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RE: hello

saph.st24 — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:28:01 GMT

i dont have a bottom drain due to lack of information when i built the pond i didnt have any access to the internet so didnt have the information avaiable at the time but if i knew then what i know now thing would have been alot different

but at the mo im happy with my puddle lol

RE: hello

sdubber — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:59:55 GMT

thank u 4 your advise u dont seem to have a bottem drain did u plan wih out one

RE: hello

sdubber — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:30:18 GMT

the reason its 4 feet is buget in building items alone is £950 and £850 4 the builder to ly the blocks and bricks plus £250 4 the base and filter base and thats just the start

RE: hello

saph.st24 — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:49:17 GMT

well i think the men are on nexusies/slixus i have a kk and find it works very well for my pond

and looking at the pic of your filter i would say they look great they work basically in the same way

vortex brushes would help you out alot in the first bay if your having it as a vortex i was surprised by how much crap these caught then jap mat then k1

http://www.blackknight.co.uk/vortex.html

i will be changing over to k1 from flo core next year on my last bay with a few slight tweeks to accommodate the k1

an i would say that as long as the filters is double the size of the pond gallons/L wise you will be just fine

heres what i have 2500L pond and a 5000V kockney koi

so work out exactley how many litres it will be and the double the filter size

RE: hello

Slickangler — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:05:02 GMT

Hi Paul

welcome to the forums.

I cant help you with the filter questions but the pond size sounds good.

any particular reason for only going 4ft deep?

if I was to build a new pond now it woud be at least 5ft deep

yes the porums are very quite at the moment and a lot of the membership here are also members over at koimag.

but a forum has to start somewhere before it gets popular and we as members can help it along by suggesting and participating in a variety of activities.

any suggestions for activities etc to promote interest in the forums would be welcome.

RE: hello

sdubber — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:11:32 GMT

there dont seem to be very many people on this forum

that can help you not like kio mag they are very helpfull

still a new member wait and see what happens

RE: hello

chagoi 05 — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:26:22 GMT

Hi Paul ive not used the hydro filter but had the big Nitritech which are much the same they performed well, if i still had them i would have changed to K1 and jap matting, lack of space and a great deal put me onto Nexus 300 easy;)

RE: hello

sdubber — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:32:19 GMT

this is my filter

RE: hello

Marc Loud (2) — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:37:23 GMT

Do YOU MEAN THE Hydroclean cartridge filters.

Marc

hello

sdubber — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:39:05 GMT

hello my name is paul i have just started my second pond it will be 18 by 10 by 4 ft deep it is a night mare at the moment but i wiil win in the end got to do the base tomorrow put the botten drain in im hopeing to slope round the drain i am going to use hydra fillters could any one tell me if they are any good is one useing them on there pond please