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No. It's still working well and makes it soooo easy to put the covers up and down every day not just in winter. I do it every night in summer too.

Thanks David.

Hi Gareth. As I understand it the difference is. Free chlorine is all the bad chlorine that you cannot live with. This has to be a zero reading on the meter. Total Chlorine contains Free Chlorine plus other not so harmful (in the short term) chlorines. You would try to get that to zero too but may be ok if it's not made up with any Free Chlorine. So if you only get 1 of the 2 meters then get Total Chlorine and try to get it to zero If you have both chlorine meters then if your Free Chlorine is zero then there's no need to panic if the Total Chlorine shows a small reading. I hope this makes some sense to you? If you're still confused then let me know Regards Peter

Hi Peter, thanks for explaining, that does make sense now. I’ll start with the total Chlorine one and then can add to it if necessary.

Good Plan....

Around 4000 l/h

4,500 gallons hr…

Wii that be to much

No problem 👍

Thanks. I will give that a try.

Thanks

Thanks. What were they manufactured for?

@@northernkoikeeper512 Originally made of wood. th-cam.com/video/9cRGvRaPiqI/w-d-xo.html It was just an industrial tool. th-cam.com/video/pf_5CR40_kU/w-d-xo.html An Englishman started to sell it because he thought people would like it. In Japan, hobbyists rarely use them instead of blue bowls, as they are difficult to buy and unnecessarily expensive. You are free to use them for other purposes, but I have always considered that the water level is too low for large KOI's and that there is always pressure from below. If you want to continue to use them, I think you should re-manufacture an another products with a specific gravity that sinks more.

Thanks Vince.

@@northernkoikeeper512 no worries mate how's you

@@LeTwistedOne I'm doing okay thanks. I had a great time working with you at Adam and Amanda's. We did some good work.

@@peterfinkill8098 mate it was an awesome day and can't wait for the next time that the A Team gets put back together 👍👍👍

Thanks. One of my favourite fish.

Not first then 🤣🤣🤣

@@just4koi143 Haha... Not been judged yet. I'll let you know how I get on in this Grow n Show.

@@peterfinkill8098 I meant A&C KOI 🤣🤣🤣

@@just4koi143 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Thanks. I appreciate it.

@@northernkoikeeper512 your welcome matey, and it was nice to see you at Adam Byers koi farm 👍🏻

Thanks Leon. Got more to come.

@@northernkoikeeper512 looking forward to it 👌👍

The Tempest does a good job but I think home made Up-Filters are more customizable

@@northernkoikeeper512 if it actually needs to be customised. I am more than happy with mine and I honestly don't think it needs an airline to boil it longer.

Hi Graham. I used enough to fill about one third of the tune.

Thank you so much 😀

Hi Tom. Great to meet you at the Grown Show. As you say we didn't get a minute to talk. In fact I didn't get much time to talk to anyone!. I hope that you are going down to Adam's this weekend to help him? We can have a chat then. I only got the two fish that I was expecting and no mare.

This company holds loads of different adapters store.jdpipes.co.uk/adaptors-reducers/

Hi Gary. Thanks for the kind words. The fitting that puts air into the Up-Filter is a JG Pipe fitting. I got mine from Toolstation. Before fitting it warm the tube so that it adapts to the form of the fitting. www.toolstation.com/jg-speedfit-tank-connector/p92456 Not sure on the amount of media. If you can use it elsewhere then get 50l otherwise start with 25l and add more if you think it needs it.

Haha you could be right Richard. Need smaller bubbles.

The approximate costs for building a filter using 150mm and 110mm pipe are: 150mm Filter £39 - 1 x 1mtr length of 150mm acrylic clear perspex tube £03 - 2 x 20mm (approx) lengths of 110mm pipe £32 - 2 x 160mm to 110mm rubber adapter £20 - 2 x 110mm to 1½" rubber adapter £ 8 - 1 x 1½" rubber T-connector £15 - 2 x 1½" valterra valves £ 4 - 5 x 1½" straight connectors solvent weld ==== £123 = Total 110mm Filter £33 - 1 x 1mtr length of 110mm acrylic clear perspex tube £20 - 2 x 110mm to 1½" rubber adapter £ 8 - 1 x 1½" rubber T-connector £15 - 2 x 1½" valterra valves £ 3 - 3 x 1½" straight connectors solvent weld ==== £ 79 = Total Where I got the parts from Acrylic Tube - Trent Plastics do 110, 150 and 200mm acrylic tube at 500mm and 1 metre lengths www.trentplastics.co.uk/acryl... 160mm to 110mm rubber adapters - For a massive range of rubber reducers and adapters covering a big range of sizes and combinations I used JDP store.jdpipes.co.uk/adaptors-... I got all of these fittings from my local Koi shop - 110mm to 1½" rubber adapter - 1½" rubber T-connector - 1½" Valterra gate valves 1½" straight connectors solvent weld - Toolstation www.toolstation.com/solvent-w... I got the mesh to keep the media in the tube off eBay. Cut it to size using a wire cutter. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4pcs-Grid-...

Thanks Dan. I will give that a try.

They aren't on sale anymore so you would need to find a second hand one. Maybe eBay?

Yes. Look at my previous videos.

Hi Claire. Thanks for liking and subscribing. I bought the bulk head fitting for the air from Toolstation (but you can get them from B&Q, Screwfix etc.). It is a " J G Speedfit tank connector 15mm" and costs £3.88. I cannot remember the hole i drilled for it but on the J G Guest site it says a 29mm hole. Drill a 29mm hole in a piece of scrap and see if that's ok before you drill the acrylic tube. After cutting the hole I then heated the plastic around the hole til it went a bit soft. Then quickly fit the tank connector before it cools. This is because the tube is curved and the tank connector may leak if that area isn't flattened down. Good luck and if you have any further questions don't hesitste to ask.

@@peterfinkill8098 Thank you so much I'll give it a try and thanks for getting back to me so soon. I'll give you a shout if I need anymore help.

@@peterfinkill8098 Hello again sorry to bother you with this but what type of heat gun do I use is it flame or hot air? Thanks.

@@claireansell4531 Hot air if you've got one. You can also use a hair dryer on max heat.

@@peterfinkill8098 Thanks Peter you certainly know your stuff!🙂 I'll give it a try with the hairdryer and just hope it doesn't burn out 😄 Thanks again and speak soon! 👍

Everywhere seems to be sold out due to demand and Covid-19 I presume.

Hi Martin. It's best if it's filtered first as it's good for removing what your filter cannot (the fines) however it's okay to go straight from the pond but you may have to clean it more frequently.

@@northernkoikeeper512 thanx mate,i could tee from the sieve filter,i will send you a video when ive finished it,just waiting for parts

It's currently 140

Thanks Bobby.

I'll have a look at how the marine skimmers are made. Thanks.

I've used 15mm JG pipe fittings that I bought from Toolstation. I used a non return valve near the air pump. www.toolstation.com/jg-speedfit-double-check-valve/p83191

@@northernkoikeeper512 Thank you that's very helpful. Cheers!

What would you like me to show you?

- Hi Muhammad. If you watch a later TH-cam video on my channel called "Bigger air pipe agitation on UpFilter" you will see the new air pipe which is based on JG Guest 15mm pipe which can be bought from Toolstation. I used a 15mm tank connector www.toolstation.com/jg-speedfit-tank-connector/p55227 Drilled the correct size hole in the acrylic tube then heated around the hole with a heat gun (or hair dryer on hot) until it started to go soft, then fitted and tightened up the tank connector while it was still malleable.

Thanks Martyn. I think that I will leave it until I start to get foam on the pond surface. I will give it another try then.

I will certainly give it a go.

Thanks!