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Post by Norbo on Jun 29, 2010 10:14:12 GMT 1
My Fish are loving the new filter i fited wuith its flow pipe giving them a nice current to swim against .
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Post by ozzy on Jun 29, 2010 10:39:25 GMT 1
looks cleaner norbz, the can see each other now.. ;D
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Post by mellow on Jun 29, 2010 15:21:04 GMT 1
ul have to get them all sunglasses now if this weather keeps up
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Post by mellow on Jun 29, 2010 21:22:17 GMT 1
Hes got plenty of time jeffs doin his bike so ;D
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Post by pepsisteve on Jun 30, 2010 22:30:43 GMT 1
jesus mate, you need a bigger pond! looks like you are way over the fish inch to water ratio limit, have you tested your ammonia levels recently? also nitrate and nitrite. i would think 10-15 fish max in a pond that size. plus if those 2 big ones are koi family you realy need to have one area of the pond that is 1 meter deep. spent all my life with fish and currently have a marine reef system, got rid of my pond last year, that was 7ft x 5ft with a 3ft depth at one end and i had 11 fish in there with perfect water levels.
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Post by Norbo on Jul 1, 2010 8:45:36 GMT 1
There 4 big koi in that pond a few smaller ones and the rest are gold fish tipe fish . it has a small 2ft sump thats about 1 meter deep from surface levels .
The pond is way to small for all the fish i have . But i do have good water flow and 2 filters 1 will do a 1,000 galen pond and the other a 2.500 gallen pond and uv that is as big as they come about 1 ft long and they all run of a big solid mag pump not the small impella type. The pond is only i think 250galens so thye filtrashon i have may be over the top but it keeps the water clean even with all them fish.
Before i had the water fall one you can see and a small sump filter and a very small uv . But this year they got the got the up grade In 7 years i have only had 4 fish do the back stroke non were koi luckely but that was due to me not doing water changes as often as i should have . But im hoping with the new bigger filter and uv i wont have to keep sutch an eye on it .
I all so used to keep marine fish and a full reef system, Discus piliptrouse, and rays in the past. I LOVE my fish i just dont have the time any more . At my 1 st house i had over 500 gallens of water in in the house in tanks ,.
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