double doitsu

as i said horses for courses, each pond is different and people have different ideas , and not having run a pod before , but you are best to ask around koi keepers and lots of advise and have a plan before you start. i have used two bottom drains both airrated lids, both have their own pipes and each have a 10ft 5 bay with vortex,but i only use 1 sequence quarter horsepower to return the waterback to the pond vier two return 1 to the middle of the wall and one to the veggie filter , each return has its own 55w uv,and my pond is 7ft deep and i can see a pin on the bottom.though my veiwing windows i can see the screws on my bottom drain seal,anyway good luck with it mate

nishikiboy

Dan, Double Doitsu has put up 2 good answers:
1 re: his set up
2 re: small fish ...... er indoors "wanted a tiny yellow one " just for her !
the damned thing spent more time living in the bottom drains and vortex than the pond !!!
Got fed up of keep putting it back umpteen times a day, eventually just fed it in the vortex.
( growing into a nice Yamabuki Ogon over 12 inch long now ! )
As Double Doitsu says, you WILL lose any small fish / fry with a standpipe
when you flush !
Peter.

ps alright Mark ! last time I tried to get you was a pm, and you had run out,
contacted Col who put more pm's on then it ALL went down !!!
Oy and less of the mare ! a mare is female ! crazy ? very likely !
how's the fishing in next doors pond ? hee ! hee !

koimaster

fish is abit quite just like our koi they aint that hungry pm's should be fine now i think you tried when i was having problems just after the site was up and running.

dannyboy1978uk

Thanks for all your advise. My plan is not to have any small tiddlers but a few killer whales, lol, so that wont be a problem. do any of you have any pics of your pipe work?

Thanks Dan

double doitsu

killer snail is my only hope , my biggest koi is a aka bekko about 65cm , followed closely by a yamabuki of about 55cm, but i do have some really nice koi of about 30cm and some lovely little ones with good protenstal, and a few show and grows,got 3 1st and 3 2nds and best doitsu in show at hayling island, anyway dan i will try and get some pictures up for you mate but i run bay filters so not sure how much help it will be

double doitsu

right its a bit of a mess in there.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nov2008034.jpg
this is one from the front of the filters ,

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nov2008036.jpg
this is the rear of the filters showing the waste pipes etc

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nov2008035.jpg
this is one of the central heating pump from skimmer and uvs etc

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nov2008042.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nov2008041.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nov2008040.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nov2008027.jpg
and a few of our koi

dannyboy1978uk

You went out and took those pics just for me, why thank you. lol.
That water is crystal clean,very nice and you fish look great also.
How may galons?

double doitsu

including the filters and veg filter 9000 , but the pond is 8000 gallons , still trying to think of a way of making the filter box easier to get to and work on , i put some lids over it made from 18mm osb board but they are so heavy and the miss cant really move them so just thinking about building a roof over them but it all time , we only moved in together in march and the house is still up side down and i have spent every day in the garden and spent about 20.000 building it all , now i have just been made redundant so the cash flow has suddenly stopped so got to be carefull