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by Brek
Thu Dec 08, 2016 11:49 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: Heating costs
Replies: 17
Views: 49665

Re: Heating costs

My pond was a 1500 gall jobby with 50mm jabfloor on base ans side walls, covered over in winter with 4 cell polycarb, and laid snug to the pond top so very little air gap. Pond was fed by 30lpm airpump over winter and temps run from 13 to 6 and back to 13 degrees over the winter months. Over 4 years...
by Brek
Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:12 am
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: fluke m & salt?
Replies: 2
Views: 1456

Re: fluke m & salt?

I have used fluke m at the same salt concentration with no issues at all.
by Brek
Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:13 am
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: what is this?
Replies: 2
Views: 1382

Re: what is this?

Ahh, I remember a similar thing on my other sanke a couple of years back now I think of it. I scrapped a few fish and found a few of the usual suspects, not enough to cause concern, but seeing as I had some fmg that was coming close to its sell my date I added a 250mil bottle of nt labs FMG enough f...
by Brek
Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:46 am
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: what is this?
Replies: 2
Views: 1382

what is this?

just noticed this on my sanke:
by Brek
Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:19 pm
Forum: Breeders Section
Topic: Culling, when and would you give them away instead?
Replies: 5
Views: 5548

Re: Culling, when and would you give them away instead?

funny to re read an earlier post, that was the year I got into koi keeping. Knew nowt as you can tell. Good job with the spawning, it looks like you got one good kohaku looking at that clip.
by Brek
Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:00 pm
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: K.H & G.H. and the effects on koi
Replies: 3
Views: 1483

Re: K.H & G.H. and the effects on koi

I have run RO for a couple of years now and sumi development on one fish has come on great, and on another it has faded so I think fish quality is the main dictator in terms of loss or gain of anything.
by Brek
Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:47 pm
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: Found one anchor worm
Replies: 2
Views: 1272

Re: Found one anchor worm

Thanks Duncan.

damn it, found a frog in the pond recently which had clouded the water to the point I couldn't see anything and it had died in pond. Off on hols in 3 days not best timing wise.
by Brek
Fri Jul 20, 2012 3:41 pm
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: Not Koi related but watch this !!!!!!!
Replies: 3
Views: 1624

Re: Not Koi related but watch this !!!!!!!

Awesome, love the resulting hysteria. They have been known on a few occasions to swim up river.
by Brek
Fri Jul 20, 2012 3:37 pm
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: Found one anchor worm
Replies: 2
Views: 1272

Found one anchor worm

My Yamabuki has been out of sorts recently, listless, lying on the bottom at times, scrapped nothing showing, so took her out one more time and think I have found one anchor worm, would one cause the symptoms that have caused me the concern? I know treatment is sedate, PP the worm so it releases its...
by Brek
Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:31 pm
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: PP And The Home Office
Replies: 2
Views: 956

Re: PP And The Home Office

Sadly its nothing to do with Koi use it is to do with the out of control crime gangs operating with impunity in this country (and europe) this is the governments only (ineffective) recourse to prevent law abiding citizens from obtaining it for legitimate use.
by Brek
Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:56 am
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: video: huge koi pond running just on air (airllifts)
Replies: 1
Views: 5955

Re: video: huge koi pond running just on air (airllifts)

Impressive use of airlifts, and the automation seems beautifully simple. Good job.
by Brek
Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:46 am
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: RO & Anything RO Related
Replies: 34
Views: 5615

Re: RO & Anything RO Related

Well time to revisit this after a year of running, because we live close to the artic circle oop north, I had a crap summer temp wise, so cannot comment on extra growth after using RO, what I can definitively say is the skin quality has become epic, even the cheapies I bought last year as pond fille...
by Brek
Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:03 pm
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: Health advice for the garden pond keeper?
Replies: 13
Views: 1895

Re: Health advice for the garden pond keeper?

I have offended many a person on a few other sites with sometime some very to the point comments, we all have to learn, but that is the key 'to learn', anyone that asks for help and then fails to act on it is not learning and is inflicting cruelty and neglect on an animal that cannot get out of the ...
by Brek
Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:57 pm
Forum: Breeders Section
Topic: kohako or goromo / nice showa?
Replies: 5
Views: 6461

Re: kohako or goromo / nice showa?

I tempted to say 'congratulations its a boy'.
by Brek
Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:42 pm
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: Adding Clay any good?
Replies: 11
Views: 1628

Re: Adding Clay any good?

I used in in my first year, only bought a small bag though, once it was used up never bothered again, I also used super c, and again once that ran out never replaced it, as above now use RO water with a once an hour turnover of the pond, the uv takes care of the green stuff and the food takes care o...