Hi Terry, thanks mate for the mention and your support for my channel. It really is appreciated. Another great upload mate, sorry you lost your fractionator plans/footage, I'm sure there will be so many enthusiasts that will appreciate you showing how to make their own. Thanks again mate, stay safe. Regards Andy
Hi Andy, No worries mate. I hope it helps. It's good to see new pond channels. I've had a couple tell me they've subscribed, so it's helped a little. Keep up the good work mate and stay warm, Terry.
Good to see you’re keeping busy in between weather patterns. Luckily we are still warm and sunny with regular feedings. Hope you and your fish stay warm!
Hi mate, thank you. I do try to keep busy lol. It is difficult between the wind and rain. I got the pond heater installed today, up and running. The worst part is, I think the koi are warmer than I am lol. You take care mate, Terry.
@@Wrighty it definitely seems we put more thought into our fish than we do ourselves. I’m in the coastal South of the States and my fiancé had to put sunscreen on yesterday!! We’re not complaining. 😉 See you in the next one
So interesting once again. Love to see you applying the principles i.e the little 'header pipe' with holes drilled to stop the siphon etc on the Protein Skimmer. Really looking forward to seeing how the new heater performs too. Take care mate keep safe.
Thanks mate, it's always appreciated. I've got the heater all fitted and up and running now, so will let you know how it goes in the next video. Take care and stay warm mate, Terry.
Good day Mr wrighty, just followed derby koi link to find you, I've watched a few of your videos and have just subscribed, I'm fairly new to pond keeping and andy has helped me start build my first pond (no fish yet though). Your pond is beautiful. Thank you for the channel. Jason
Good morning Jason, It's good to have you with us. I have loads of ponding and filtration videos for you to have a look at, so it will keep you busy for a while lol. You will find 5 videos of when I built my pond you might find interesting. If you have any question just ask here in the comments and I'll do my best to answer them for you. Welcome aboard mate and thank you for your kind comments. Terry.
Nice Vid Terry , I'm using same heater on my shed Q/grow pond . Be careful mate they can't be gravity fed has to be from the pump side or unit won't switch on if flow to weak. Also needs fitting like a upside-down goal (pipework) so water stays in there to protect the elements if water stops flowing through . I'll sent you over a pic of mine so your see 👍. On plus side its been pretty good little heater .
Hi Mark, Thanks mate, I was going to put some 45 deg fittings to drop it until I realized I hadn’t got any lol. It is on the pump side, just after my sieve filter. It shouldn’t over heat as it has a cut off switch as soon as the flow stops. My problem is, if the flow does stop, the water from that pipe will drain out any way. Once the RDF drains, so does that pipe. I’ll have another think and see what I can do mate. Thanks again, Terry.
Hi Aaron, No problem mate, If you want the 4 drawings drop me an email pondfilters@gmail.com and I attach and send to you. Good luck with the build mate. Take care, Terry.
Nice video terry and the new pond heater seems a bit strange on why they reduced the inside!!!! well pointed out as you say would definitely reduce the flow.. Nice shout out on Darby koi channel I done one the other day think it’s great that we share new pond channels and help support new channels well done terry happy ponding mate
Hi James and thank you mate. I did promise Andy I'd give him a shout out. I must admit I'm not too happy with the pond heater, but I will give it a go and see how it performs. Short cables on anything pond related do really annoy me lol. How much extra would it cost to add a bit of extra cable and a plug. lol, Sorry mate, I'm off again lol. Roll on spring!!! You take care and stay warm mate, thanks, Terry.
Hi Lau, and thank you. It's not easy making pond videos at this time of year as you'll know mate. But I will do my best, thanks again and take care, Terry.
Hi Carol, thank you, I must admit, I got the pond heater installed today, up and running. The worst part is, I think their warmer than I am lol. Take care and stay warm, Terry.
Evening Mate, good to see your modding again its amazing how much you have achieved watched one of your early vids the other day at your old house with the Wrighty 3 stage filter so many Pond/Koi keepers using the system or something really close including myself, never had a single reading ever brought another test kit once thought was buying dodgey ones :) cant wait to see how the Heater works looked at them myself anyway thanks for sharing takecare mate
Hi Kev, I hope all's well with you and yours mate. That's right mate. There has been a lot of the 3 barrel system built, and it's been all over the world, from the Arizona desert to Australia lol. My latest was in Dallas. There just starting to get interested in the RDF in the US. Must admit I wasn't over joyed at the Cloverleaf pond heater for a start. Short cables on anything pond related do really annoy me lol. I was also not impressed by the through flow on it. But, I'm going to give it a go and see what happens. I've got it all installed now, so it will be in the next vid. You take care and stay warm mate. Roll on spring. Terry.
Hey Terry, good to hear from you as always ! I already subscribe to Derby Koi, interesting fellow and good content. Koi is looking great as we go in to winter. Stay warm, safe & well. Kind regards.
Hi mate, thank you. I must admit I do like to see new pond channels popping up. It's all good for the hobby. I got the new heater fitted today, so we'll see how it goes. You take care mate and stay safe, Terry.
Hey buddy. Thats marvelous that your temp is holding.. Got up to 4 here. This is very interesting.. As you know heating here is out of the question. This is really good info though.. Great show as usual. All the best my friend
Hi Chris, thanks mate, Wow! 4c I thought it was bad here outside temp at night 8c lol. Roll on spring!!! I hate the cold weather. Thanks again mate and you take care and stay warm, Terry.
lol, I know, just my luck. Mind you, it could be a good thing. At least I won't see how much it's costing every time it cuts in lol. Take care mate, Terry.
Hi Martyn, Mine is not looking good. I'm holding the pond at 13c. I've got another 4 hours to go to it running 24 hrs and I'm at over £6.00 now lol. and it's not been that cold here yet lol. Might have to look at an air source pond heater. thanks mate, Terry.
@@Wrighty My pond is less than half yours Terry so that sounds about right. Although I am holding 16c and I have slowed the flow down. Like you say though it is still mild at the mo.Heat source is the way to go cost wise long term.
Just found this on ebay Terry. do you think it would work on the Cloverleaf heater? Inkbird 308 Aquarium Digital Thermostat Waterproof Temperature Controller Heater. eBay item number:323957762772
Hi Erik, Your very welcome mate. Drop me an email and I can send you the drawings in the video. Just give me a shout if you need help mate. pondfilters@gmail.com Terry.
@@Wrighty Sorry about your HDD crash Terry. like to thank you for your efforts in salvaging what you could so that we can have ago at your fractionator. Stay safe and keep warm Mate.
Hi Robert, thank you, and your very welcome mate. If you want me to send the 4 drawings, drop me an email pondfilters@gmail.com and I can send mate. thanks and take care mate. Terry.
Hi Danny, I don't think it would be very easy to do mate. Bending PP is not easy. Using pipe is the easy option and probably the cheapest. If you can find a piece from a building site like I did is the best option. Your only looking for an off cut, and I got mine for nothing. hope this helps, Terry.
I noticed you capped the outlet and then ran an outlet out of the back bottom. Did you install an internal riser pipe to the same height or why change designs?
Hi Jon, I built the protein skimmer with the outflow pipe on the inside of the chamber, which I found took up too much room in the chamber. So I moved it to the outside of the chamber, which was a lot better. Hope this helps, Terry.
@@Wrighty Very interesting. I just found your channel and love your work. Not trying to take any of it on but your a legend for coming up with a plan and carrying the design out. Very inspirational.
To be honest mate, I did check into this, and found there's not much difference. For 2500 gallon I would need 3 x 600w at a cost of around £60.00 each. So 3 would cost slightly more to purchase than the Cloverleaf, for slightly less power. Thanks mate, Terry.
Fair enuf if the only motivation is cost then yeah its thr right decision...mind you i would stick that cloverleaf heater on an external controller like an inkbird, adds redundancy significantly more control and you can place the heater on a range so the heater does not kick on as often or unecessary keeping the lecky bill down.
Yeah its the kicking on that causes a lot of energy it also burns out a heater faster....whats the range if its 0.3 degrees like most heaters thats going to cost a bomb if you use an inkbird set the day rate at 12 on the high 8 on the low then night time you could set it at 8 on the high 6 on the low. The sun will help in tge day insulate the pond screens at night i reckon you will see a much smaller rise in your bill and you can manage it from a smart phone....so if we have a really cold night you can adjust accordingly if its mild the heater wont kick on within the 5 degree range etc.
Hi mate, it's just got the one temperature dial. It does cut in and out at only around .2 of a degree. I'm holding the pond temp at 13 deg at the moment. Terry.
Terry do you still have the old hard , if so I can try and recover your data for you , no cost as a thank you for all the hours of enjoyable TH-cam channel
Hi Richard, thank you for your offer mate it's very kind. But I'm still using the drive as my C drive. I just reinstalled windows 10 on it as there was nothing wrong with the drive. If I still had it as it was you could of had it mate. It was one of my storage drives that went down and caused all the problems. Thanks for the offer though mate, it's really appreciated. take care, Terry.
Thanks for filming Terry finished for the year down hear more or less the fish can have a rest over winter so I'm giving the camera a rest as well and will drop to maybe one video a month till spring. So Happy ponding spring will be hear soon
Hi Martyn, thank you. That's right mate, it's that time of year when doing a video gets harder. I'll slow down a bit as well. Lets hope the winters not too hard on us and the koi. Stay safe and warm mate, and roll on spring. Happy Ponding mate, Terry.
Love your pond and fish 🐟🐟
Thank you, very much appreciated, Terry.
Hi Terry, thanks mate for the mention and your support for my channel. It really is appreciated. Another great upload mate, sorry you lost your fractionator plans/footage, I'm sure there will be so many enthusiasts that will appreciate you showing how to make their own. Thanks again mate, stay safe. Regards Andy
Hi Andy, No worries mate. I hope it helps. It's good to see new pond channels. I've had a couple tell me they've subscribed, so it's helped a little. Keep up the good work mate and stay warm, Terry.
I've had a great response mate, I'm so grateful, I have put a link to your channel on my Facebook page, hope you don't mind. Thanks again Terry 👍
That's good to hear mate. Lets hope they all subscribe. Thanks for the link, much appreciated mate, Terry.
Fantastic wrighty glad your temperatures staying up my friend 👍
I enjoy all you uploads so keep them up 👌👍.
Hi mate, and thank you. It's always appreciated. Stay safe and warm mate, and roll on spring. Terry.
@@Wrighty you to my friend 👍👍
Good to see you’re keeping busy in between weather patterns. Luckily we are still warm and sunny with regular feedings. Hope you and your fish stay warm!
Hi mate, thank you. I do try to keep busy lol. It is difficult between the wind and rain. I got the pond heater installed today, up and running. The worst part is, I think the koi are warmer than I am lol. You take care mate, Terry.
@@Wrighty it definitely seems we put more thought into our fish than we do ourselves.
I’m in the coastal South of the States and my fiancé had to put sunscreen on yesterday!!
We’re not complaining. 😉
See you in the next one
You can say that again mate, Top coat weather here 😢😢 take care mate, Terry.
Nice 1 Terry top man
Thanks David, it's always appreciated mate. take care, Terry.
Yay happy ponding, been awhile since u said that mate ha👍 Looking 4ward to seeing how that heater works out👍
Hi mate, and thank you. The weather has come mild at the moment, so not needing it lol. It will be in the next video. Thanks mate, Terry.
So interesting once again. Love to see you applying the principles i.e the little 'header pipe' with holes drilled to stop the siphon etc on the Protein Skimmer. Really looking forward to seeing how the new heater performs too. Take care mate keep safe.
Thanks mate, it's always appreciated. I've got the heater all fitted and up and running now, so will let you know how it goes in the next video. Take care and stay warm mate, Terry.
Good day Mr wrighty, just followed derby koi link to find you, I've watched a few of your videos and have just subscribed, I'm fairly new to pond keeping and andy has helped me start build my first pond (no fish yet though). Your pond is beautiful. Thank you for the channel. Jason
Good morning Jason, It's good to have you with us. I have loads of ponding and filtration videos for you to have a look at, so it will keep you busy for a while lol. You will find 5 videos of when I built my pond you might find interesting. If you have any question just ask here in the comments and I'll do my best to answer them for you. Welcome aboard mate and thank you for your kind comments. Terry.
Thank you for the update. Those koi look beautiful !
Hi mate, and thank you. Very much appreciated , good to hear you enjoyed the video, Terry.
Nice Vid Terry , I'm using same heater on my shed Q/grow pond . Be careful mate they can't be gravity fed has to be from the pump side or unit won't switch on if flow to weak. Also needs fitting like a upside-down goal (pipework) so water stays in there to protect the elements if water stops flowing through . I'll sent you over a pic of mine so your see 👍. On plus side its been pretty good little heater .
Hi Mark, Thanks mate, I was going to put some 45 deg fittings to drop it until I realized I hadn’t got any lol. It is on the pump side, just after my sieve filter. It shouldn’t over heat as it has a cut off switch as soon as the flow stops. My problem is, if the flow does stop, the water from that pipe will drain out any way. Once the RDF drains, so does that pipe. I’ll have another think and see what I can do mate. Thanks again, Terry.
Terry thank you for the updates! Have a wonderful day my friend!~Eric
Hi Eric, Good to hear you like the video mate, Thank you and take care, Terry.
@@Wrighty 👍👍
Top man been waiting for this!!!
Hi Aaron, No problem mate, If you want the 4 drawings drop me an email pondfilters@gmail.com and I attach and send to you. Good luck with the build mate. Take care, Terry.
@@Wrighty nice one mate thanks will do!!
Nice video terry and the new pond heater seems a bit strange on why they reduced the inside!!!! well pointed out as you say would definitely reduce the flow..
Nice shout out on Darby koi channel I done one the other day think it’s great that we share new pond channels and help support new channels well done terry happy ponding mate
Hi James and thank you mate. I did promise Andy I'd give him a shout out. I must admit I'm not too happy with the pond heater, but I will give it a go and see how it performs. Short cables on anything pond related do really annoy me lol. How much extra would it cost to add a bit of extra cable and a plug. lol, Sorry mate, I'm off again lol. Roll on spring!!! You take care and stay warm mate, thanks, Terry.
Nice video Terry again. Was missing seeing your pond and your work! Keep safe.
Hi Lau, and thank you. It's not easy making pond videos at this time of year as you'll know mate. But I will do my best, thanks again and take care, Terry.
Nice video Terry cold and raining here stay safe well Thanks 🐟carol 🐟
Hi Carol, thank you, I must admit, I got the pond heater installed today, up and running. The worst part is, I think their warmer than I am lol. Take care and stay warm, Terry.
Hi just subscribed, found you on derby koi Facebook page, new to koi, looks like I have some catching up to do on your channel 😊
Hi Steve, and welcome to my channel. You'll find everybody here are really friendly. I hope you enjoy the channel. Take care, Terry.
Evening Mate, good to see your modding again its amazing how much you have achieved watched one of your early vids the other day at your old house with the Wrighty 3 stage filter so many Pond/Koi keepers using the system or something really close including myself, never had a single reading ever brought another test kit once thought was buying dodgey ones :) cant wait to see how the Heater works looked at them myself anyway thanks for sharing takecare mate
Hi Kev, I hope all's well with you and yours mate. That's right mate. There has been a lot of the 3 barrel system built, and it's been all over the world, from the Arizona desert to Australia lol. My latest was in Dallas. There just starting to get interested in the RDF in the US. Must admit I wasn't over joyed at the Cloverleaf pond heater for a start. Short cables on anything pond related do really annoy me lol. I was also not impressed by the through flow on it. But, I'm going to give it a go and see what happens. I've got it all installed now, so it will be in the next vid. You take care and stay warm mate. Roll on spring. Terry.
@@Wrighty Hope it works for you mate :)
Hey Terry, good to hear from you as always ! I already subscribe to Derby Koi, interesting fellow and good content. Koi is looking great as we go in to winter. Stay warm, safe & well. Kind regards.
Hi mate, thank you. I must admit I do like to see new pond channels popping up. It's all good for the hobby. I got the new heater fitted today, so we'll see how it goes. You take care mate and stay safe, Terry.
Hey buddy.
Thats marvelous that your temp is holding.. Got up to 4 here.
This is very interesting.. As you know heating here is out of the question.
This is really good info though..
Great show as usual.
All the best my friend
Hi Chris, thanks mate, Wow! 4c I thought it was bad here outside temp at night 8c lol. Roll on spring!!! I hate the cold weather. Thanks again mate and you take care and stay warm, Terry.
@@Wrighty
Will do pal.
Looks like Cloverleaf listened to Adam Julyan and put the power light on the unit :)
That's right mate. Trouble is, where I have to have mine, I can't see the led anyway lol. Thanks, Terry.
@@Wrighty I thought that when I saw the direction flow arrow on the unit hehe is light facing the wall? 🤨
lol, I know, just my luck. Mind you, it could be a good thing. At least I won't see how much it's costing every time it cuts in lol. Take care mate, Terry.
@@Wrighty lol ahh yeah maybe a blessing in disguise
I have just fitted one of those cloverleaf heaters Terry, keeps my pond at 17/18 deg no problem on pond 1000 Gal.
Hi Martyn, have you done any costing on power usage? I'm not sure but it's looking like mine is going to cost about £5.00 a day on 2500 gallon. Terry.
@@Wrighty Hi Terry, for the first 48 hours it was about £5 per day but it seems to have stabilised at about £3 now.
Hi Martyn, Mine is not looking good. I'm holding the pond at 13c. I've got another 4 hours to go to it running 24 hrs and I'm at over £6.00 now lol. and it's not been that cold here yet lol. Might have to look at an air source pond heater. thanks mate, Terry.
@@Wrighty My pond is less than half yours Terry so that sounds about right. Although I am holding 16c and I have slowed the flow down. Like you say though it is still mild at the mo.Heat source is the way to go cost wise long term.
Just found this on ebay Terry. do you think it would work on the Cloverleaf heater? Inkbird 308 Aquarium Digital Thermostat Waterproof Temperature Controller Heater. eBay item number:323957762772
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thanks Matt, take care mate, Terry.
Thx for the skimmer plans.I build your rdf with succes. Want to build your skimmer too. Thx. Keep safe.
Hi Erik, Your very welcome mate. Drop me an email and I can send you the drawings in the video. Just give me a shout if you need help mate. pondfilters@gmail.com Terry.
@@Wrighty Sorry about your HDD crash Terry. like to thank you for your efforts in salvaging what you could so that we can have ago at your fractionator. Stay safe and keep warm Mate.
Hi Robert, thank you, and your very welcome mate. If you want me to send the 4 drawings, drop me an email pondfilters@gmail.com and I can send mate. thanks and take care mate. Terry.
Hi mate is there any way your skimmer could be made out of pp and welded together instead of useing pipe
Hi Danny, I don't think it would be very easy to do mate. Bending PP is not easy. Using pipe is the easy option and probably the cheapest. If you can find a piece from a building site like I did is the best option. Your only looking for an off cut, and I got mine for nothing. hope this helps, Terry.
I noticed you capped the outlet and then ran an outlet out of the back bottom. Did you install an internal riser pipe to the same height or why change designs?
Hi Jon, I built the protein skimmer with the outflow pipe on the inside of the chamber, which I found took up too much room in the chamber. So I moved it to the outside of the chamber, which was a lot better. Hope this helps, Terry.
@@Wrighty Very interesting. I just found your channel and love your work. Not trying to take any of it on but your a legend for coming up with a plan and carrying the design out. Very inspirational.
Hi Jon, thank you mate. Very much appreciated, take care, Terry.
Have you tried virasure through the winter Terry
Hi Marcelline, No I haven't. To be honest I've not heard of it before. Terry.
@@Wrighty I've been using it seen a difference with the fish,very similar to virkon but more expensive, I use salt in winter so I went on to this,
Thanks, I will have a look into it. Thanks again, Terry.
Im probably missing something but would it not be easier and cheaper to drop some titanium heaters with external controlers into the moving bed?
To be honest mate, I did check into this, and found there's not much difference. For 2500 gallon I would need 3 x 600w at a cost of around £60.00 each. So 3 would cost slightly more to purchase than the Cloverleaf, for slightly less power. Thanks mate, Terry.
Fair enuf if the only motivation is cost then yeah its thr right decision...mind you i would stick that cloverleaf heater on an external controller like an inkbird, adds redundancy significantly more control and you can place the heater on a range so the heater does not kick on as often or unecessary keeping the lecky bill down.
Hi mate, that's not a bad idea, it does seem to kick in and out a lot. I'll look into it. Thanks for that mate, Terry.
Yeah its the kicking on that causes a lot of energy it also burns out a heater faster....whats the range if its 0.3 degrees like most heaters thats going to cost a bomb if you use an inkbird set the day rate at 12 on the high 8 on the low then night time you could set it at 8 on the high 6 on the low. The sun will help in tge day insulate the pond screens at night i reckon you will see a much smaller rise in your bill and you can manage it from a smart phone....so if we have a really cold night you can adjust accordingly if its mild the heater wont kick on within the 5 degree range etc.
Hi mate, it's just got the one temperature dial. It does cut in and out at only around .2 of a degree. I'm holding the pond temp at 13 deg at the moment. Terry.
Terry do you still have the old hard , if so I can try and recover your data for you , no cost as a thank you for all the hours of enjoyable TH-cam channel
Hi Richard, thank you for your offer mate it's very kind. But I'm still using the drive as my C drive. I just reinstalled windows 10 on it as there was nothing wrong with the drive. If I still had it as it was you could of had it mate. It was one of my storage drives that went down and caused all the problems. Thanks for the offer though mate, it's really appreciated. take care, Terry.
If you have any problems like that again , you can always contact me for help
Hi Richard, thanks mate, I will do. it's very much appreciated. All seems to be running ok at the moment. Thanks again, Terry.
Thanks for filming Terry finished for the year down hear more or less the fish can have a rest over winter so I'm giving the camera a rest as well and will drop to maybe one video a month till spring.
So Happy ponding spring will be hear soon
Hi Martyn, thank you. That's right mate, it's that time of year when doing a video gets harder. I'll slow down a bit as well. Lets hope the winters not too hard on us and the koi. Stay safe and warm mate, and roll on spring. Happy Ponding mate, Terry.