Well one step closer ( now with KOI )

[stuzzy]

is there a good place on the web to buy all the fibreglass stuff, matting, resin,flowcoat ect??

[tomy2ponds]

About time we had some more photos are the koi in there yet

[vippymini]

here goes then Lee
[img]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/vippy ... CF1495.jpg[/img]

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and he has even built willow her playhouse she designed last year.
[img]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/vippy ... CF1541.jpg[/img]
will take some more piccies when the water is ot so green...

[tomy2ponds]

Hi Jane hows the air system working has it gone to plan it looks like it is moving plenty of water.the pond looks really good love the play house bet the kids love it.

[vippymini]

it seems to be going to plan. its very hard to gauge exactly how much water is being moved through the filters. as you say it looks like quite a bit.

the pond is now running on four air pumps (because thats what we had). three koiair 25 and an EA airtech 80, meaning a total wattage of 140watts/hr
thats one koiair 25 per K1 filter barrel and the EA 80 for the uplift tubes on both filter systems.
i'll get some pictures of the filters later in the week.

[vippymini]

heres a couple of piccies of the filters, improvements are ongoing.....

[img]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/vippy ... C_0045.jpg[/img]
one of the main filter run from the bottomdrain.

[img]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/vippy ... C_0050.jpg[/img]
one of the skimmer filter run

[img]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/vippy ... C_0052.jpg[/img]
one of the pond

[img]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/vippy ... C_0028.jpg[/img]
and the koi just sit at the window and watch you...(wonder what he is thinking)

[Gazza]

Hi Guys,

Looking good Jane and i think the little one wants something to eat

So come on then Jane how does all this work

[vippymini]

here goes nothing then:- i hope it makes sence

the main filter.
first the water flows through the large 42"dia vortex with a homemade static K1 eazy bin.
second the water flows through the first of two brown 220ltr barrels(static at the moment but can be fluidised).
third is the second 220ltr barrel with fluidised K1
then it flows to the black box where the nine uplift tubes lift the water and return it to the pond (just like havig a pump)

the skimmer filter.
water enters the skimmer box through a variable height wier with a mesh front
it then flows through the big green butt fitted with a static K1 stainless wash drum eazy conversion
it then flows through a red 220ltr barrel with fluidised K1
then it flows to the black box where the nine uplift tubes lift the water and return it to the pond (just like havig a pump)

total volume of pond and filters 3150 gallons

oh and Gazza he is about a foot long.

[Jagger]

and the koi just sit at the window and watch you...(wonder what he is thinking)

Can I eat that?

[B.Scott]

What a great Idea to use a washdrum for your static K1 What a clever lad!

B.Scott

[vippymini]

well we taken lessons from the master

[GDL]

Hi,

I'm thinking of using airlifts for my pond so just a couple of questions if I may.

Are you using 1.5" or 2" pipe and what sort of air stones do you have in them?

Thanks

Gordon

[vippymini]

1.5" pipe for the uplift tubes, they are 18" long. and the airstones are the cheapy small aquarium ones.