advise on water changes

markf1fan · 03-09-2010, 08:53 PM

what i would like to know is when people do a water change with a gravity feed sieve how can you run the systen untill its filled up again. im abit confused with this. or am i missing some thing here lol.

ogawa only · 03-09-2010, 11:05 PM

you might be better putting in an over flow , and doing a constant change , but it realy depends on the route you want to go , and what you want from your koi ???

steve

freddy · 03-09-2010, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ogawa only

and what you want from your koi ???

steve

I don't understand that bit

markf1fan · 03-09-2010, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ogawa only

you might be better putting in an over flow , and doing a constant change , but it realy depends on the route you want to go , and what you want from your koi ???

steve

i will have to look into a auto top up system. and then i dont have to do water changes i hope.

ogawa only · 03-09-2010, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by markf1fan

i will have to look into a auto top up system. and then i dont have to do water changes i hope.

yep , as when you pull the drains or /and sieves for flushing it will top up , or you could just run , say 5-10% water change per day , through a pre filter , and get some serious growth going on the koi for next year

steve

ogawa only · 03-09-2010, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by freddy

I don't understand that bit

freddy , its all about what you want from your koi , at the level your at, on the koi ladder

its very personal thing for each individual koi keeper , and everyone will answer different , within reason .

for me , i buy very high quality koi , that still have potential ,in both growth , and them being better koi in 5-8 yrs , so what i want is my koi to be the best they can under my koi keeping skills , so thats what i want from my koi

steve