I’m sorry for those of you that are looking for the latest news in the computer industry, my column for today is about as far off from computers as you can be. As you may have read in my previous columns I’m working on a Koi fishpond and that seems to be taking up an awful lot of my time. But the end result should be well worth it. I got some emails from a few people asking whether I could shoot some pictures and thus I just stepped out with the camera and snapped a few.
Fig 1. The newly dug fish pond, measuring 4-meters in length, 1-metre in width and 1.2-metres in depth.
Here’s the fishpond, measuring 4-meters in length, 1-metre in width and 1.2-metres in depth. Took me about two days to dig it out, and another week to get all the poles and woodwork in properly. It actually has a wooden frame to support the high vertical wall and has poles going 1.2-meters into the ground to make it sturdy. When I’m done with prepping it and the liner is in it’ll hold a massive 4800-liters of water.
Fig 2. The filter chamber, actually just a hole in the ground really, but that'll change soon.
I was actually out shopping yesterday, for a filter, a pump and all the tubing and extras needed to get a good waterflow and oxygen levels in my pond. I’ll be using a powerful submersible pump in combination with a pressurized filter that also has UVC. Basically UVC is used to kill all algae and bacteria that could potentially turn the water green. I’m actually building a filter chamber right next to the pond in that triangle. It is just big enough to fit all the parts and has also some room to spare for a transformer to power the submersible pond lights.
Okay, a little bit of computer related news then, I just finished and posted the ‘How to build your own PC?’ article. It basically is a guideline for those that have yet to build their first PC, or would like to know how others got about it. I tried to make it as straightforward and self-explanatory as I could but be sure to point out anything I missed or should add.
Sander Sassen
