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oh i do hope your translating the whole webpage address and not just the text pieces at a time scopy and paste this link into the translate WEBPPAGE http://www.elkoi.es/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=165&Itemid=47" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; choose...

weve never tested the volume from the tubes Mark just says it cleans the water so it must be working ...
and heres the manifold (well its a rough description)
[img]http://www.elkoi.es/images/stories/airliftdos5.JPG[/img]
i'm sure you could just scale up the manifold i made using larger pipe and taps.

have you set the hourly rate correct? are you on standard or eco7
given your on a standard rate. ive checked and even adding the QT ive got these results

ooooooooooop yes?
dont be afraid
its going to be bad and you know it

lets have a quest to find out how much power we are using on our pond
heres ours

use the link to get a calculation.

hey Diago, thats some good information there. 40.000 litres using 41 watts of power is pretty good to me. :D :D for anyone here in the UK wanting to read this in english then follow these instructions 1. open link in post above. (yes its in spanish) 2. open this link in another window http://babelfi...

Andy:- in answer to your questions. no there are 18 uplift tubes running from the airtech80 pump, 9 on the main pond and 9 on the skimmer. no idea of flow (never thought of an accurate way of testing) personally id put the uplifts right at the pond wall otherwise your having a half pgravity half pum...

just buy one of these and unscreww the valves http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12-WAY-QUALITY-AIR-PUMP-MANIFOLD-KOI-FISH-POND-AQUARIUM_W0QQitemZ390031396545QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_HomeGarden_Garden_PondsWaterFeatures_UK?hash=item390031396545&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C3...

so andy you have finally become a believer :shock: i've held off posting about uplifts but as you say in your post for a very little wattage you can move massive amounts of water. allbeit only a head height of an inch or so. heres a couple of pictures and vids of one bank of our pond. this is the ma...

hers something for all the summer goodies
http://www.buyshedsdirect.co.uk/search-7-x- ... pex-glg-89" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

dont think they are made anymore. but they are these
http://www.koi.com/filtration/hydra-vortex-filters.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
the picture looks like the one on ebay

thats exactly what we use to clean the difuser. brush on pole

you may only have 12 months warrantee on the bead filter but the law does state under the consumer wrights that you can claim up to 6 yes SIX years later. have a read around the net..... especially this site:- http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);...

have a lok round this site to give you some interesting ideas.
http://www.trinorthlighting.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

as your still in the building stage may i ask "why no bottom drain?"
its the easiest and by far the best way to get water from the pond to the filter.