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by Pondwithnoname3
Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:03 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: koiquest forum
Replies: 32
Views: 64795

Re: koiquest forum

This is a great professionally footed forum that would be a great loss should it become a read only forum, in my humble opinion. I don't take a peek very often for the sheer fact there's not much traffic, chicken egg thing, plus I like a bit of chit chat. I find forums a live entity even if there's ...
by Pondwithnoname3
Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:49 pm
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: Is your purifier cartridge working?
Replies: 10
Views: 5637

Re: Is your purifier cartridge working?

Manufacturers regard information like that as commercially sensitive and are reluctant to give away any information other than sales hype but a common industrial way to remove heavy metals is called KDF (kinetic degradation fluxion). It is relatively cheap and easy to manufacture into suitable cart...
by Pondwithnoname3
Thu Jul 16, 2015 8:22 am
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: Is your purifier cartridge working?
Replies: 10
Views: 5637

Re: Is your purifier cartridge working?

The three pod system isn't redundant if you have the correct cartridges. The mechanical filter filters out small particles such as rust and other solid contaminants. A metals cartridge will remove any trace of dissolved heavy metals such as lead or copper. A carbon filter will remove chlorine or ch...
by Pondwithnoname3
Tue Jul 14, 2015 9:28 pm
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: Is your purifier cartridge working?
Replies: 10
Views: 5637

Re: Is your purifier cartridge working?

I appear to live in an area with relatively low chlorine in the supply but I don't have much faith in the three pod unit I have, I've refilled two of the cartridges in recent months with activated carbon and renewed the first pre filter cartridge. I add sodium thiosulphate on top ups and partial wat...
by Pondwithnoname3
Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:58 am
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: 2-phenoxyethanol
Replies: 4
Views: 1505

Re: 2-phenoxyethanol

Hi Duncan I wish you had replied to my thread your referring to when I asked the questions relating to phenoxyethanol and euthanasia, never mind to late now. Just for reference the stuff I purchased was 99% pure, absolutely clear and with no smell, I dispersed it by vigorous agitation before adding ...
by Pondwithnoname3
Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:17 pm
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: Increasing K1 media.
Replies: 1
Views: 979

Increasing K1 media.

At the moment everything's hunky dory in my small heavily stocked mature pond but I want to stay ahead of the game and am considering adding a few more litres of K1 in my Nexus to increase the biological area. How will this impact on what is already a fragile eco system? At present I add around 400g...
by Pondwithnoname3
Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:05 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: welcome to new members
Replies: 15
Views: 34768

Re: welcome to new members

Can't shut me up once I start :) .
by Pondwithnoname3
Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:19 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: welcome to new members
Replies: 15
Views: 34768

Re: welcome to new members

Just joined and would like to say Hi to friends old and new, so HI all.