom that was used for a tub to pass through to feed the fountain water, I drilled it larger to pass a 3/4" bulkhead through. Thus plugging the excisting hole and giving myself a place to bring in my water.
I will have to put a check valve in to make sure if I turn off the pump all the water doesn't back flow into the pond. I would have probably just piped in from the top if the hole wasn't aready there.
I used a peice left over from the thing I bought at a recycle center to make my grid for the garbage can filter to make a grid for the Urn Filter. It just happened to be the right size, Bonus!
My next big goal will be drilling the outlet hole. Unfortunatly I don't have anything to drill a 2 1/4" hole in a pot so I will have to decide if I want to bite the bullet and buy a diamond hole saw or just rent one. We will see.
I bought it for 75 dollars and was in business.
Because it was a fountain and not a real urn it only had a small hole in the top so I had to cut the top open (If you are looking to do something like this a real pot or urn would be much easier). I also had to use a differant shower drain then I usually do because it had a 6" hole in the bottom of it where I would usually only put a 2 1/4" hole. I was able to figure out something to work however.
I also have had to figure out a few things because of the thickness of the Urn is a little thinker then 3/4" were I am use to going though material that is more like 1/8" max. There was a 1/2" hole at the bottom that was used for a tub to pass through to feed the fountain water, I drilled it larger to pass a 3/4" bulkhead through. Thus plugging the excisting hole and giving myself a place to bring in my water.
I will have to put a check valve in to make sure if I turn off the pump all the water doesn't back flow into the pond. I would have probably just piped in from the top if the hole wasn't aready there.
I used a peice left over from the thing I bought at a recycle center to make my grid for the garbage can filter to make a grid for the Urn Filter. It just happened to be the right size, Bonus!
My next big goal will be drilling the outlet hole. Unfortunatly I don't have anything to drill a 2 1/4" hole in a pot so I will have to decide if I want to bite the bullet and buy a diamond hole saw or just rent one. We will see.
