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    Thanks Fred, it's been a while but it's no QT system is it? lol

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    Plan for the weekend -

    Clean all the filters except the sieve unless it needs it, although it might be worth doing that as well so it's in sync with everything else to start with. Leave the current filter sock on until the filter cleaning is done as there could be some crap in the system that gets flushed through so don't really want that getting into the pond. So will only swap and clean the socks with the main pump switched off for the next week or so just to make sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    Plan for the weekend -

    Clean all the filters except the sieve unless it needs it, although it might be worth doing that as well so it's in sync with everything else to start with. Leave the current filter sock on until the filter cleaning is done as there could be some crap in the system that gets flushed through so don't really want that getting into the pond. So will only swap and clean the socks with the main pump switched off for the next week or so just to make sure.
    Heres my skimmer ultra sieve crap. One nights worth lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by freddyboy View Post
    Heres my skimmer ultra sieve crap. One nights worth lol
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    Mine had only been running an hour or two max when I took the photo yesterday. I tried to check it this morning but didn't take my phone so couldn't see if much more had gone built up over night but I've just drained it to waste as part of a full system clean so not sure how much came out or if the muck came off the inside with just a drain but will have a look in a minute now the phone has finished charging

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    I wondered what that was hanging over the side of the sieve Fred !! I was going to suggest you go and see a doctor ASAP

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    I wondered what that was hanging over the side of the sieve Fred !! I was going to suggest you go and see a doctor ASAP
    haha brill. had a curry last night lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by freddyboy View Post
    haha brill. had a curry last night lol
    Looks like it could have been a bit chilly up there when you took that photo going by the colour of your podger

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    Looks like it could have been a bit chilly up there when you took that photo going by the colour of your podger
    Haha never spotted that lol. Haha. Pissing myself here lol.
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    Just fitted a small LED flood light over the sieve so I can see into it now.

    Hope this isn't a stupid question as I got the sieve second hand so no instructions etc. How do I know when it's time to clean the sieve? I'm guessing with the screen I will know if that's blocking as the water level will start to rise and eventually go down the overflow if not caught in time?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    Just fitted a small LED flood light over the sieve so I can see into it now.

    Hope this isn't a stupid question as I got the sieve second hand so no instructions etc. How do I know when it's time to clean the sieve? I'm guessing with the screen I will know if that's blocking as the water level will start to rise and eventually go down the overflow if not caught in time?
    I clean my sieve every 3 days. With hose down the waste shoot. With a hose to the hole waste. Chasing crap there. Then open valve and it sucks down the pipe by gravity. The screen has never blocked. In
    5 years.
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    Nice one Fred

    So I'm guessing the chlorinated water helps stop the bio film build up on the screen?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    Nice one Fred

    So I'm guessing the chlorinated water helps stop the bio film build up on the screen?
    I don t have chlorine water on the screen lol. It runs through a 3 stage pod. On the hose. And as you know. I use ST. My job for this weekend
    So any water in the sieve is chlorine clear.
    Been running 5 years. And never blocked lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by freddyboy View Post
    I don t have chlorine water on the screen lol. It runs through a 3 stage pod. On the hose. And as you know. I use ST. My job for this weekend
    So any water in the sieve is chlorine clear.
    Been running 5 years. And never blocked lol.
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    OK thanks, I didn't realise you could run a hose off a 3 canister dechlorinator as I thought the flow rate would be too high for them to work?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    OK thanks, I didn't realise you could run a hose off a 3 canister dechlorinator as I thought the flow rate would be too high for them to work?
    I don run it slow use it for water changes at full flow. As I keep telling you lol
    I use ST My job for this weekendMy job for this weekendMy job for this weekend so don t need the 3 pod. The cartridges still catch things like metal s.
    In the water. Check the sieve every few days lol. As I don t know of your type of sieve. So i don t know how it performs lol
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    Sorry something's getting lost in translation here Fred

    You said you use a hose to clean the screen and the hose is fed via a 3 canister dechlorinator - well that's how I read it!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by freddyboy View Post
    I don t have chlorine water on the screen lol. It runs through a 3 stage pod. On the hose. And as you know. I use ST. My job for this weekend
    So any water in the sieve is chlorine clear.
    Been running 5 years. And never blocked lol.
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    That to me reads as you use tap water through a dechlorinator.

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    Quote Originally Posted by freddyboy View Post
    I don run it slow use it for water changes at full flow. As I keep telling you lol
    I use ST My job for this weekendMy job for this weekendMy job for this weekend so don t need the 3 pod. The cartridges still catch things like metal s.
    In the water. Check the sieve every few days lol. As I don t know of your type of sieve. So i don t know how it performs lol
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    That reads as you use ST as the dechlorinator and not the 3 canister filter?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    That to me reads as you use tap water through a dechlorinator.
    Correct My job for this weekendMy job for this weekendMy job for this weekend

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    That reads as you use ST as the dechlorinator and not the 3 canister filter?
    Correct My job for this weekendMy job for this weekendMy job for this weekend

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    OK so if you use a hose to wash the screen is it set at a slow flow rate via a 3 pod dechlorinator?

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