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- Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:41 pm
- Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
- Topic: Aquamax Eco failure. Suggestions?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 24314
Re: Aquamax Eco failure. Suggestions?
The back pressure would be HIGHER in senario 2 than. With the 1st picture using 110mm pipe the weight is greater in the 110mm but the velocity and friction are reduced. In the second senario the speed would be greater and not allow the water to desperse to the sides but force it upwards thus increas...
- Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:49 pm
- Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
- Topic: Koi Hut - Japanese Shoji Style
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12040
Re: Koi Hut - Japanese Shoji Style
I have this but it is indoors [img]http://www.koi.excalibur-nw.com/images/kastclosed.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.koi.excalibur-nw.com/images/kastopen2.JPG[/img] But I used real Japanese rice paper. The funny thing is you stick it on with water based paste. The japanese then change the paper every spri...
- Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:33 pm
- Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
- Topic: Nexus 300 probs
- Replies: 52
- Views: 44010
Re: Nexus 300 probs
Now I am thinking, how about that mossy stuff that grow inside the pipe sometime or likewise there could be something stuck/wrapped around the support for the BD like a carrier bag / bin liner / blanket weed.
- Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:18 pm
- Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
- Topic: Advice on planning a Waste Chamber with Pump
- Replies: 44
- Views: 36280
Re: Advice on planning a Waste Chamber with Pump
I saw in the first post you had thought of using a saniflo. I would steer clear of that one as a bit of BW would cause the internal bits to self destruct. I replace these things on a regular basis. All it take is a bit of string or something fibrous and the blade gets it tangled with the strainer an...
- Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:44 am
- Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
- Topic: central heating pump
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12069
Re: central heating pump
I had a couple of people I know who used them. The opened the pump and coated the inside with several layers of Hamerite.
- Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:57 pm
- Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
- Topic: Help with compact sieve
- Replies: 30
- Views: 44421
Re: Help with compact sieve
Very strange... I have the exact same sieve and I can go fro a week without cleaning it!
B.Scott
B.Scott
- Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:07 pm
- Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
- Topic: Help with compact sieve
- Replies: 30
- Views: 44421
Re: Help with compact sieve
OK I have an idea. Let me first say the screen should be CURVED not flat. If you have flattened it you may well have ruined it. I hope not. The main point I wish to make is perhaps the screen is in UPSIDEDOWN! If you look at it edge on, you should see the screen is angled in one direction. These tee...
- Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:08 pm
- Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
- Topic: Showers (Branded or DIY) - What gallonage T/o please?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9473
Re: Showers (Branded or DIY) - What gallonage T/o please?
Nothing on the market as of yet. Just seen a prototype from AWB but like a said it will be a couple of years before any of us can buy them. These sort of systems have bee about for quite a while on an industrial scale. I have seen plenty of setups in commercial greenhouses that use a pair of ship di...
- Sun Sep 21, 2008 3:58 pm
- Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
- Topic: Help with compact sieve
- Replies: 30
- Views: 44421
Re: Help with compact sieve
Andy,
Are you talking about one of the green plastic ones with the big black Tee on the side? I have one of them. I have run both a 5500 and a 10000. Never had the bybass come into action.
B.Scott
Are you talking about one of the green plastic ones with the big black Tee on the side? I have one of them. I have run both a 5500 and a 10000. Never had the bybass come into action.
B.Scott
- Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:54 pm
- Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
- Topic: Showers (Branded or DIY) - What gallonage T/o please?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9473
Re: Showers (Branded or DIY) - What gallonage T/o please?
Working in heating and plumbing, I have recently seen the next generation of boiler for heating houses. It will be a gas microturbine producing electricity for the grid and using the waste heat to warm the house. They should be on the market in the next three years. How about that for innovation? B....
- Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:18 pm
- Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
- Topic: High volume eco-pump
- Replies: 124
- Views: 85996
Re: High volume eco-pump
David, Useful information on performance, thank you. One question I have is on noise. How intrusive is the noise, and how loud? Cheers Gordon This is one of the issues I touched upon earlier in this thread. If you are just pumping the water and letting it free fall or running it through a TT/Bakki ...
- Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:30 pm
- Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
- Topic: High volume eco-pump
- Replies: 124
- Views: 85996
Re: High volume eco-pump
It's a good idea Jane. The only down side I see is the thickness of the flat pipes and solvent welding them without leakage.
B.Scott
B.Scott
- Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:59 am
- Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
- Topic: Filtration advice please
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12575
Re: Filtration advice please
Personally I would have reservations about pushing a nexus to the maximum filtration level.\
B.Scott
B.Scott
- Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:42 am
- Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
- Topic: High volume eco-pump
- Replies: 124
- Views: 85996
Re: High volume eco-pump
Everything wears out eventually Mike. In practice the performance of a pump should stay the same until such time as important parts start to become seriously worn out. If you were pumping water mixed with small rocks of sand you might expect the impeller or shaft to degrade but in the case of a koi ...
- Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:24 pm
- Forum: Breeders Section
- Topic: oxygen
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10150
Re: oxygen
Indeed Dean... keep in mind that "Oil and greese" include such things as skin lotion, vasiline, sun cream etc!