Simply Koi and More Koi

its worth mentioning that i believe the wattage ratings are for the output of of the uv lamp and not for the electricity used for example i have a tmc 110 uv lamp which has 2x55 watt lamps the electricity used for this is 78 watts

hope this helps

Brians

the airline in the bio system is probably the most altered part of the nexus either by drilling more holes, bigger holes or upgrading the line to 15mm pipe i was using an airtech 60 which should be capable of turning over between 75 and 100 litres k1 and it was not happening i was not getting good t...

i put an air ring of 22mm john guest pipe round the top outside rim of my nexus 200 in a sort of horshoe shape ( the open part of the horseshoe being where the inlet is, i then drilled 6 holes in the 22mm pipe and fitted smal airtaps (like what is on an airpump manifold) and connect flexible airpipe...

i use 2 nexus 200 on pond and have always been dissappointed with the airline and air distribution system i have tried various combinations of 15mm pipe ,various size and spacing of holes and have found that the best system is to use 6 airstones using airstones, airtech 40 airpump is get excelllents...

Dave it is worth bearing in mind that the membranes are rated at a water temp of 25 degrees on the RO man site there is a list of corelation figures for different temps for example if your source water was at 9 degrees C there is a corelation factor of 2 which means that the flow is halved This is a...

you need to be careful various aerated bottom drains have differing capacaties for air going through some will quote maximum of 20 litres per minutes whereas richdons bottom drain will cope with 200 litres per minute make sure you get an air pump to suit your bottom drain If in doubt ask the supplie...

i use a hunter multifuel burner to heat my 5000 gallon pond whilst i do burn some wood on it the problem with wood is that to get the output you need to replenish the wood every 1-2 hours depending at the rate the wood burns, plus the wood needs to be well seasoned and dry Instead i burn solid fuel ...

whilst the subject is reverse osmosis i am looking at it for my pond i have read the posts in the archives but have little practical knowledge of the workings of it ----could you tell me if the length of the wast and reverse osmosis water pipe have any effect on performance( i am looking at siting m...

the trouble with the rotting compost/manure theory is that as it decomposes it produces heat which keeps the rotting process going if you take the heat awayfrom the centre you will end up with a pile of unrotted crap. If you coulld get a big enough pile of manure and just took heat from the edges it...