DIY KOI POND FILTER SYSTEM || cheap and easy || crystal clear water EVERY TIME!! 💦🐠
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- DIY GARDEN KOI POND FILTER SYSTEM.
This simple design needs cleaning only twice a year, keeps the pond water in fantastic condition, keeps the koi healthy and costs a fraction of a purchased filter.
I take apart the filter, clean it and put it back together again to show you how simple it is!
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POND FILTER UV and EA VARI PUMP set-up.
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Thanks for the video. You have helped me decide on a combination of mechanical filtration and planted bog filter. Originally I was going to just do a planted bog filter, but now I’ll be adding mechanical filtration before the planted bog filter. Great looking pond and garden!
That’s great news.
I have a 10 liter bucket with stones and filter floss packed into it. There is a pump on top drawing the water to a waterfall. It is submerged in the pond. It's very effective and easy to maintain 👌
That’s great! I’ve seen it done and love the simplicity.
I really appreciate this video Tom, it shows how easy we can make filteration work for us (i know a lot of work and thought has gone into this) without thinking we need to use too manufacturers that charge the earth. Ok this style of pond or layout might not suit some people but each to their own. If we all liked the same we wouldnt have anything to look at and life wouod be boring. Can see you have gone to a lot of effort with this and a lot of forward thinking needed. Appreciate your time and quality made video.. new sub from me 👊👍
Thank you for the sentiments, much appreciated.
Great vid and nice set up.I wouldn't personally use those brushes as they offer little in the way of surface area for bacterial growth.A one inch raised grill on the bottom of the filter may be worth considering with ceramic noodles accompanying your foam.All the best.
What an awesome setup
Thank you.
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I love this filtration, where do you get the brushes from. I have a eco pond with skimmer and bio falls, but think that further filtration would benefit the fish. I've just got to figure a way to build this sort of thing into what I already have. Great video.
So many you tube tutorial,but this one helps the most,thanks man🤗
So glad I can help.
I'm planning a koi pond and have looked at many ideas. I'm particularly interested in flowing the water past plants like you have, but does it matter what type of plants you use? Some people recommend fully floating plants so the leaves ingest nitrate as well, but is it important? Is there any limit to how many plants you use and does flow rate matter? I'm thinking of having a watercourse running along one edge of the (raised) pond and filling that with plants with the filter return discharging into this at one end and the other end discharging into the pond. Do you think that would be worthwhile? Thanks for the good videos 🙂
As long as the plants have a healthy root system I don’t think it matters. I tend to avoid surface plants other than water cress (to eat) because they can get into the return and clog the system. Your idea sounds nice, the key for me is to make it something you want to look at and enjoy, not just functional.
@@TheMilitaryGardener Very helpful. Thank you.
I’m a bit surprised you didn’t put in a drain pipe with a valve at the bottom of the filter chamber. You wouldn’t need a vacuum then. Just a thought.
Is a great point. The stone work was a little awkward for me so I opted to not do it but my next project will absolutely have this option.
Thanks for the video, which I find very useful, as I like the DIY approach of setting up the filters. I can also see that you have a mechanical filter compartment with some components (mechanical filter brush & pads) but I am not sure what order you put them or if it matters at all, e.g. which components go to the bottom and which ones stay on top? Furthermore, I can see that you have plants to remove the ammonia instead of biological media such as Phosphate Remover, Activated Carbon, Bio balls, etc. What is the name of the plant you are using, and which other plants would do the same job?
BEFORE & AFTER of the water in the Pond tells the REAL STORY.
Thanks for the tutorial. Finally a bog filter video showing the maintenance end of the project
Looks like you cleaned it before you filmed to be fair hmmmm
I didn’t.
But it isn’t. That is over a year old at the time of filming.
Why would you say that? People are just getting strange nowadays there’s no reason to not take him at his word. He obviously is figured out a good way to maintain a pond, but I guess that’s not good enough for some people.😢
How many inches of fish? Mine is 10,000 litres with 110 inches of fish. 4 bay kockney plus a vortex and uv. It needs monthly cleaning and a weekly vortex drain. If I halved the fish it would be easy.
@@24bellers20 With a 3000 litre bog filter pond you would just drain the filter bottom once a year. Perhaps thin some plants as well.
To achieve better results another external filter can be added. Again virtually no maintenance.
The weight or bio mass of the fish is vital. Small fish keep easier.
Great set up for the pond u have .... i have a 24,000 litre pond - i keep sturgeon and some big koi - big filtration is a must for me - the koi are dirty as hell so i run a 18,000 kockney koi filter along with a nexus 320 and a bakki shower - water is crystal clear all year round
That’s awesome, I love how you’ve split the filtration. I’d be really interested in the volume of filtration if you think you can work that out? So I think I’m about 5-1
@@TheMilitaryGardener 3 pond is turned over 3 times per hour in total - i keep tropical fish since i was a kid and was always told spend as much as u can on filtration - the better the filtration the better quality of water and the better the fish are .... so i took that into my pond keeping also - my pond is heavily stocked so i suppose it needs a decent amount of filtration to keep up with keeping the balance correct
Great principal. My Brother builds koi ponds and he’s always said the same, you can never over filter. I’m really happy with my system, the water quality has always been first rate. Thanks for the comments.
Brilliant video Tom just what I have been looking for, what plants did you have? many thanks.
Thank you. Iris and water buttercup.
Nice filter and beautiful pond. I didn't see many places for the fish to hide, do you have issues with predation?
Thank you. I don’t. There is a small dark area where the water comes out. They mainly occupy that if they are frightened. But ive never seen any herons.
@@TheMilitaryGardener Do you recommend putting up a decoy fake heron? I heard that keeps the real ones away.
@IanAlderige I am up from the levels so there are plenty of potential
Predators about but they don’t bother me. There are trees immediately above and I have a cat so that may make the difference.
Fantastic advice, thank you.
No problem.
WOW what a fantastic video my friend and I totally agree with you 100% homemade filters are the way to go. I build all my own they work better they are easier to clean and of course cheaper than bought ones plus the satisfaction of building it. Like I said I agree 100% - I subscribed my friend.
What kind of plant is that
A Drum filter is a koi pond owner’s best investment.
I think they’re great too but it wouldn’t work for me. I’d need a filter house and lots more space which would ruin the look.
@@TheMilitaryGardener I find it a nightmare to clean when spring hits and algae blooms happen.
The problem is the inch of sludge you had in the bottom of your filtration is in the pond. As every drop of water runs over that inch of sludge, the bacteria from it is returning to your pond. It's like the fish cannot get out of their toilet. Had a very similar system myself for years and couldnt figure out why I had such high ammonia levels. Now that I have a different type of system, I have no ammonia ...ever. The growth rate of my koi went up exponentially
You need to get a release outlet for the filter on the bottom so all the sludge can be let out
I have a 50 gallon plastic tub pond with a couple goldfish and I cannot get the water to stay clean. I have chlorine water and use water treatment along with water plants. Can you help me figure it out please
@jamieharrison5946 what filter are you using?
Hi tom im a new subscriber and i loved the filter but was not sure what or where the brush things are purchased from could you help as i am trying to save costs and build my own filter for a 2000 litre pond and was thinking of using an old oak barrel half ??
No problem. Firstly, thanks for subscribing. Secondly, they are called filter brushes. They come in various sizes. Will you go for a planted section too?
Possibly with regards to the planted section but maybe its not needed as i do have alot of plants in the pond so it depends how necessary they are.@@TheMilitaryGardener
That should be fine then. Good luck.
I like my Blagdon green machine, it is very easy to clean. But for my next pond i would like to add bio filtration to the filter outlet. The plant stage is an interesting idea, i like it. Others i have seen are using gravel. I wonder what are the strengths and weaknesses of each. This is easy to clean so i like it a lot. Thanks for sharing.
I love simple cost-effective solutions! Youve nailed this one!
Thank you
Good video.
I've only got a 1 metre long by 500cm raised sleeper wildlife pond (40cm deep at deepest point) which I built four years ago and naively I thought it would stay clear but now realise I need to add a biological filter system to remove the algae - which I think is the reason frogs and newts are staying away even though there are lots in the local area. Your video has confrmed what I need is a similar setup albeit on a smaller scale.
Great news. Adding them in retrospect is doable and makes for a fun project. You can shape them how you want.
That’s a very small filter on a very small pond with a few plants!
I used to have 144 similar brushes and large sheets of foam on a rise and fall system and the only time they were as clean as yours was after hours of cleaning or when I first installed them.
Had several times the volume of plants and yes, the water parameters were good but it took an awful lot of maintenance, which is why I changed to something much more manageable!
I only say what I see. It is still working.
I have also upscaled it for a pool of 25000 litres and it is working brilliantly with hardly any maintenance.
Why are all the pond channel creators either Aussies or Brits? Just wondering ....
Not practical,most people haven't got space like that;
If you’ve space to build a pond you’ve got space to build a filter, just make the pond a bit smaller.
What are the plants called that you use for the filter?
You can use many different types but I like water buttercup and water iris (the native varieties are much better)
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@@TheMilitaryGardener and the only electric you use is for a water pump?
No, pump / uv / air pump and heater. See my video about miniaturised koi set up.
@@TheMilitaryGardener i will have a look but how does your water feed through filter and you have no electric at all on your pond?
Beautiful garden and nice filter set up, although just to point out that the foam which called 'jap matt' looks like 30ppi filter foam and not Japanese matting which is a different material altogether. Thanks for the content.
They are foam mats, jap matting is a dense horse hair type of mat, but it all works
@gwrdriver1660 yes sorry, I loosely refer to it all as ‘jap matting’
LOL. Im running easy pod - on 400 gal with 10 medium koi. Nearly every other day full rinse and back on. It is all depend on what you have inside the pond
No it doesn’t. I agree that every situation is different biologically but if you have a settlement tank situation then you don’t need to flush through an expensive filter every other day.
Trouble with brushes is all the sh1t falls out of them into the sump/tank when you lift them out to clean them.
I got a 6. Ft deep by 4ft wide gravel filter then a big water butt filled with matts and media cost me 700 quid all in my pond is 14ft long 9ft wide with a 6ft depth in ground liner pond
Ok, is it working? How is the maintenance?
I think someone's making the video last a lot longer so they get paid by the yanks lol
You look like Jason Statham with a bit o hair
I’ll take that
Thanks for sharing this video. What type of plants are you using or could I use? Where did you get those green brushes to buy? Thanks!
I got the brushes at a local koi equipment shop. Any pond plants that you want, water iris is nice, water lettuce, Lillie’s etc. it depends on the size of your plant filter.
Great video - but when I pull my brushes they are fully of shrimp.... and never see any sludge at the annual spring clean.
That’s good I think. How is the bottom of the pond, clean?
Not bad but not having you didn't have no muck in your filters after six months the sponges looked fresh out the packet
They weren’t. This was a genuine clean after that long. Try it for yourself.
I like the idea of having a separate plant bay so the filter media is easier to maintenance. Great video!
Thank you.
I agree, store-bought filters are overpriced and overrated. If done right, filter maintenance can be as simple as turning a valve.
Absolutely.
What were those large plans that you pulled out with a good root system? What kind of plants are those?
They were water Iris.
Great little filter system you have there, looking for some ideas thinking of building my own filter box. How many fish do you stock?
I stock 8, more than you’d usually do so in the size of the pond but the filter can deal with easily.
The problem is the inch of sludge you had in the bottom of your filtration is in the pond. As every drop of water runs over that inch of sludge, the bacteria from it is returning to your pond. It's like the fish cannot get out of their toilet. Had a very similar system myself for years and couldnt figure out why I had such high ammonia levels. Now that I have a different type of system, I have no ammonia ...ever. The growth rate of my koi went up exponentially
My ammonia levels are rock bottom and have been for 2 yrs solid. It actually acts as a settlement tank and much of the good bacteria lives in it as well.
Hi. Can you please share your filter how it's done. I'm also looking for a way to clean that poo often. If possible daily. Something small enough with side flush.
You need beneficial bacteria, if your filter is spotless it will crash your ecosystem.
I just loved it.. really cool and very informative. Thanks
Thank you. More to come. Like and sub if happy.
Great set up mate! Thanks!
Statham?
😉
what plans are there
You obviously do not live in Florida!
No
Isn’t that filter ment to be collecting the shit ??? If it’s not in the filter where is it ?
I’ll think you’ve missed the point.
What are those brushes called? Can’t find them on Amazon.
Here is a link kockneykoi.co.uk/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=137
You can easily find them cheaper but this will help you locate them.
There are other outlets!
Do those bristle brushes have any metal?
They have a metal centre thin wire that the bristles are adhered to.
Wowwww that is ace is there a way to make a pound cheap but a nice size please
Yes, for sure. I’d scale up my design of filter. The more plants and natural filtration, the better.
@@TheMilitaryGardener I don't no where to start lol I have a lot of room to build one but if I build a big one I am going to need really hi fiiter something that I can not afford at the moment I am looking to keep carp In it
But you can build your own filter into the pond system and almost no extra cost other than pond materials.
What way would you say bulid it on a cheap way please
So, if you have a look at my video again, you will see that I haven’t actually bought any filter. I have just built additional bays when building the main pond and lined them so they can hold water. I suggest you take a look at my other channel th-cam.com/video/8gBbhJU0skU/w-d-xo.html I have upscale this tech for a natural pool and it works excellently.
Your pond has great bones, but the pond itself is dead boring and looks pretty gross. Where are your plants? What are the fish going to do to entertain themselves? Step it up!
Disagree. Never the less there is a larger project on the horizon.
@qxq let's see yours then?
What are those brushes from? A fake christmas tree?