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    K1 type media

    Hi all, has anyone used or got any experience with K1 type media they sell on ebay. Looks OK and cheap at £80 for 100 Litres. I'm thinking of using it for a static and moving bed.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve's koi View Post
    Hi all, has anyone used or got any experience with K1 type media they sell on ebay. Looks OK and cheap at £80 for 100 Litres. I'm thinking of using it for a static and moving bed.
    A lot of people use K1 mate. It’s all I use in my bio section as I have a nexus and a easy pod. Same as anything I guess some people will say it’s good some bad. But that’s a good price for sure.

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    There is a thread some where on here as one person put a few different media's under the scope. Have a search mate was a good right up

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    I’ve mixed new and old k1 k1+ no problems you can even mix hex in as well


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    Thanks lads, but It's not the original K1 I'm talking about. It's the one on ebay item number below.

    ebay item number 264790602468

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve's koi View Post
    Thanks lads, but It's not the original K1 I'm talking about. It's the one on ebay item number below.

    ebay item number 264790602468
    They are not all the same but look the same and some products on eBay are advertised as EA K1 and they are LIKE k1 so buyer beware, but I’ve seen LIKE k1 and they probably do the same job


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    I have both real and copy k1 in my moving bed and it all goes brown so guessing it all does the job. The Oase stuff does look a different class tbh but expensive if you need a lot but if I was buying 100ltrs I’d live with the extra cost for what it’s worth

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    Thanks again lads. The idea is to convert my 8 bay kockney koi filter into static and moving beds instead of brushes and jap matting. Might just get the cheap media to start with, and if I can get it working right I can upgrade to Hel-X later.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve's koi View Post
    Thanks again lads. The idea is to convert my 8 bay kockney koi filter into static and moving beds instead of brushes and jap matting. Might just get the cheap media to start with, and if I can get it working right I can upgrade to Hel-X later.
    Doing the same and looked at the kk1000 like k1 stuff but for the extra thinking I'll just go full k1 piece of mind tbf

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    I use the stuff that coastal Koi do. It's called Biocell. Comes in different forms to replicate K1, k3 etc... Works for me no problem.

    As far as I see it they are just bits of plastic.

    The main thing for me is whatever media you use, they're neutrally bouyant when mature. You don't want stuff that sinks and stays on the bottom of the moving bed chamber.

    I recall someone on here using biochips and found they'd all sunk and were just collecting crap in the bottom of the tank.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    Doing the same and looked at the kk1000 like k1 stuff but for the extra thinking I'll just go full k1 piece of mind tbf

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    I know what your saying Johnathan, but I only had £3500 saved for my pond rebuild and getting near the end of that now, so thought I'd take a punt on the cheaper stuff for now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Twhitenosugar View Post
    I use the stuff that coastal Koi do. It's called Biocell. Comes in different forms to replicate K1, k3 etc... Works for me no problem.

    As far as I see it they are just bits of plastic.

    The main thing for me is whatever media you use, they're neutrally bouyant when mature. You don't want stuff that sinks and stays on the bottom of the moving bed chamber.


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    I'm thinking along the same lines twns, They can't all be that far apart on performance. This media looks just as good as K1 to me.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve's koi View Post
    I know what your saying Johnathan, but I only had £3500 saved for my pond rebuild and getting near the end of that now, so thought I'd take a punt on the cheaper stuff for now.
    Haha am the first on here to save a penny and will always go cheapest way. Back fired big time with the pond tho first started I want it done ASAP cheap as pos think I got the whole build done filter pump liner bricks the lot for 600 notes some where round there and the money time and effort on the redo is killing me lol.. I know the media is different but as twns says its all just bits of plastic tbf I don't even know who am trying to kid if it's 100 for k1 or 95 for cheap I'll go cheap lol haha

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    Haha am the first on here to save a penny and will always go cheapest way. Back fired big time with the pond tho first started I want it done ASAP cheap as pos think I got the whole build done filter pump liner bricks the lot for 600 notes some where round there and the money time and effort on the redo is killing me lol.. I know the media is different but as twns says its all just bits of plastic tbf I don't even know who am trying to kid if it's 100 for k1 or 95 for cheap I'll go cheap lol haha

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    I got a sample and it looks OK, and for £80 for 100 L I think It's worth it. It's not I want to go cheap, It's just I'm running out of money, and being retired due to I'll health I've got to watch the penny's now. It'a a fucker getting old lol.

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    Looks like the stuff i brought for my moving bed.
    Its only been running six weeks but looks ok to me. But i'm no expert by any standards. Its not sinking and buoyancy seems pretty neutral still so that's all i have to go by.

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    I have 50 litres of ea k1 and added a further 25 litres of all pond solutions similar to k1. Mate it’s the same stuff just a slightly different size. Personally I would go for the cheaper options from now on as they are basically identical.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Tinca View Post
    Looks like the stuff i brought for my moving bed.
    Its only been running six weeks but looks ok to me. But i'm no expert by any standards. Its not sinking and buoyancy seems pretty neutral still so that's all i have to go by.
    The 1 I have now ordered looks the same as K1 but has a hole in the middle of it, which gives it a little bit more surface area.

    Hope it works out all right for you mate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by charco123 View Post
    I have 50 litres of ea k1 and added a further 25 litres of all pond solutions similar to k1. Mate it’s the same stuff just a slightly different size. Personally I would go for the cheaper options from now on as they are basically identical.


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