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    Just out of interest are the 2 links for the photos in the earlier thread working or do I need to redo them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    Should have gone to Specsavers lol
    That's because with the lids closed they look different. My job for this weekendMy job for this weekend

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    Quote Originally Posted by freddyboy View Post
    That's because with the lids closed they look different. My job for this weekendMy job for this weekend

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    That explains why you didn't spot them lol

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    Just stripped and cleaned the Bioforce Revolution filter and protein skimmer on the skimmer line this morning. Due to all the recent rain the water level was almost overflowing out of the top of the wall mounted skimmer so didn't need to top up pond after cleaning filters

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    Cleaned the Eazy Pod and Multi Cyclone filters too which meant the water level dropped enough for me to take the opportunity to adjust the overflow on the side of the pond that I've been meaning to do since I fitted it a few months back Just needed to unscrew the elbow and cut about 5mm off the top section as the water was nearly overflowing out of the wall mounted skimmer on Thursday and was still a little way off the top of the elbow so no way it would have worked. I even managed to cut it at a slight angle to take into account the slope on the wall of the pond so just hope I've got the angle the right way so it's now nearly parallel with the surface of the water and not nearly 45 degrees to it

    Just topping the pond back up and added some tap water conditioner then later on a dose of Aquasource Resolve will be going in to hopefully get rid of the blanket weed

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    Always good to have a re-jig Frim.

    out of interest, how do you find the cyclone? I have one here but when I had it on a lower flow rate with the pod it never really done anything.

    i think they’re designed for much higher flow such as a pool pump so I’m thinking of fitting mine to the pool but just no sure whether to bother or not.

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    Yes I know what you mean lol

    I'm running the Multi Cyclone at what I think is about 6000 lph? and it's catching something. It needs stripping and cleaning occasionally as I was just flushing it once with the pump running and once just by gravity. The best alteration I made was fitting a ball valve on the top in place of the bleed screw. The Eazy Pod is working OK at 6000 lph

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    Yes it does have the centre bar but I don't think the shelves hold anywhere near what they claim. 175 kg per shelf but with the sieve full to the top with water I reckon the total weight is something like 70 kg and it looks like the long bars across the front and back have got a tiny bow on them already so I need to do some strengthening ASAP. I've taken out the water down to the middle of the overflow now so will check the bars with a straight edge tomorrow hopefully depending on the weather and have a plan to put in another shelf directly over the one the sieve is currently sitting on and put some decent wooden slats between then both to try to make one very thick shelf.
    Could you have built a shelf off of the brick walls and had a leg at the front? it would easily take the weight if the walls are strong enough and would maximise space
    the slow pond build thread

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    I have one of those discs in the top of the Eazy Pod which is OK but doesn't let it boil and clean properly so as I'm only running an old 70 or 80 lpm Healia (yes that's probably spelt wrong lol) and it's a piston pump so a bit noisy so maybe I should go for something a bit more powerful and more 21st century lol

    Hope that helps?

    I'm also in the process of fitting a pump fed sieve on my main pond plus a retro BD so will update later

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    Quote Originally Posted by bowsaw View Post
    Could you have built a shelf off of the brick walls and had a leg at the front? it would easily take the weight if the walls are strong enough and would maximise space
    Yes that was one of my earlier options along with building a frame using 40 x 40 Unistrut. I did think about building a dry block platform but it would have been a bit of a pain to get enough blocks in the boot of the car as the top needs to be about 4ft or 1.2m off the ground plus a slab on top of that

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    Yes that was one of my earlier options along with building a frame using 40 x 40 Unistrut. I did think about building a dry block platform but it would have been a bit of a pain to get enough blocks in the boot of the car as the top needs to be about 4ft or 1.2m off the ground plus a slab on top of that
    think a bathroom worktop and a leg would have done it, or if not in the garage a pair of scaffold planks
    the slow pond build thread

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    Well I still need to make the shelf stronger before going any further.

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    Just sorted out some better wood for the shelf. Just need them to dry out a bit first

    Spent most of the afternoon trying to convert the retro BD to 2". The existing fitting was 40mm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    Just sorted out some better wood for the shelf. Just need them to dry out a bit first

    Spent most of the afternoon trying to convert the retro BD to 2". The existing fitting was 40mm.
    Have you got a box FULL of fittings like me, and never have the right bits I need and cobble something together

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    Quote Originally Posted by dbs View Post
    Have you got a box FULL of fittings like me, and never have the right bits I need and cobble something together
    Lol you're spot on there lol.

    I had to cut off the existing 40mm hose tail and started to drill it out to take a 2" pipe. So far just managed to drill the original hole which I think was 38mm out to 40mm which was a bit of a pain as the hole saw had nothing for the pilot drill to drill into to hold the cutter in place so had to file the edge of the hole to give the cutter something to hold it in place. Then had to file down the outside of the elbow which is 2" waste so it fitted inside a 2" pressure pipe double union fitting. Now I need to drill the 40mm hole out to 56mm but will have to wait until Tuesday when I can try to get one from the wholesalers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    Lol you're spot on there lol.

    I had to cut off the existing 40mm hose tail and started to drill it out to take a 2" pipe. So far just managed to drill the original hole which I think was 38mm out to 40mm which was a bit of a pain as the hole saw had nothing for the pilot drill to drill into to hold the cutter in place so had to file the edge of the hole to give the cutter something to hold it in place. Then had to file down the outside of the elbow which is 2" waste so it fitted inside a 2" pressure pipe double union fitting. Now I need to drill the 40mm hole out to 56mm but will have to wait until Tuesday when I can try to get one from the wholesalers.
    hahahaaa yes sounds like me one of my '5 minute jobs' that see me in the shed for hours, sounds like you had fun anyway, no plasters required I hope after all that work

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    Quote Originally Posted by dbs View Post
    hahahaaa yes sounds like me one of my '5 minute jobs' that see me in the shed for hours, sounds like you had fun anyway, no plasters required I hope after all that work
    No not today but I nearly ripped a fingernail off earlier in the week

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    No not today but I nearly ripped a fingernail off earlier in the week
    Oh dear mate... Hopefully they was not freshly painted!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by dbs View Post
    Oh dear mate... Hopefully they was not freshly painted!!
    Only with claret

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    I have used a heat gun to get pipe work to fit together. And fittings. Learnt that watching one of wrighty s video s.
    And to take old fittings out. Saved a few quid that way.
    Even I could do it and I am crap at DIY.
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