Thread: Water bills! How much do you use?

Never do water changes on my 3000g pond,drum uses mains water for cleaning which is about every 30 to 40 mins and dont tricle in.

I do purge the drain and skimmer line to waste now and again then top up but that is all.

Fry grow on is a different story as they need water changes every week to keep the water ok.

Originally Posted by NamoAmituofo

I’m chiming in too. For my tiny 1000g or 4500l pond, in growth months I change water 30-50% per week. I used to change 50-80% per week but this season I plugged in a DD heater to try to maintain temp at 21 degrees and if I do a massive water change temp drops to 18 and it takes 2 days for it to go back to 21 d.

I always notice a big change in fish appetite immediately after a water change, and this leads me to believe the pheromones really need to be removed regularly, either by tricking or large water changes.

In winter I do a big 50% water change each two weeks. It helps to bring temp up from whatever pond temp to around 12d temp of tap water.

My semi annual bill from SES Water is £500 or so. I delay paying them by 2-3 months - not that I can’t afford, but I really hate that company as they kept sending me letters and calling me to chase - eventually I logged a complaint with ombudsman and I still delay my payment by 2-3 months just to show them as a consumer I CAN

Not convinced on the old pheromones thing. Never have been, and looking at Koi wholesale, who advocates using as little water as possible, who does not trickle in and only tops up evap etc. you can't argue with his growth rates.
...but is that because they're tosai / nisai and still juvenile? Who knows?
... probably Sid...