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Today, 09:43 AMHi John, glad to hear all your little ones are doing well. As Johnathan said the Aka matsuba looks great, a lovely addition to any pond. When are...68 replies | 4639 view(s)
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Yesterday, 10:39 PMI certainly will mate. It’s amazing how much some companies change for their product and how they can justify the cost, but of course at the end of...27 replies | 16115 view(s)
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Yesterday, 05:25 PMFor anyone interested Aller Aqua Primo 6mm is now back in stock since being sold out from at least March and at £42.20 with free shipping for 25kg is...27 replies | 16115 view(s)
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21-04-2025, 05:57 PMI’m was also in the building game, retired now, and the pond I have now is the biggest and most complex one I’ve ever built, it’s all so my last pond...45 replies | 577 view(s)
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21-04-2025, 04:30 PMIf you raise the pond and what you dig out for the foundation for the walls can be used to fill the existing pond to get to the required height. Your...45 replies | 577 view(s)
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21-04-2025, 12:52 PMAfter reading a lot off posts on here about Duncan Griffiths’s book, I’ve decided to order one, and considering the problems I’ve had with Costia and...3 replies | 457 view(s)
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21-04-2025, 11:15 AMYou can go for a pumped system but a bottom drain is much better and efficient. The pump in the pond acts like a macerator which makes filtering the...45 replies | 577 view(s)
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21-04-2025, 10:37 AMIf you’re not going to raise the pond out of the ground and you’re going to have a bottom drain, then what ever filter system you have will have to...45 replies | 577 view(s)
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20-04-2025, 11:09 PMAjm, you keep jumping in before I finish typing :)45 replies | 577 view(s)
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20-04-2025, 11:05 PMIt all really comes down what budget you have, what you want to get out of the pond and how much time you have looking after it45 replies | 577 view(s)
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20-04-2025, 10:44 PMIf you’re looking at keeping koi in the pond you will need some serious filter kit for that volume of water, and it won’t be cheap45 replies | 577 view(s)
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20-04-2025, 10:20 PMGoing on the dimensions you’ve got, you are right, it works out at over 53k, it just doesn’t look that big from the picture45 replies | 577 view(s)
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20-04-2025, 10:04 PMUnless you’re planning digging down around 2 metres +, I can’t see how you can get a pond volume of 50k on that footprint.45 replies | 577 view(s)
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19-04-2025, 10:21 AMHi Ajm it was a Oase AquaSkim, I had two on the pond feeding a Compact Sieve from Cotswold Koi.6 replies | 1124 view(s)
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18-04-2025, 10:11 PMI’ve used one on a previous pond I had and it worked well, but not as good or controllable as a in wall built in one, but they do work.6 replies | 1124 view(s)
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18-04-2025, 09:31 PMI agree with Djstiles999, slide valves are fine for jobs such as back flushing a bottom drain, I use them on my bottom drain and skimmer line with no...8 replies | 1365 view(s)
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18-04-2025, 09:22 AMI am battling Costia and Chilodonella myself at the moment, l had them last year as well, I don’t think you can even completely eradicate them from...18 replies | 360 view(s)
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16-04-2025, 09:42 PMI’ve used Charles Austen air pumps for the last 4 years and have 3 on my system, one supplying my bottom drain and have never had an issue with any...6 replies | 1470 view(s)
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02-04-2025, 09:20 PMHi John, hope you’re well. The new additions are all doing well, feeding and swimming with their new found friends. I’m keeping a close eye on...35 replies | 7950 view(s)
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01-04-2025, 10:20 AMMartin59 started a thread Blanketweed Resolve Question in Water Treatment, Protein Skimmers and FiltrationI have a bit of a Blanketweed problem at the moment, so I’m going to treat with Blanketweed Resolve. I know you can leave your UV’s on but is it okay...1 replies | 1344 view(s)
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27-03-2025, 09:51 AMyeah, I know what you mean they’re a bloody pest, I’ve even had them going for the spod bomb as it flies through the air.12 replies | 7345 view(s)
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27-03-2025, 07:52 AMNever had any problems with seagulls, we do get them where I am as I’m not that far from the coast, The only birds I have had problems with are...12 replies | 7345 view(s)
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Hi John, glad to hear all your little ones are doing well. As Johnathan said the Aka matsuba looks...