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    Pond build has started properly now.

    Thanks, I bought 100 fry from New Forest Koi a few years ago when I built the pond. Don’t still have 100 of course, natural losses at the beginning and then the heron. They are a bit big for the...
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    Pond build has started properly now.

    Well hi guys.
    Nice to see a lot of the same names on the site posting still.
    I’ve been away for a while, had a few medical issues, some surgery etc, now almost better, still have one hip to...
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    Condensation

    The one in my house does not have a state, I just have a speed controller, but that takes air from 2 bathrooms a WC and a kitchen and return the recovered air to all the dry rooms in the house. I did...
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    Condensation

    I would not want to just ventilate with an extractor.
    You are going to have to heat the room, and loose all that heat, get a HRVU
    The cost may be about £500 for a single room system, about...
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    Ok thank for your help in this fish...

    Ok thank for your help in this fish identification process.

    This is now the last one.

    Not a good photo as the wife took it in a hurry.

    But can you put a name to this one please?

    34871
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    Looking for help with selection

    No, I am told by New Forest Koi, who supplied the fry they are Beni Komunryu

    It is red on the underside. This specimen lacs the white on the body but has white in its pectoral fins. I do actually...
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    Looking for help with selection

    And is this one a Mizuno ogon?
    Thank you. ...
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    Am I correct in thinking this a Doitsu Kohaku?...

    Am I correct in thinking this a Doitsu Kohaku? https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201016/51fa2976b8fb1a3a86fc8d15158b5a9d.jpg


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Hi, no deaths since I put the fish in the pond as...

    Hi, no deaths since I put the fish in the pond as Tosia.
    My wife is the gardener, and we have a paddock at the rear and farmland beyond that. The house has a cottage feel and as much as I would...
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    I will try and add some photos

    https://www.koiforum.uk/blob:https://www.icloud.com/dcc66c08-9dec-44ed-a111-fdb0e159fa20348333483434835348363483734838348393484034841
    The Koi in the 4th image, the black koi, has a red underside.
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    Hi Feline I was lucky with the order from New...

    Hi Feline
    I was lucky with the order from New Forrest Koi that none of the fry had physical deformities. I have as you will probably remember from the grow tank posts of mine had some casualties,...
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    Looking for help with selection

    Hi I am looking for help in Kent. TN27 area, for your bearings Pluckley, Smarden, Charing, Hothfield, Headcorn Lenham, are close to me.
    I am selecting the best of my koi for a thinning out...
  13. Thread: Pipe insulation

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    If you haven't done your pipe insulation yet I...

    If you haven't done your pipe insulation yet I may be able to give you my 5 pence worth. I have done a lot of pipe insulation on properties, mainly for heat pump installs.
    The biggest let down on...
  14. Thread: bog filter

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    I use a bog/wetland filter system. I based my...

    I use a bog/wetland filter system.
    I based my set up on this YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRuHEH_iBH4
    I set into the ground a 2000L plastic orange juice barrel as a sump. I lined...
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    I like a natural pond, but its not best for...

    I like a natural pond, but its not best for viewing the fish. So I think I will have to empty it to catch all the fish to do a proper selecting. Although they hand feed ok, and I can catch the odd...
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    Hi guys. I thought I would update you on the...

    Hi guys.
    I thought I would update you on the pond.
    Its two years almost to the day since construction and 18 months since the koi went in. The koi, if you see my other threads were reared in a...
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    RS where are you in Kent? As I said I have a 20...

    RS where are you in Kent?
    As I said I have a 20 or 25 kg bag.
    We can split it.
    Steve
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    Thanks RS I don’t need a tank. With what I have...

    Thanks RS
    I don’t need a tank. With what I have set up already I’m sorted if I do fry again, it was just if you wanted a van and I could help, I would possibly buy one of two as I was there. That...
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    Hi guys. Sorry been working last couple of days...

    Hi guys. Sorry been working last couple of days V long hours, and out this evening.
    Yes I have a LWB high top van and a trailer?
    Yes could be interested in a tank or two.
    And RS, I have storage...
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    Mine came with a standard 3 pin. Sent...

    Mine came with a standard 3 pin.



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    RS, I know nothing about Koi yet so this is...

    RS, I know nothing about Koi yet so this is simply a question not advice, would you consider putting them back in the tank with a little salt?

    I was researching quarantine for new Koi and the...
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    Pond build has started properly now.

    Thought I would get back to this and show how the pond is establishing in its first year.
    Other than a weird pH spike in April, (put down to lime from construction materials leaching into the...
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    I couldn't get mine interested in oranges, they...

    I couldn't get mine interested in oranges, they still don't really take to them. I end up removing the half round after a few days and it looks untouched.

    Lettuce on the other hand they do like.
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    And they were doing so well in the tank. You...

    And they were doing so well in the tank. You would think a larger volume of water would be preferable. And as water temperature changes happen due to weather fluctuations in nature you would think...
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    Raising Koi Fry - Development progress & Pictures

    RS I am back to the drawing board as to what to do with my excess Koi now.
    The other pond, the old clay pit, I mentioned I think has failed a water quality test.
    I have not looked at that pond...
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