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by bicolormoth
Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:09 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Happy Christmas
Replies: 9
Views: 17733

Re: Happy Christmas

Merry Xmas & Happy New Year to you lot. and a Happy Birthday for me for tomorrow, :D

Russell.
by bicolormoth
Wed May 04, 2011 5:49 pm
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: spot the female< Not a sexist remark>
Replies: 35
Views: 17818

Re: spot the female< Not a sexist remark>

brother of feeeshpond wrote:A = male
B = female.
Without any doubt.
what he said :D
by bicolormoth
Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:04 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: filter
Replies: 9
Views: 14617

Re: filter

Eazy Pod ?
by bicolormoth
Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:26 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: Hanna checker - handheld
Replies: 0
Views: 5990

Hanna checker - handheld

I have just got one of the new Hanna handy Checkers. i got the Nitrite one to give it a try. here is my review. okay, 1st test with the HANNA NITRITE CHECKER - Hi764 says my pond water has 126PPB of Nitrite , i take that to be 0.126mg/L i expected to see something like 0.07 - 0.10 going off what the...
by bicolormoth
Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:27 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: Cleaning my Ultrasieve
Replies: 2
Views: 6023

Cleaning my Ultrasieve

* .. after re-jigging my air pumps yersterday I was giving the Ultrasive2 a bit of a clean. I always have to clean out the inlet chamber with a brush as the 'mulm' collects on the vertical walls and the slopey bit leading up to the wier. I use a filter brush on the end of a stick, its like a 'bog-br...
by bicolormoth
Sat Jun 19, 2010 6:11 pm
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: formaldehyde and paraformaldehyde information
Replies: 69
Views: 8038

Re: formaldehyde and paraformaldehyde information

hmmm ... i read the articles Gazza they , and others, were the ones i was referring to in my post. i think the 'urge' to use salt comes from the very first pond i had, it was already in my garden when i bought the house but was woefully underfiltered , so off i went to the koi place and bought a mul...
by bicolormoth
Sat Jun 19, 2010 2:45 am
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: formaldehyde and paraformaldehyde information
Replies: 69
Views: 8038

Re: formaldehyde and paraformaldehyde information

given the results of this fascinating study, should this alter our opinion on the use of salt in our main ponds, say , an 'isotonic' level of 0.3%-0.6% to aid osmosis. I have read & re-read various articles that argue for & against the inclusion of salt in koi ponds. the main argumant agains...
by bicolormoth
Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:05 pm
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: Japanese matting insight
Replies: 29
Views: 6870

Re: Japanese matting insight

Duncan your explanation of how the cartridge is actually constructed is something i have never seen or heard of before and i expect i am not alone in that. I HAVE seen a cartridge set up but i had assumed the pieces of matting in between the sheets were like battons just keeping the sheets apart, no...
by bicolormoth
Sat Jun 12, 2010 12:42 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: Best Bead filters
Replies: 7
Views: 13270

Re: Best Bead filters

i have a BioMax25 after an Ultrasieve 2 on my skimmer line. really happy with it & intend , when my budget allows , to be upgrading the 25 to a 50. (this is also on 5000g. alongside a nexus 200).
by bicolormoth
Sun May 23, 2010 5:10 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: Auto Top Up
Replies: 7
Views: 12691

Re: Auto Top Up

i picked one up from Wickes. :)
by bicolormoth
Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:08 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: which would you have
Replies: 11
Views: 20006

Re: which would you have

where abouts are you kyle ? i travel a lot with work :wink:
by bicolormoth
Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:07 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: which would you have
Replies: 11
Views: 20006

Re: which would you have

Kockney Koi KF5000 Filter , i have 2 of these fopr sale , in South MAnchester , £150 ea.

Russell
by bicolormoth
Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:49 pm
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: formaldehyde and paraformaldehyde information
Replies: 69
Views: 8038

Re: formaldehyde and paraformaldehyde information

sorry to hear that very sad news about the Shiro Duncan. not much of a birthday present for you. gutted for you fella. :cry:

Russell.
by bicolormoth
Sat Apr 17, 2010 9:35 pm
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: formaldehyde and paraformaldehyde information
Replies: 69
Views: 8038

Re: formaldehyde and paraformaldehyde information

I agree with Lee. great experiment , sorry 'research' . As i use the stuff myself it would greatly benefit me to know exactly how it really does/does not work .
keep it up Dunc. great stuff. :)

Russell.
by bicolormoth
Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:07 am
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: formaldehyde and paraformaldehyde information
Replies: 69
Views: 8038

Re: formaldehyde and paraformaldehyde information

okay, cheers Dunc. will be in teresting to see the results.