Filters ??? - Page 3

muttley · 24-08-2011, 10:02 PM

All gone a bit quiet from shellekoi......

markf1fan · 24-08-2011, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by shelleekoi

You dont have to be sacastic with your comments!! you was new to all this once just as i am, anyway, my pond is up and running and people who have excellant koi ponds helped me without the sarcy comments, and no i didnt put a bottom drain in, as these people who have a lot of success with there koi ponds informed me i would not need 1.............

Being a new member on this forum can you please watch what your posting. we will not put up with any one talking and posting like you have here and will ban any one straight away if this happens again. this is the most friendly koi forum on the net and we wish to keep it that way. mark

AlanK · 25-08-2011, 10:24 AM

Not sure if it was me who was "being sarcy" but "bottom drain is the only way to go" was not meant to be a sarcastic comment. Having run with a bottom drain for a year, I had to do without it for a week or two and use 3 pumps instead whilst I fitted an RDF to the bottom drain.

The transformation in water quality was gobsmacking. Water quality ie ammonia and nitrate suffered, (maybe moving the K1 killed a few bugs). The water became cloudy with lots of poo floating around. Lots settled around each pump and I had to resort to vacuum cleaning the bottom, this I have never had to do before.

Now I am back on the bottom drain I have sparkly water again.

Water without bottom drain for 1 week

Water quality with same filter on a bottom drain.

muttley · 25-08-2011, 11:16 AM

Alan....case and point for bd's buddy.