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Alan Udale
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2020
KOI POND - KOI - FISH KEEPING - FOODS - TREATMENTS - WATER QUALITY - BUILDING -HEATING AND COVERS AND RELATED ITEMS.
Koi Pond Tips Tricks#Nitrate Build
A new one I will be building is to tackle Chloramine, Fluoride and Hazardous Metals and Compounds in the water. That will come in Jan 2025
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Koi Pond Tips Tricks Heating Pond
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So how two different temp readings between left and right
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A new Idea or should I say old idea coming on how to keep the pond warm. Possible to late this year but a good idea. Will check it out once the snow goes.
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Happy Christmas Alan...🎅🥃
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I have just sent you an email I hope you receive it ok.
Oh wow thank you. 😊
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Probably stressed from you lifting the lid up and beaming a torch in
Its not a torch its a small pond light
Snow... You live way to far North... Santa will be at yours first then...😁😁😉😉
I hope so! I have never seen in for 60 years
Don't need to feed them once the temp is below 10c. They slow down their metabolism and stop eating when temps get that low. You can start feeding again when temps go above 10c.
I always put flake in with garlic through the winter I do have four fish that take some of it.
👍 !! ! 💚💚
You say you can’t feed the fish anything yet you constantly have food floating in the water contaminating it. It should be removed within 5 mins if not eaten.
The skimmer takes the food out I dont remove my food that quickly as at this time of year its sprayed with garlic which is good for the fish.
Nice one Alan , looks good buddy 👍🏻👌🏻
Yes its been a battle all year with wind rain and now snow and ice what a year
Fish are looking good.. It does get a lot colder up North than down here n the midlands...🤔😉
this is intresting
Yes Im also looking at the possibility of useing just the Nitrate filter on an equirium
Just subscribed and rung the bell 🔔, great update mate 👍
Well my ideas are simple make things as cheap as possible that work.
Hi Alan. You may need to consider the fumes coming from a parafin heater, they do give off carbon monoxide, how would that affect your fish if enclosed? Just a thought. Glad the nitrate filters are working, I'm considering getting some. I have a planted pond with a planted bog filter system which works amazingly well when the plants are growing but have to rely on water changes when the plants die back.
Yes thats true that is why I have been thinking of a small greenhouse one. However someone mentioned a disk heater they are the size of a dessktop speaker and produce 400w of power may be an idea also I have seen some reflective tarp which also may work.
Makes zero sense as you don’t explain where this even goes in your pond to clear the nitrate
it goes inside the 3x filter for tap to pond or in my case 2x filter from small pump I will put in the pond to inlet on filter and out the other side into the pond.
A good idea to reduce nitrate, but your video does not explain much, it's very vague. Perhaps another one with information about the products and brands that you are using?
It does not have a brand at the moment I found it on a german site and managed to get hold of one to try to see if it works if it does when it goes into production I will get more and give information on where they can be purchased.
That’s a good idea the wD40 . Do you ever spray the rubber parts with silicone spray to protect the rubber ?
NO I found that rubbing rubbers with sudocrem is best as it protects through the winter.
@@PondKoiTipsTricks I see , ok. Where I live we have no winter. But good to know that works in cold locations to protect .
Can you share a link of where you purchased this please. Thanks.
Yes the whole unit with filters is £49 from finerfilters.co.uk
Just finished winterizing my pond for winter ❄ 🥶. My pond is heated 😤 so needs to be able to keep the heat in. Subscribed to your channel ⛩🐟⛩
I have been looking at building a small polytunnel over the pond and putting in a small greenhouse heater this should cost around £2 a week to run as the pollytunel will hold the heat in I may build this in the next few weeks.
Hi Alan. I could do with upgrading my system too. Any idea of the cost of replacement cartridges/filters and how often they recommend changing?
well it depends on your water quality i change mine when the first one turns brown a set of 10" filters are around £11
Im at the moment looking at the best place to buy them and the lowest price I can find I will be doing a review of 2 systems.
To be honest i have never covered my ponds for winters in 50+ years. I live in Wales at a fairly high altitude and my main pond is at ground level in my North facing back garden hence the temperatures can get relatively low. However my pond will only freeze 2 or 3 times a year but never completely. The waterfall area never freezes nor does the area where the return from my filters enters the water. With the pond being 4 feet deep at one end my koi tend to congregate at the bottom there and seem content enough. Apart from helping prevent freezing, do you find any other benefits to covering your pond? Would be interested to hear. 👍👍
I have too last year my pond dropped to -8
White bread is hazardous to koi. Be careful.
My koi are fussy they only like warburtons whole meal.
Hi Alan. This is common in ponds with lower flow rates particularly natural or wildlife ponds which have little or very low water movement. Not normally seen in modern koi ponds with modern filter systems due to much higher flow and better mixing of filtered/unfiltered water. If you want to cure it you cut raise the flow rate (if your filter is capable) or simply drop another pump in your pond to create more circulation. My advice would be to ask yourself if it is affecting your fish? If not it shouldn't be a concern. All the best. 👍👍
put another pump in
Its not ammonia and nitrite that changes . its chlorine, and yes straight from the tap in england is deadly for fish.
Yes I will be getting my hands on a german filter soon which takes all chlorine out of hte water or so it says
@@PondKoiTipsTricks good because straight out of the tap is deadly for fish.
Isn't the chlorine going to be a problem if it runs straight
Yes I did a test on that and found it was a little higher without the inline filter however with the inline filter on it did drop but when it rained it went up again. So the filter made very little differance.
When did you last change the filters in the 3stage ?
must be 5 weeks ago
Mine are only on wheatgerm garlic now water 12c
yes getting cold now and dark nights
No good airports in India you show your passport more times than enough
thats true and verry unhelpfull took me an hour to get past police on door
I note that there is 3% and 12% which one do you use 1 liters per 1000 gallons
3% i found best
Thanks
Your fish seem really lethargic, somthing dossnt seem right, even feeding the food you think they like, try food with fish meal as the main ingredients, when i feed mine its like a pack of piranhas. What are your other water tests, ph and kh?
water tests are all fine I have used aqua food and Hikari they just wont touch it spit it out.
My son commented today ‘Dad. Your green water has gone brown’. ‘I know I said, it’s the rain’. One day it will be clear. Good luck with yours.
Yes non stop rain day after day even the water out of the taps is poor.
Is that cheap food 'Herons' brand? My fish love that too. I buy that and Coppens of Holland Koi food and my fish seem to enjoy them, both are reasonably priced yet give good results. 👍👍
At first they all looked the same however I went for Extra Select Premium because I noticed it had wheat flour in it same as brown bread.
Not very lively are they ,I would test the water
Yes the water quality is fine my problem is seagulls get hundreds of them flying over through the day the odd one sometimes drops down and circles the pond also 1 mile from big nature park and get visits from herons at least once a week. However I have a video in the next few days on how to stop them.
Dried insects and shrimp are a great food to give koi. 50% protein and they absolutely go crazy for them. I got 4 big tubs of different types for about £25 including delivery.
Yes I do give them Silkworm Pupae they dont like them , River Shrimp same again wont touch them , Calci Worms and meal worms they eat fine.
@@PondKoiTipsTricks Mine don't like the silkworm pupae much. Mealworms and freshwater shrimp (both small and large) they devour.
You put that much shite in I'm not surprised
well I have found it works small amounts through the winter and none in the spring and summer in one of my filter bays I grow cucumbers 10 ml pea gravel in a container 3 seeds drop it into the filter bay and off they go it must be the Nitrogen in the water. May extend it next year making a bigger filter and adding tomatoes see how they do.
What treatments do you do over the winter. What dosage?
Brilliant Alan. I did exactly the same 25 years ago with a bin. Never had any problems after I made it. Crystal clear water in a 4 square meter pond. The liner finally gave way this year, so a total rebuild on the go. And yes, the trusty wheely bin will be put back into action. Managed to save 25 fish before the water drained away. All crap dug out, 25 years worth. 2 one ton bags of it. New liner, new uv lamp, same old wheely bin.
Yes I have been looking at the idea of a woffal filter inside the pipe which would split the water into 4 flows making it full of more oxygen still working on how to make one.
So only use the 3% not the 6%?
You can use 6% but half it I keep to 3% in case I forget to half the 6%.
I have had mint growing in my pond just floating in a basket and it hasn't affected my water parameters.
You didn't show the filter medium mate!!! All you've shown is sticking some plastic together...
media is first alfagrog next carbon pellets then ziolite next K1 jap matting and last filter wool
You said drain the water off and then put it into my pond? Do you mean after 2 hours just pour the boiled water into the pond?
Yes you can also do the same with barley when a farmer cuts it down ask if you can have a carry bag of the waste and soak it the same useing it every month through the winter.
Measurements wold help how much water,how much to put in pond
Its in the discription 100ml per 1000gal into the pond mix 130g to 1 lt hot water.
It should say on the bag but I do 150g to 1lt water then put 150ml per 1000gal of pond water.
If you have good filtering and air you dont need all that testing ,its find out the couse of green water
Where I live its a bad place for salt air and rain which is salty also a lot of iron gets in the rain water this all effects my pond plus I have a high count of nitrate in the tap water.
Sorry about the leg. Is it diabetes? I hope it gets better for you soon.
No doctors have no idea what it is tests show no diabetes all they do is give me tablets.
Looks like a new pond did you treat the water before adding fish
The pond is 30 years old not a problem in the past however all the rain made the pond turn black. Then More rain and it started to turn a dark green no algea in the pond.
Its a very beautiful pond that you've got. Must be nice to enjoy watching the fish. I do hope your pain improves 🙏🏽
Yes, thank you Im on a course of antibiotics and very strong pain killers which dont seem that good I was told to soak a bandage in zinc and put this on by a lady who is 97 years of age over the years she has used zinc will think about that one.