Simply Koi and More Koi

hi m8
are they small bubbles sticking to the sides of the pond under the water line and to your arms when you put it in the water
regards
lee

hi m8
10w per 1000gallons as a rule of thumb so 15w would do
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lee

hi
personly i would go for a 70W (min) metal halide with a rating of 6500K
i belive that the full spectrum day light bulbs are great for us but you need some ommf to get down in the water hence reef keepers have to get higher wattage units the deeper the tank is
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lee

hi m8
what size tank is it
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lee

hi
fantastic m8 and some nice fiberglassing Bob i predict that some UK manufacture will see this and have the first one for sale for £895 by the start of next season
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lee
Hey bob how about you getting in there first and makeing a few quid for pond running costs just an idea m8

hi bob totally agree m8 for ages i have been trying to work out how to fit my pond into its location due to the house drain runs so was thinking of a deep end and shallow end and how best to get the bottom drain line to where the filters would be then i remmeberd being impressed reading about stream...

hi
cheers for the link i have now posted a question on the end
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lee

hi all
i dont hear much about stream flow ponds anymore do people still build them? and any one know how effective the ones that were built are
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lee

hi
welcome to the forum
i would say 12 foot by 9 foot and 6 foot deep
raised about 2.5 foot out of the ground to give you a wall to sit on when hand feeding this will give you 4050 gallons not including filtration
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lee

Gazza wrote:I bought a nice black and white one

hi gazza
i have to disagree you did not buy a nice black and white one



you brought a stunning black and white one
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lee

nice one gazza
i will have to come down to visit them next year
i hope you all are going to do a seperate thread on what i brought in japan
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lee

hi guys
glad you are all having fun
damm fine shiro that gazza what else have you got
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lee

hi steve in theory yes the 5500 is fine on turnover rate but he wants to pump through a bubble bead 1 so there is a concern over head preassure also this is a filter upgrade the 3" drain pipe is there and cannot be changed i was thinking a seq 8000s what are other peoples thoughts to the plan r...

dont forget to mention its a 3" drain run to the pod (cant be changed as its what was origanally there)
regards
lee

hi all
what pump would be suitable for a challanger 60 bead filter running from a sieve straight back to the pond of approx 4000-4500g would a seq 15000 be up to it
regards
lee