Jelly Bean Tetra - Ladigesia roloffi - Federation of British Aquatic ...

Shaun McPherson thinks he has the
answer to this perennial problem
When my father-in-law’s best Koi was killed we tried to look for solutions online.
We couldn't find anything that suited his pond, the solutions out there are either
really big and obtrusive, or ugly and unpractical. Being a welder/fabricator, he
asked me to fabricate a few different size rings to fix a net to.
While making this, I didn't like the idea of the net so tried to think of something
more aesthetic.
I was busy making steel figurines at the time and thought of a spider’s web.
In my opinion the spider web is one of nature’s most amazing structures so
what would be better than that?
I made this steel spider web
with no intention of it going
any further than that.
Fortunately for me this was
seen by others and I was
asked to make another.
Then we had a baby and the
design ideas started moving
towards child protection!
I took my idea to the Prince’s Trust and was given a small grant to test market
the idea. It went very well and I started meeting people who were passionate
about protecting their fish but did not want to ruin the look and hard work they
put into their ponds.
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