Simply Koi and More Koi

HI THERE, OASE 10000
easy 200\300 or build your own easys
forget the veggie filter , to do any good they would have to be 3 times the volume of the pond ,cleaned on a regular ,basis and are a nice nesting place to grow nasties in ...

you need ...AMANDA....acer ace and all round horticulteral good girl col.. sure she will be able to help out...

hi brucey, welcome to koi quest firstly,,, i believe boddington koi sell a fair bit of the firestone liners so it may be worth looking at there site for comparison, but theres always a but aint there , a lot depends on how long you want this pond to last , most here would recommend getting a price f...

ed, according to make of course differentials may occur ,looked quickly at hi blows and 100ltrp\m is 95\100w ..40s at 38watts and 80s at 71 watts,seem pretty comparable on watts to ltrs within reason ,but may not apply to all pumps\makes...so a good point\tip to look at when buying pumps or other el...

adam, carlejo has hit the nail on the head really, as we hopefully get warmer weather in summer o2 levels in water will drop due to warmer water not being able to retain the desired levels, so if you lose one at least you can still feed o2 hungry bio with at least some o2 till you get the other repa...

hi guys,i think your find at ckf that mark uses two 6ft rads run from a boiler in the tosai house and one electric in the the nissai ,you will also find that not only are the walls and ceiing completely insulated but under the floor as well , temps on the water last time i was there was a balmy 24c ...

hi flemming ,my understanding of a roto sieve is that it is very smilar in the way it works to a nexus answer, most people running that in the past here in the uk have ditched them in favour of the easy then the fluidised that you get witha 200\300 , cost of running (leccy)etc comes into play of cou...

andy , if youve made the ring from speedfit there are marks on the pipe that are ideal to use as spacing, also dont forget to put a few holes facing downwards to release any water that may collect in the pipe ....

hi flemming, fluid bed filters are pretty good at giving you good water quality and good bio reasonably quickly and do provide a massive surface area for the bio to grow on , but i would not run a koi pond solely on a fluid bed system alone, as a supplimentary system yes, along side a nexus =koi hea...

hi mart, from scratch it all depends on what you want to pay in the long run ...but b\d (aerated)to sieve then easy 300 pumped return with skimmer line to bakki shower with bhm ....just to start and then add on if you need to , remember its impossible to overfiltrate .....then theres ro , ozone ,bea...

just seen this post got friends who are selling theres , look at swap shop sales if you want one cheap

food and fitration , the two biggest talked about points you will ever find on any forum, in this case food.....but what makes a good food :?: :?: protein ,aminos lipids ,carbohydrates .ash etc etc etc ....remaining with the post ...protein , certainly causing the glutenous bubbles , most foods cont...

terry, you will most certainly hope you and yours are well, and wheres our mate these days , i mean uncle dave of course

thorny, will tell you all about building ponds , and the right sort of blocks to use , he may even know a gentleman who has been known to throw a bit of fibreglass up as well drop him a pm and see if hes about ..we used the 9" and 6" hollows on two of our ponds ,, rendered and glassed..

rodders,...gazza is about right when it comes to glassing the pond in comparison, if you get the right bloke to glass it for you the cost will be about the same , give or take as the paint ,but the glass will last at least 25 years,the paint wont.as for the drain the glass will be lapped into it mak...