Simply Koi and More Koi

All depends on your pond Nye. How big is it and how many fish are going to cxxp in it. I personaly would not flush a filter to a soakaway, I would flush it to a holding tank and then pump from the holding tank into the drain system via a sludge pump. Filters could be dumped every day during summer w...

Get some 75mm cold tape along with the solvent (I presume that we are talking of a butyl linner) from this company. http://www.absolute-koi.com/subcat188.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. The liner should overlap at least 75mm on any seams and any corners should be mitre...

The kids over the weekend thought it would be cool if they put a candle in the window opening so they could see the fish at night. BIG BIG mistake. The heat has cracked the outer layer of glass in the 12mm laminate. Lucky enough the glass is not leaking and there is no imminent danger but if there w...

The difference with the one from (Gin Rins got it right) Lidl is the size, it realy is a monster of a water shifter. It also takes frogs and small bricks(only joking), the pump is ok up to 35mm solids. this suits me as my sump is nowhere near as big or as smart as steveWs.

phil

sorry Tic Toc, probably have spelt it wrong (I don't do shopping), it's one of those supermarkets (I think German) and it's related to another cheapo place.

It will be a few weeks until I pluck up the courage to go again, I keep checking for Boobs.

Phil

Tic Toc I have my 300 dumping into plastic kitchen waste bin probably no more than 15/20 gal. In the bin I have a sump pump that I bought from Liddles' for £39.95 (a monster of a pump with a float, so good I went back and bought 3 more just in case). This pumps into 40mm pipe which I can direct to e...

The unit is linned with Black Firestone Butyl, this absorbs heat and does not reflect it. This way no heat is reflected past the pipes outward again, all the heat is kept inside the unit and when the sun shines this is considerable. In the tropics people wear white to reflect heat. I have thought of...

Sorry boys but the airline business is taking a lot of my time at the momment, bit like paddling a canoe up Niagra. Going back to the original solar panel, the pipe was from B and Q and was the cheap black pipe that is used for the auto irrigation systems which is about £15 for 50mtrs of 15mm. I am ...

I still am having problems with my diagram. Still what I wanted to say was that make sure that the wall with the window in has suficient supports to stop the wall bellying out or this will crack the glass. I am about to fit 2 x 4' lintels sunk in as uprights at each side of the window just to make s...

I have been asked by a few people how I constructed my window in such a simple way without a frame, below I have tried to illustrate in a simple manner and I hope this helps. The pond is 8’ x 8’ x 8’, this was constructed by 8 x 18mm sheets laid lengthways/upright into the excavation and re-enforced...

There is another source of heat. Sink pipes down to you houshold waste and wrap then around your sewage pipes, slowly pump water in and he-presto warm water for zilch. Apart from the digging and the massive excavation but if your on a re-build/extension, think about it. Once you have dug down near t...

Is your filter a gravity or pump fed system? How big is it's footprint E.G. height, width, depth.

Phil

Your problem is that 7'000 gallons is just near the top end for a 300 and so 2 300s would be good. I run a 300 on 3500 gal and I am well chufed. You still need to think about how clear you want the water and is the clarity for you or the fish. Koi love green water and this has very little to do with...

3 meter less the 8 foot Liam, so just short of 2 foot.

I didn't use an extra pump Bob, I just screwed a bleed into the black box filter at the back of the hedge on the picture. I was trying to keep the electric down as much as possible. Although the black box is not permanent and is only there as a start up for the pond. I would have thought that if you...