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by Davej
Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:58 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: filtration advice.
Replies: 15
Views: 18882

Matty My experience of bio chips in my Nexus's was not a good one. They seemed to clump together below the bottom air ring and clog evrything up and if they escape they are a pain to clear from your pipes. I chucked them and reverted back to straight K1. Maybe others have had better experiences with...
by Davej
Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:56 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: suspended particles ??
Replies: 21
Views: 25485

Carl

IMHO If you have only been running for 3 weeks would suggest you let things settle down, monitor water parameters, make sure everything is stable before starting to tweak things.

Regards

Dave
by Davej
Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:52 pm
Forum: Breeders Section
Topic: Midsummer madness
Replies: 1
Views: 2067

Midsummer madness

After a couple of weeks off I was due to be at work early today.. My Shiro had other plans... Best bit was when the wife came down to have a peak before heading off to work and got a good drenching with water and good knows what!. Fortunately I set up a reception tank last night, pond had just hit 2...
by Davej
Sat May 26, 2007 12:06 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: Growing on pond under way at last!
Replies: 29
Views: 32378

Andy

Been out with a stopwatch and bucket.

My aquamax 6000 delivers 2250LPH at a head height of 2m through 1.5" pipework.

I've got a Sequence 12000 going spare if U want it? yours subject to a donation to the site's KHV fund.

Regards

Dave
by Davej
Tue May 22, 2007 10:08 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: Insulation That Can Be Fibreglassed???
Replies: 15
Views: 24616

Hi Andy I used car body filler to attach the foam, half a dozen splodges per sheet, hold for a few seconds and it's fixed. U can use a glue I think but body filler was the easiest option. Got through 3 large cans at £12 each - see your friendly car paint supplier in the yellow pages and get the c...
by Davej
Mon May 21, 2007 10:32 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: Insulation That Can Be Fibreglassed???
Replies: 15
Views: 24616

We used inch thick 4'x2' sheets from Polyfibre in Birmingham. suspect the Kingspan is a better buy though. Easy to install and saves rendering; took us about eight hours and provides a great key for fibreglass but make sure you keep it dry after fitting and before glassing. [img]http://www.koivista....
by Davej
Fri May 18, 2007 11:31 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: bacci showers
Replies: 26
Views: 36120

Since adding a Shower (of sorts) in March which flows 1000 gph through a metre of bio balls my Nitrate levels have dropped from over 100mg/l to 20mg/L and and are still decreasing despite 20% pw top up of tap water with Nitrate of 40mg/L! Can't comment on effects on other parameters as these were un...
by Davej
Wed May 16, 2007 7:54 pm
Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
Topic: Drilling f/glass tanks
Replies: 15
Views: 21883

I haven't had any problems when drilling fibreglass, either in a Fish tank or Boat. Holesaw will be OK, just make sure you drill in the right spot. Measure, check and measure again. If U are nervous of breaking out, then depending on location U can clamp a piece of wood against the exit side, if not...