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Hi bud Just a quick one, I'm nearly ready to set my new pond off I'm a beginner to pond keeping, I didn't put a bottom drain in the pond so just wondering what type of filter do you think would be best for me the ponds not huge it will hold roughly a 1000 litres I just want to keep it healthy and looking well as it's got a window in like yours, Thanks in advance for the advice Rick.

Hi Andy have you got a link to the video that you posted for the vortex drain KPL1 please

OJ needs less food

I got straight away mate my kind of humour 😂👍

So glad he's doing better. Andy, hes a beautiful koi ❤️

Hi Andy, I've had two outside ponds in the past and experienced similar problems. It may be that birds introduce parasites or whatever. I was about to give up but decided on one last try, so I build a well insulated garden room (4x4m) with a 10kl pond/tank. The sun heats up the water and the insulation keeps the heat in. It is easy to heat the water to 30C for a few days to kill off parasites and you can enjoy the fishies all year round. The koi are thriving. As a compromise you might consider a canopy/pergola. Could be good for a few videos. I do like your presentstion style.

Great pond i love it , do algae come off fibre glass

i chased the fish for an hour and a half WHILE Going sideways: i know those fish be laughing at me

Steve top bloke always very helpful and your pond looking great Andy

He's a good size Andy. With that music he should be wearing a hard hat 🪖😂. Gwen 🧓

wow that is lovely . Do you have a video of the first one you fitted the one you took out please

Looking sweeeeeet Andy bruva shame about the music 🎵🧁👍👍👍

Did it work?

The koi hobby really is a head scratcher at times 😢 Really hoping you get it sorted and we see OJ back to full health. Best wishes buddy 👍🏼

😂🤣👍🏼

I had the same end of last year Richard Bunting the koi commando came out and tested the chlorine and found it was high even though I use a dechlorinator. He then informed me he'd seen the same issue at many clients ponds and he found out by contacting Yorkshire water that post COVID they increased the chlorine in the water from 1ppm to 15ppm. They also added chloramine that's stops chlorine gasing off. All this reduces the life of dechlorinator so you think it's still working when it's not.

A superb specimen there mate

Happy fish, big smile

Nice one Andy 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍

Where did you buy the glass extention fitted to your pond from please

Fish waste plus water? Best your garden plants can get, don’t “waste “ it?

Add an air stone while salt bathing in a tub. There’s a fish doctor we have in Australia he has a video on swim bladder issues. Thefishdoctor.

Doesnt look like dropsy. It is a very bad infection causing inflammation. Dropsy does not look like this.

Regarding the salt bath 2oz per gallon is this the same with all carp and fish ? Sorry to ask the question but I seem to be struggling with all types in my water as well

Hi Lee, you’re not on your own with all the pond troubles, I’ve had a few problems as well, from flutes to Costea, over in Lincoln Lincolnshire so not all that far from you on the grand scheme of things. I’ve not given chlorine in the tap water a thought! Try and use rain water where I can do. Did a huge upgrade of my filter back end of last year as that was a turning point. I also gave up with my pond I lost 23 koi all small ones but still a huge loss! Keep it watch most of you videos! Are you at Newark koi show this year?

Glad OJ is ok Andy😀

Hi Andy, i treat my pond with a salt solution every very late autumn, i keep the pond maintained at my doze for several weeks imbetween water changes, after this i then let pond salt solution slowly dilute over the weeks again by water changes ( all water changes are when i flush drain and filters weekly). Late February i then redose pond with salt, by late April theres no salt remaining in pond, ive been doing this for the past 3 years and have never found any flukes etc, before this i suffered every year with flukes etc.

Hi Andy, about 10 years ago I was going through what you and most UA-camrs have been going through. The slightest problem and I was on it with cures and chemicals. Then I realised in the past years and ponds I didn’t do anything and never had a problem, so I adopted my old ways I also added a homemade shower and a trickle in and out. Surprise surprise after 10 years of not messing with the pond all the same fish are still alive and happy.

Sorry to see you are going through such trouble with parasites, lots of people seem to be having the same issues☹️. Keeping my fingers crossed for you🤞🤞🤞

Not been a good time for you recently. Hopefully you get through all this. Pleased that OJ is better🤞. My pond actually hit 20c today....

Another great video. Hope the koi are on the mend. Keep us updated

Did I just hear a hint for someone to donate a chlorine measuring device.?

No scraping before treating? I had chilla one week the next fluke. You could find yourself treating again based on what the issue actually is and not what you think.

Hope thing get better Andy its been a crap year . I was told a while ago by a good source not to do water changes on a frid sat sun because they dump loads of chlorine in the system at weekends So I do mine mon and thurs

I have an iDip , plus Hanna testers for Alkaline, copper, Chloramine, ammonia, nitrite and iron, followed your channel for 4 years, would love to help, no pressure, just think it might help rule out a few things.

I'm finding my fish are acting a weird at the moment in that they come up and eat well in the morning then go down and spend a couple of hours at the bottom before swimming around again other than that all seem ok, i know a lot of people seem to be getting more problems this year and a lot is to do with the awful spring/summer we're getting, hope all goes well for you. Gwen 🧓

Hi Andy, sorry to see OJ like that but it's looking like you may have got her on the mend. Question are you still getting your filter floss from the same place cuz i remember in one video you were a bit concerned about it, need to get some for my filters. Gwen 🧓

Spawn bound from low water temps 100%

Cheers for the shoutout andy and looks like oj on the mend fingers crossed 🤞

Great update glad OJ looks better. What food are you using Andy? 😊

Gutted see OJ like that mate 😢 I have a video coming soon on similar issue you had there, so very useful mate. Super insightful, great video mate.

Andy, only in Burslem, could test your water if helps, no video though, camera shigh 😂 can do all tests, sorry if I got your first name wrong 🤪

Good luck with oj andy and the temperatures certainly don't help have a great weekend my friend

Hi Andy use dp4 tablets to check for chlorine in your water

Instead of using an FMG mix, try Colombo Alparex! Not cheap but can be very effective!

Dosed mine with FMG on Sunday for the exact same reason mate. Dropping the water 20% this Sunday and redosing because I’m not convinced it’s all gone either 😢

Must admit Andy, I did notice OJs behaviour last week hanging at the top, so I hope he does keep improving. It's these random temps, messing with everyone's ponds and thus parasites and then filters.

Mountain Tree have bought out a new filter floss which is washable which i thought would be of interest. Aengus

What type of koi is OJ? We have one very similar.