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by markchip
Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:06 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: tdh and effects of bends
Replies: 0
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tdh and effects of bends

Hi all, As part of my pond design for next year I'm currently looking at the returns to the pond. I plan on using an airlift from the last filtration section into a small bay/sump from which there will then be 4 gravity return pipes into the pond itself. As I'd like to return these 4 pipes each to a...
by markchip
Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:17 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: Which Air pump ?
Replies: 4
Views: 10991

Re: Which Air pump ?

[quote= However, I've found that larger Secohs (EL 60 & EL100) cannot cope with any depth beyond about 1.5m and simply blow the diaphragms. If you speak to Bibus they will tell you that Secohs are not rated beyond this depth. [/quote] Do many/most/all pumps specify their capable depth or must yo...
by markchip
Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:03 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: Airlift update: Koi pond running just on air
Replies: 9
Views: 25285

Re: Airlift update: Koi pond running just on air

Hi Diego, Just to echo the last post by Okome, I'm building a (15,000l) pond next year and want to use an airlift return to the pond. I will probably use 4 110mm airlift pipes of about 1.3m length. The air entry will be near the bottom of each pipe using 15/16mm pipe and drilling many 1mm holes - ho...