How to build a garden fish pond (update)

A big thanks to all the people who have viewed and commented on my video 'how to build a garden pond' I wasnt expecting no where near that amount of view :) last week I got a notification that my video was the most viewed in that month and stood at number one in there search...blown away :)
Anyhow..since the build there has been a few changed that I think I shuould mention.
Firstly filtration..
the water was still slightly green so I decided to upgrade the pump and filtration.
pump from 5000 l/h to 18000 l/h
filter box from 11000 I/h to 33000 I/h
UV clarifier from 8 watt to 30 watt.
I have also heightened my water fall too.
The pressurized system that I originally had was a bugger to clean properly and the UV wasnt enough to kill off the algae, but now the water is so clear that you would swear you could drink it. The picture in this video are a bit deceiving and the pond looks very shallow, however its 750mm deep, thats how clear it is now. I also binned the pressure filter idea for gravity feed and this has turned out to be very simple and quick to clean. I have also fitted a water splitter from the pump so that I can control the amount of water going through the filter and the waterfall independantly, even to the point of turning the waterfall off without it effecting the filtration. :)
the last part of the pond to be done is the bottom and the lighting. the plan is to have the bottom (once cleaned) filled with smooth black quartz and then have some blue underwater lights fitted. will hopefully look really nice when in the garden during the evening.. :)
I have also added so plants to attract insects and some bird feeder, one sits directly over the pond and the birds will no doubt spill some seeds into the pond which the fish can eat, also shopping for more fish. hopefully in the coming months I will post some pictures and video clips of the finished pond at night :)

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[GossyNke]

didn't any of your fishies get eaten by cats or foxes?

[sixstringbiker]

@GossyNke :) nope....pond is cat and fox safe lol

[sixstringbiker]

@GossyNke :) nope....pond is cat and fox safe lol

[BonScottACDC420]

WoW! Great job mate, you done real well with it! Getting ready to build a pond myself and your vids are a good teaching tool! I'm going waaay smaller than this but you outdid yourself on this one!

[sixstringbiker]

@BonScottACDC420 :) wow.. what a great comment, I'm sure your pond will look equally as good...I hope you post it on here and copy me in :)

[TubeTelivision]

this is amazing! you have to be extremely creative and technologically savvy to do something like this. i did a very small pond in my yard. like 50 gal. and it was challenging. i cant imagine how hard this mustve been!!!!!

[sixstringbiker]

@TubeTelivision wow, what kind words, thank you very much, to be honest it was hard work, and it seen me working on it till dark on a couple of days, but it paid off and was completed in 5 days. :)

[dazza944]

@BonScottACDC420

A word of advice......Dont build a small pond......Especially if u have the room, the most common mistake everyone makes is building a pond too small then want a bigger one. I made that mistake four years ago, now i have two ponds, one five foot square, the other 10 foot square.

[sixstringbiker]

@DjNevka thanks for your works, I'm sure your pond looks every bit as good, I have a small video in my uploads showing step by step how I built it...take a look :)

[DjNevka]

Makes my pond not look so good!! Lol

Good work mate..