Thread: New Natural look koi pond build

Here's the page and the salt method is down towards the bottom

https://www.mankysanke.co.uk/html/pond_volumes.html

My thoughts would be, yes get it filled ASAP and if you can stick a pump and a temporary filter on there to keep the water turning over if you intend to be leaving it for a few weeks before connecting up you proper filters? At least that way you'll know the chlorine and chloramine would have gassed off by the time you start to put any filter media and fish in there.

I've been having a bit of a suss out as to what to do with the layout of my filters as I haven't done any digging today.

Sounds like a good plan.

Are you going to insulate the pond with Kingspan or Cellotex if you are going to heat it?

Originally Posted by james9489

cant believe Iv spent all this time digging with a blunt spade

I can't believe I've spent all this time digging.

Oh yeah and I can't believe it's not butter lol

I've got so much rubbish in the soil that no matter what I use to dig or how sharp it is makes no difference. It's just brut force that works, plenty of breaks and water, get the bulk bag filled and give up for the day.

I'm using a pick axe with a point one side and a chisel shape the other side (you can get them with a point both sides too), a round head shovel and more recently and rake just to help level the bottom off. Normally I would use a Mattock but I think there's too much stone and rubble in it for that but may use it to straighten the side of the hole as the angle is a bit too shallow in places?

Originally Posted by james9489

Cheers, Iv been doing some research on heating and it seems like a grey area? Are you planning to heat?. I think I just want to keep the pond above 10-12 during the middle of winter not sure I could afford keeping it fully heated all summer. I was thinking of putting some of this down https://www.multifoilsdirect.co.uk/p...SABEgIMJvD_BwE

But reading insulating can affect ground temps in the summer, really undecided.

One thing I haven’t considered is air and how expensive they seem. Any ideas what sort of lph i would need to run the bottom drain and bio unit? Thinking of teeing it all of the same pump. Starting to tally up all the wattages to see what I’m in for monthly.


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I'm not intending to heat mine as I didn't heat the previous one. My new one is slightly deeper and is possibly going to have more of it in the ground so maybe that will help with temperature control? Possibly going to make a polycarbonate winter cover and with this one put something round the side of the pond above ground? The previous pond was always going to have a wall but I could never find anyone to build it for a reasonable price.

As for air pumps, I had a 40 lpm or maybe a 60 lpm? With a 4 way manifold with valves on. This was connected to a 200 mm air disc in the pond, a pair of air discs in the IBC bio chamber, another cylindrical air stone in the pond under the filter return and another air diffuser that was in a water butt that I used for cleaning media or used pipe fittings etc. I also had a 20 lpm air pump on a timer switch that I used every time I fed the fish. It had 2 small round air stones hanging under the mouth of the skimmer which was enough to stop the food being drawn into the skimmer before the fish could eat it. Think the timer was set to about 15 minutes. Worked a treat. I also had a little aquarium air pump that ran the Tornado 2 protein skimmer.

Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper

As for air pumps, I had a 40 lpm or maybe a 60 lpm? With a 4 way manifold with valves on. This was connected to a 200 mm air disc in the pond, a pair of air discs in the IBC bio chamber, another cylindrical air stone in the pond under the filter return and another air diffuser that was in a water butt that I used for cleaning media or used pipe fittings etc. I also had a 20 lpm air pump on a timer switch that I used every time I fed the fish. It had 2 small round air stones hanging under the mouth of the skimmer which was enough to stop the food being drawn into the skimmer before the fish could eat it. Think the timer was set to about 15 minutes. Worked a treat. I also had a little aquarium air pump that ran the Tornado 2 protein skimmer.

Thought you had a big boy 100?

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Originally Posted by Ajm

Thought you had a big boy 100?

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Yes but that is for boiling the Eazy Pod something is making me think that's currently on my QT system Eazy Pod at the moment? I must remember to clean the air ring etc in the Eazy Pod as I'm sure it is slightly blocked.

Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper

Yes but that is for boiling the Eazy Pod something is making me think that's currently on my QT system Eazy Pod at the moment? I must remember to clean the air ring etc in the Eazy Pod as I'm sure it is slightly blocked.

I've got a new pump coming hi blo 80 to put on nexus as not sure if my old ea is done for or the air ring is all crapped up . If it is the ring I'll do what a few have and rip it out and use a few air cans in instead

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Works for a Nexus but don't think it works for an Eazy Pod?

Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper

Works for a Nexus but don't think it works for an Eazy Pod?

Couldn't say mate . Never had a proper look at the pods

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Originally Posted by Ajm

Couldn't say mate . Never had a proper look at the pods

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I believe an Eazy Pod is just the centre section of a Nexus which can be replaced with a drop in Draco drum

Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper

I believe an Eazy Pod is just the centre section of a Nexus which can be replaced with a drop in Draco drum

Then not sure on why you couldn't swop it out for stones but honestly just don't have the experience to say 100percent

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