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Hi Gazza, BB was ment to be BD as in bottom drain, so ive edited that. My concern is not having enough hight, water drop or gap (14 inches ish) between the Compact Sieve outlet and the pond top, so i could use 3 trays at 12cm deep or use 2 trays at 17cm deep, the 12cm have less gap between media and...

Hi guys, I want to set up a diy bakki shower fed from a Compact sieve or a vortex chamber. My set up, 550GL vat free standing at 3ft high with limited floor space, with retro BD to a Superfish 1800 to the UV to a compact sieve (i use a small stool to reach inside for cleaning) to pond. I have three ...

Would miarine ply wood do the same job ?

I used it for a gravel tray supporting canterbury spa, lots of hole drilling.

give this place a look see http://www.ukplastics.co.uk/

Bod thanks for your help and guidence ove my time here and I hope you get as much enjoyment out of your next hobby

when you said walk away from the hobby i was thinking the site and sharing your knowledge, thats clean....

Thanks for sharing what you have and all the best.

"treat with Myrocrome then seal"
Is this all the products you used to treat the area, did you use hydrogen peroxide at all ?
Has your Myrocrome gone off, not Myrocrome anymore ? (if that can happen ?).
Did you check scales around the one pulled for roughness ?
Have you scraped and scoped ?

priest only here.

Glass is a liquid or the ale inside the glass liquid is liquid.

More thinking, its the root canal making my brain hurt.. What processes are performed by the new growth beneficial bacteria (if any) to remove the old stuff, or does the new growth become the top layer while the older layers become the ancher...? Thats makes sence just like tartar on teeth its stayi...

My thinking.. The beneficial bacteria in the nitrogen cycle live on pond walls, floor, media and pipe work that has 1000 plus gallons an hour passing through it, so the sloughing off of old bacteria still take place within the pipe without destroying new beneficial bacteria growth, the aerated K1 ha...

Ive been reading the link below about only areating k1 media for 15 - 30 mins a day "This way it seems to mature a lot quicker & Nitrite dissappears a lot quicker" http://www.koimag.co.uk/forum/k1-and-air-t544635.html As stated in the thread this is how the Eazypod works.. At this time...

I would like to run the retro aerated bottom drain and a K1 chamber using 6 round 2" stones from one HiBlow 40.

when I have used the HiBlow 40 to retro aerated bottom drain there is lots of back pressure vented, would this effect the air in the K1 chamber ?

What would you advice ?

Thanks.

Some pictures of the opp if possible please.

My filter has been off due to damage caused by low temps in December, my 100ltrs of K1 sat in a pile on the filter pit floor till Feb when i bagged it, I managed to get pump going just to turn water over and im still trying to get filter up and running. Loads of air is being pumped into the pond and...

Thank you both for the help.