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16-05-2025, 09:55 PMI just use the “Manage Attachment” tab under the Quick Reply box at the bottom of this thread.4 replies | 563 view(s)
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15-05-2025, 08:46 PMI use a swimming pool brush for removing algae from the glass inside the pond and hot water with lemon juice on the outside, I’m also in a hard water...7 replies | 1820 view(s)
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14-05-2025, 09:10 PMMartin59 replied to a thread New microscope and what the hell is this? in Koi Health, Disease and Medication ForumHave you considered MinnFin, l don’t know anything about the product and never used it but a friend swears by it, and it can be used with salt, it’s...15 replies | 1121 view(s)
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05-05-2025, 10:14 PMPond down to 16 today from 20+ a couple of days ago, the fish definitely didn’t like these temperatures swings, hopefully things will stabilise soon,...12017 replies | 793048 view(s)
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29-04-2025, 09:32 PMPond hit 19 degrees today and if it hits 20 tomorrow, which I think it will, it will be a record temp for me in April. All fish doing well and...12017 replies | 793048 view(s)
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26-04-2025, 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...69 replies | 7417 view(s)
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25-04-2025, 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...28 replies | 34153 view(s)
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25-04-2025, 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...28 replies | 34153 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...58 replies | 9962 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...58 replies | 9962 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 | 7840 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...58 replies | 9962 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...58 replies | 9962 view(s)
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20-04-2025, 11:09 PMAjm, you keep jumping in before I finish typing :)58 replies | 9962 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 it58 replies | 9962 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 cheap58 replies | 9962 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 picture58 replies | 9962 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.58 replies | 9962 view(s)
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- 09:42 PM - james9489 clicked Thanks for this post: The Daily pond temp thread by Martin59Pond hit 19 degrees...
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- 08:39 PM - john1 clicked Thanks for this post: New quarantine tank build by Martin59Hi John, glad to hear...
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