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Iv got a 7250 g pond with home made concrete filter,which consists of a vortex with brushes then 3 bays each 1mt square and 1mt deep , first bay is a plastic honeycomb cartridge with nets on top , second bay is bio balls last bay is gravel , my water is murky , it's ok down to 1mt but can't see the ...

Thank you , regards John

Could I use a small pond pump with a Venturi instead of air pump in a filter bay with k1 ,

Sorry my brain wasn't working this morning, you mean the shop , well it's a waste of time trying to explain anything to the Thais , even if he understood he wouldn't care , and he won't even be able to read the label on the pack if it's in English , lol my wife constantly tells not to bother trying ...

Thanks that's saved me a lot of grief , but I don't know what you mean about showing your reply to my supplier , I don't have one regards John

hi , does anyone use copper sulphate as an algaecide , Iv started using it in my swimming pool in powdered form and the water shines, I looked it up in my koi book and it gives the dosage as 0.2mg per 1000 ltr . Then today at the fish store there was a brand name imported Japanese koi food advertisi...

hi, thanks for the ideas guys i like the idea of showers but dont quite know how i,d feed them from bottom drains presumably i,d have to feed the drains into a box then pump to the top of the shower ?? and if i,m going to do that may as well feed into a 3 bay filter, then if i need i can tee off the...

hi eds, thanks for reply,can,t build it up because 2 sides of the pond are right up to the house walls and the water level is same as house floor and the other side has a huge waterfall, also i dont think the pond floor is strong enough, thats another reason i want to dig it out i can make the whole...

hi eveybody, i need your thoughts , i,m thinking of making my pond deeper at the moment its 10.5 meters long and 7 meters wide but shallow, one area is 1.6 meters deep but the rest is only 60 cm deep , living in the tropics depth is not much of a problem but it would be better deeper . what i,m thin...

hi gazza, the pond and filter system is not new been running for 4 years now but wanting to upgrade filter, sorry cant pot pics evidently i need photo bucket, the pond is 33000 ltrs with atman <german> pump working the filter of 25000 ltrs per hour, but this will be reduced cos it returns via a vent...

hi gazza,i put the size in the post already , each bay is 1.10 meter by 1.10 meter . but i did,nt put the depth which is 1 meter . for the static bed i reckon 7 bags if i make it 30 cm deep and for the fluid bed 3 bags,10 bags in total does this sound about right ??? that will cost 800 pounds. i hav...

hi, i found a supplier for k1 but its called k2 out here ? bearing in mind i,v never seen k1 or k3 only pics, i want to use it as static media in a mechanical chamber, how much do i need and to what thickness does it need to be . the chamber is 1.10 m by 1.10 m . when used as a static media does it ...