Hi Pete, that's right mate, it was something like you see on TV lol. I've just found out, I now have a phosphate problem, so I've got to sort that out. I've never had that problem before. This koi keeping gets harder lol. Take care mate, Terry.
Wow...that was quite the storm. Good thing there was no real damage. We get storms like that here from time to time and while the koi seem to enjoy a nice rain shower they always head to the bottom of the pond during a heavy rain like that. As you noted, winter is definitely on the way. Morning temps lately have been 3C to 4C with day time highs around 13C - 14C. Shouldn't complain though, in a few months 4C will seem like summer when winter really arrives. Take care. Cheers.
Hi Ken, it was a bit like something you see on TV 😂😂but I've never seen non-stop thunder and lightning like that before. That's right mate, winter is on the way, I wonder just what it will throw at us🤔🤔fingers crossed, not too much. Thanks mate, take care and stay safe, Terry.
13:05 The overall appearance of KOI's body shape with good fleshing from shoulder to back and tail tube suggests that this summer's feeding went quite well. 9:57 As I have said in various places, such water quality testing practices were not very common over there in my time there, and in Japan such practices of tropical fish in aquarium are rarely seen in the KOI keeping field. We hope that influential people like you will be the first to realise this and reject such devices and become like us in the most basic attitude of observing the KOIs themselves and using them for fine-tuning.
Here in Yorkshire we have had the same storms and everything took a battering with garden furniture all over the place and things resembled the film Twister. The temperatures are about to drop to zero over the weekend so I bit the bullet and fitted my polycarbonate covers; oh well that's the season over, such as it was and now winter beckons. I am glad things seem to have stabilised for you and I think you are right water companies put chloramine in pipes that have been disturbed and if you already have it they up the dose to sanitise the water until things settle down. Great video as always
Hi David, I can't believe we are getting frost warnings already 😳😳and winter is just around the corner😦😦the koi seasons just seem to get shorter and shorter. The thunderstorm was like something from the TV😂😂I've not heard constant thunder and lightning like that before. Something in the water is all I can put it down to mate, they've been flicking all season, so if it had been parasites, I think I'd have had an epidemic by now. Thanks mate and you take care, Terry.
I actually enjoy watching a good thunderstorm from the safety of my own home. It has been a brief and yet dynamic summer. Glad you got on top of the flicking problem. Take care.
Hi mate, I must admit the storm was quite entertaining. I think everybody had been looking forward to a really good summer and got a bit disappointed. But I wouldn't have wanted it in the 40c like some countries. Take care mate, Terry.
Good to see you back on the small screen😊👍. That thunderstorm was a cracker😳. I use that KH buffer regularly as my RO system lowers it by a couple of degrees (have tried pure bicarbonate but found it to be less predictable). Can’t believe we are approaching the winter, I’m still hanging on to every dry and warm(ish) day but they are getting fewer and fewer☹️. Stay safe and keep warm😊👍
Hi Phil, and thanks mate. It's the first time I've used the KH Buffer, but it did seem to work well. It's disappointing to think winter is just around the corner and the covers will soon be back on. The koi seasons don't seem to last 5 minutes these days. Take care and stay safe, Terry.
Fish and pond and garden are looking good as aswell Terry. My KH always goes down end of october. So i am buffering it up gently. That rain was horrendous. We havent had much rain down here, even had to water the plants the other day. But nights are getting fresh. For the Pond Detox, give it 4 weeks and it will really help. Take care my friend, another season on its way out and we still havent met up 😮 Speak soon. X
Thanks Lau, very much appreciated. That storm did make me duck a couple of times 😂😂and I was in the house😂😂it's come really cold here now and they're giving a frost tonight 🥶🥶Looks like I'm going to have to get the pond covers on soon. 😏😏I hate having them on. Just one thing Lau, how much and how often do you treat with the Pond Detox? Lincs Fish Health wouldn't say. I don't get to the koi shows these days, but we will have to meet up sometime👍👍I hope all's well with you, and your koi are still amazing. You take care and stay safe, Terry XX
@Wrighty hi Terry, the first couple of months I was using it weekly. Every Sunday night. After that, every other week. Now only once a month. I have had no flashing. Yet I have had another full water test done, and metals are still the same in our water 🫣 so the pond Detox is doing its job.
Hi Terry, hell of a storm that one Mate! We had one here mid summer that tracked right over the house which was just ferocious for half an hour. Pleased that Chunky is in fine fettle, who knows what’s going on with the water supplies these days Mate, finger in the air half the time from them I think. Hope you are well Mate and great to hear from you👍
Hi Paul, I'm very well mate thank you. I hope all's well your end. That storm lasted overhead just over half an hour but the thunder was non-stop. I've run out of ideas as to what was causing the flicking, all I can put it down to is the water. Like you say, god knows what they're adding to it. Take care mate, Terry.
Hi David, and thank you mate. We're all well here thank you, I hope all's well your end. You and your family have a great Christmas, and all the very best for the New Year mate. I'm with you, roll on summer, Terry.
I think your spot on ref the water Terry. I’m sure over the last year or so much more chemicals are going in the water supply. Good shout ref the PH and KH. My fish all ways play up after heavy rain and it’s normally due to a drop in KH.
Hi Garry, it's all I can put it down to mate, They've been flicking all season, so if it had been parasites, I'd have had an epidemic by now. It is surprising just how much the rain can affect the pond. Take care and stay safe mate, Terry.
Hi Gary and thanks mate, we're all well here thank you. You and your family have a great Christmas and all the very best for the New Year. Roll on summer 👍👍Take care and stay safe mate, Terry.
Hey Wrighty, good to hear from you at last, what else you been up to all this time, on holiday in sunny Barbados for a 3 weeks ??? Good update there mate, rain was horrendous, we must of got the tail end of it here in Essex, good job too by the look of it ! Have a great weekend, see you on the next one. 👍
Hi Stef, I'd really love to say you're correct lol, but unfortunately not mate 😂😂the wife has to work and I would hate to stop that 😂😂the rain was like something you see on the TV, thank god it didn't last too long. You have a good weekend mate and take care, Terry.
Hey Terry, a few comments on your movie. If you up you KH your PH will also go up. There is a relation between KH, PH, CO2. You can't directly change PH, you always change either KH or CO2 (airation), this will influence your PH. So next remark is that you measured your PH before your KH and it was about 7.5 You didn't measure your PH after you upped the KH, for sure your PH also went up. A KH of 3 to 5 is OK for a koi pond, this will "lower" your PH. For koi development a PH of 6.8-7.2 is ideal. So measure your KH more often, the test is cheap and quick. To uppen the KH (in my opinion) it is best to use Calciumcarbonate (plain chalk) and not the often used calciumBIcarbonate. the difference between the 2 is as follows; Calcium carbonate will uppen your KH until the PH reaches 7.2 the rest will settle down in your pond as chalk. if your PH drops again (below 6.8-7.0) it directly will solve in your water to uppen the PH again. so as long as you se some white (of the chalk) in your pond you know you will never get a PH crash, because there is enough buffer (chalk) available in the water. Calcium BI carbonate will rocket your PH to 8.2 - 8.4 and after a short period it will very fast go down again. This is because all the Bi carbonate you put in the water will directly be solved in the water which will cause the PH to rocket up. As fast as it goes up when you put it in it will also go down again. This will cause very large difference in PH in a short time. As you know koi can compensate a lot of mistakes we make, but the thing they hate most is a fluctuating PH. Next little thing, Virton will only work for a few hours (kill bacteria) after that it is like you never pout it in.The biggest problem is that all those treatments are non selective. They will react with everything (same goes for Halamid-D/chloramine T). the more stuff you have in your pond to react with for example, plant (roots), (fallen) leaves, algae, bacteria the quicker it is not working anymore. This is the reason why (if you have real problems) you need to add a dose 5 days in a row. Hope my comments are clear on what I mean (English is not my first language). Happy ponding from NL.
Hello mate, and thank you for the very interesting information, you're comments are very clear and I understand them very well. It's always good to know these things. I did keep an eye on the PH but as I added the buffer over a 3-day period, (which I didn't show in the video very well), the PH didn't move much. I didn't realize the Bicarb was so brutal with the PH, I will be more careful with that in the future. Paula from Links Fish Health did tell me the Virkon doesn't last long in the water, so I only gave it 3 weekly doses. Thanks again for your help, and I really appreciate you taking the time to put me right, thank you. Take care, Terry. Happy Ponding.
Try fixing the solenoid valve, I had the same problem, mine was down to debris blocking the little hole in the diaphragm, I just enlarged the hole very slightly and no problem all season
Hi mate, I have had it to pieces quite a few times now and it opens fine, but just won't close fully. It seems to jam for some reason. Thanks for the thought though. Much appreciated mate, Terry.
Hi Scott, and thank you. If I remember correctly (as I am getting old lol) it's about 17ft x 10 ft x 3.5ft deep. I did want to go deeper but at 3.5ft I hit the inground water table, so I couldn't go any deeper. Hope this helps mate, take care, Terry.
Hi Wrighty, thanks for another great vid. Nice storm you had there. like to ask you of your opinion of ozone generators. The trend seems to be to add them to protein skimmers. It seems to be a 50/50 love hate scenario. I'm toying with the idea, and would like to know your opinion. Hopefully some of your subscribers might have some insight. Anyway it's always best to ask Wrighty first 👍👍
Hi Robert, and thank you. The storm was like something you see on TV lol. To be honest mate, I don't know much about ozone generators. I did look into them a few years ago, and a few people lost koi with the homemade ones, and some of the ones that came out of China, which did put me off a bit, and I've not looked into it since. I would think things have changed a lot since then, so unfortunately I can't help with that one mate, sorry. There are a lot of people on UA-cam who will know a lot more than me. Take care mate, Terry.
Hi, I use the Colombo Test Lab Pro Kit, and have done for quite a few years now. I just seem to get on well with it. Thank you for your kind comments. Take care, Terry.
Hi Steve, I did build the moving bed, but I didn't do any plans as, it's just a box with 2 inlets at the bottom and a 3" pipe twin filter cage return outlet in the middle. I run around 150 ltr of K1 in it, but it could take more. Take care mate, Terry.
Hi Adam, As much as I really appreciate your very very kind offer, I couldn't let you do that. I'm ok with the slide valve I'm using mate. Thank you so much for the kind offer, it's really very much appreciated. Thanks again, and you take care, there's not many in the world like you👍👍Terry.
Hi Shane, have a look at this video ua-cam.com/video/yRcZuTL_zWw/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Wrighty this cost was done when electricity was 32p pkh. I kept the pond at 13c this year, which kept the koi feeding all winter and out of Aeromonas Alley. I use the Thermotec Inverter Type which in my opinion are one of the best ashp's on the market. I got it from HeatPumps4Pools heatpumps4pools.com/ There are cheaper out there, but don't go for the real cheap ones. Have a good look on UA-cam for info. Hope this helps mate. Take care, Terry.
Hello mate, how are things with you? I think I've cracked the flashing🤞🤞I've now got my phosphates down and have not seen any flashing🤞🤞I did look into copper, but that was really low. I will keep an eye on my phosphates now, and see how things go. Thanks for the thought though mate, very much appreciated, take care, Terry
@@Wrighty I'm good thanks. What was your copper reading as it should be zero. Have you tested for iron also ? That's another one that's causing people issues and they have no idea about it I can't remember if you have a trickle in, but if you do and you did discover heavy metals present, then make sure your dechlorinator is filled with bone char as that will remove them for you. I can't see Phosphate causing too much of an issue, maybe in extremely high amounts but I've never had any readings in customers ponds higher than 5 and I can't ever recall anyone saying anything about it over the years.
I must admit, I hadn't checked my phosphates for ages as I'd never had a problem, and when I did it was 5 plus with the colombo test kit. After 3 weeks I have now got it down to 1 and the flicking seems to have stopped, thank goodness. Thanks for your suggestion though mate, it's very much appreciated. Terry.
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Great update and nice to see you back on the Tube Terry.
Hi Steve, and thanks, you'll soon be on your way, I hope you enjoy it mate, have a good one, Terry.
That was some storm Terry 😮, glad you sorted the Kh, and the koi and pond are looking great as always 👌🏼👍🏼
Hi Pete, that's right mate, it was something like you see on TV lol. I've just found out, I now have a phosphate problem, so I've got to sort that out. I've never had that problem before. This koi keeping gets harder lol. Take care mate, Terry.
Good see you bk Terry good luck for winter mate 👍
Thanks Dave, and I hope all goes well for you mate 👍🤞take care, Terry.
Wow...that was quite the storm. Good thing there was no real damage. We get storms like that here from time to time and while the koi seem to enjoy a nice rain shower they always head to the bottom of the pond during a heavy rain like that. As you noted, winter is definitely on the way. Morning temps lately have been 3C to 4C with day time highs around 13C - 14C. Shouldn't complain though, in a few months 4C will seem like summer when winter really arrives. Take care. Cheers.
Hi Ken, it was a bit like something you see on TV 😂😂but I've never seen non-stop thunder and lightning like that before. That's right mate, winter is on the way, I wonder just what it will throw at us🤔🤔fingers crossed, not too much. Thanks mate, take care and stay safe, Terry.
I remember that thunderstorm it was crazy 😅
With all the rain we've had down our way Terry I've have to buffer my pond a few times recently as well 👍
That's right mate. It was a stinker here, nonstop for over half an hour. It does pay to keep an eye on your KH & PH. Take care mate, Terry.
Nice update Terry, what a storm you had, best wishes, Tony😀
Hi Tony, and thank you. The storm was a bit like something from the TV, thank goodness it only lasted about half an hour. Take care mate, Terry.
Good storm Terry we missed anything like that down hear. Winter is on its way down hear so time to cover the pond soon
Hi mate, it was like something you see on the TV🤣🤣I can't believe I'm thinking of putting my covers on already. Thanks mate and take care, Terry.
13:05 The overall appearance of KOI's body shape with good fleshing from shoulder to back and tail tube suggests that this summer's feeding went quite well. 9:57 As I have said in various places, such water quality testing practices were not very common over there in my time there, and in Japan such practices of tropical fish in aquarium are rarely seen in the KOI keeping field. We hope that influential people like you will be the first to realise this and reject such devices and become like us in the most basic attitude of observing the KOIs themselves and using them for fine-tuning.
Thank you for the info, much appreciated. Take care, Terry.
Here in Yorkshire we have had the same storms and everything took a battering with garden furniture all over the place and things resembled the film Twister. The temperatures are about to drop to zero over the weekend so I bit the bullet and fitted my polycarbonate covers; oh well that's the season over, such as it was and now winter beckons. I am glad things seem to have stabilised for you and I think you are right water companies put chloramine in pipes that have been disturbed and if you already have it they up the dose to sanitise the water until things settle down.
Great video as always
Hi David, I can't believe we are getting frost warnings already 😳😳and winter is just around the corner😦😦the koi seasons just seem to get shorter and shorter. The thunderstorm was like something from the TV😂😂I've not heard constant thunder and lightning like that before. Something in the water is all I can put it down to mate, they've been flicking all season, so if it had been parasites, I think I'd have had an epidemic by now. Thanks mate and you take care, Terry.
1st🎉🎉🎉 great update Terry
Thanks mate, always appreciated, Terry.
That was a storm and a half Terry mate 💯🧁👍👍👍
Hi Vince, it was like something you see on TV 😂😂I've never seen non-stop thunder and lightning like that before. Take care mate, Terry.
@Wrighty Terry bruva it was like watching 👀 a tornado 🌪 overseas 💯🧁👍👍👍
That's what it felt like mate 🤣🤣good job it only lasted half an hour, take care, Terry
I actually enjoy watching a good thunderstorm from the safety of my own home.
It has been a brief and yet dynamic summer. Glad you got on top of the flicking problem. Take care.
Hi mate, I must admit the storm was quite entertaining. I think everybody had been looking forward to a really good summer and got a bit disappointed. But I wouldn't have wanted it in the 40c like some countries. Take care mate, Terry.
Good to see you back on the small screen😊👍. That thunderstorm was a cracker😳. I use that KH buffer regularly as my RO system lowers it by a couple of degrees (have tried pure bicarbonate but found it to be less predictable). Can’t believe we are approaching the winter, I’m still hanging on to every dry and warm(ish) day but they are getting fewer and fewer☹️. Stay safe and keep warm😊👍
Hi Phil, and thanks mate. It's the first time I've used the KH Buffer, but it did seem to work well. It's disappointing to think winter is just around the corner and the covers will soon be back on. The koi seasons don't seem to last 5 minutes these days. Take care and stay safe, Terry.
Fish and pond and garden are looking good as aswell Terry.
My KH always goes down end of october. So i am buffering it up gently.
That rain was horrendous. We havent had much rain down here, even had to water the plants the other day. But nights are getting fresh.
For the Pond Detox, give it 4 weeks and it will really help.
Take care my friend, another season on its way out and we still havent met up 😮
Speak soon. X
Thanks Lau, very much appreciated. That storm did make me duck a couple of times 😂😂and I was in the house😂😂it's come really cold here now and they're giving a frost tonight 🥶🥶Looks like I'm going to have to get the pond covers on soon. 😏😏I hate having them on. Just one thing Lau, how much and how often do you treat with the Pond Detox? Lincs Fish Health wouldn't say. I don't get to the koi shows these days, but we will have to meet up sometime👍👍I hope all's well with you, and your koi are still amazing. You take care and stay safe, Terry XX
@Wrighty hi Terry, the first couple of months I was using it weekly. Every Sunday night. After that, every other week. Now only once a month. I have had no flashing. Yet I have had another full water test done, and metals are still the same in our water 🫣 so the pond Detox is doing its job.
Thanks Lau, you're a gem, I don't know what I'd do without you. Getting old, that's my trouble 😂😂thanks again, Terry xx
@@Wrighty haha vice versa 🙂😉
Nice update 👍 Terry. Looking 👀 fantastic ⛩🐟⛩
Thanks, always appreciated mate, Terry.
Hi Terry, hell of a storm that one Mate! We had one here mid summer that tracked right over the house which was just ferocious for half an hour. Pleased that Chunky is in fine fettle, who knows what’s going on with the water supplies these days Mate, finger in the air half the time from them I think. Hope you are well Mate and great to hear from you👍
Hi Paul, I'm very well mate thank you. I hope all's well your end. That storm lasted overhead just over half an hour but the thunder was non-stop. I've run out of ideas as to what was causing the flicking, all I can put it down to is the water. Like you say, god knows what they're adding to it. Take care mate, Terry.
Save the last kh drop when the solution turns green. Glad Chunky is feeling better.
I usually do mate, but I added it for the camera. Thanks and take care mate, Terry.
Hi Terry hope this finds you all well
Just wishing you and your family a very merry Christmas and a happy new year, roll on summer.
Hi David, and thank you mate. We're all well here thank you, I hope all's well your end. You and your family have a great Christmas, and all the very best for the New Year mate. I'm with you, roll on summer, Terry.
I think your spot on ref the water Terry. I’m sure over the last year or so much more chemicals are going in the water supply. Good shout ref the PH and KH. My fish all ways play up after heavy rain and it’s normally due to a drop in KH.
Hi Garry, it's all I can put it down to mate, They've been flicking all season, so if it had been parasites, I'd have had an epidemic by now. It is surprising just how much the rain can affect the pond. Take care and stay safe mate, Terry.
Hi Terry. Happy Christmas and a great new year. Hope all is well with you and the family and the fish of course
Hi Gary and thanks mate, we're all well here thank you. You and your family have a great Christmas and all the very best for the New Year. Roll on summer 👍👍Take care and stay safe mate, Terry.
Hey Wrighty, good to hear from you at last, what else you been up to all this time, on holiday in sunny Barbados for a 3 weeks ??? Good update there mate, rain was horrendous, we must of got the tail end of it here in Essex, good job too by the look of it ! Have a great weekend, see you on the next one. 👍
Hi Stef, I'd really love to say you're correct lol, but unfortunately not mate 😂😂the wife has to work and I would hate to stop that 😂😂the rain was like something you see on the TV, thank god it didn't last too long. You have a good weekend mate and take care, Terry.
Hi Terry Happy Christmas and have a great new year to you and your family
Hi Paul, you and your family have a great Christmas and all the very best for the New Year. Roll on summer 👍👍Take care and stay safe mate, Terry.
We had a storm like that a few weeks ago Terry great update again 👍👍🚀🚀
Thanks Dave, it was like something from the TV🤣🤣take care mate, Terry.
Hey Terry, a few comments on your movie. If you up you KH your PH will also go up. There is a relation between KH, PH, CO2. You can't directly change PH, you always change either KH or CO2 (airation), this will influence your PH.
So next remark is that you measured your PH before your KH and it was about 7.5 You didn't measure your PH after you upped the KH, for sure your PH also went up. A KH of 3 to 5 is OK for a koi pond, this will "lower" your PH. For koi development a PH of 6.8-7.2 is ideal. So measure your KH more often, the test is cheap and quick. To uppen the KH (in my opinion) it is best to use Calciumcarbonate (plain chalk) and not the often used calciumBIcarbonate. the difference between the 2 is as follows;
Calcium carbonate will uppen your KH until the PH reaches 7.2 the rest will settle down in your pond as chalk. if your PH drops again (below 6.8-7.0) it directly will solve in your water to uppen the PH again. so as long as you se some white (of the chalk) in your pond you know you will never get a PH crash, because there is enough buffer (chalk) available in the water.
Calcium BI carbonate will rocket your PH to 8.2 - 8.4 and after a short period it will very fast go down again. This is because all the Bi carbonate you put in the water will directly be solved in the water which will cause the PH to rocket up. As fast as it goes up when you put it in it will also go down again. This will cause very large difference in PH in a short time. As you know koi can compensate a lot of mistakes we make, but the thing they hate most is a fluctuating PH.
Next little thing, Virton will only work for a few hours (kill bacteria) after that it is like you never pout it in.The biggest problem is that all those treatments are non selective. They will react with everything (same goes for Halamid-D/chloramine T). the more stuff you have in your pond to react with for example, plant (roots), (fallen) leaves, algae, bacteria the quicker it is not working anymore. This is the reason why (if you have real problems) you need to add a dose 5 days in a row.
Hope my comments are clear on what I mean (English is not my first language).
Happy ponding from NL.
Hello mate, and thank you for the very interesting information, you're comments are very clear and I understand them very well. It's always good to know these things.
I did keep an eye on the PH but as I added the buffer over a 3-day period, (which I didn't show in the video very well), the PH didn't move much.
I didn't realize the Bicarb was so brutal with the PH, I will be more careful with that in the future.
Paula from Links Fish Health did tell me the Virkon doesn't last long in the water, so I only gave it 3 weekly doses. Thanks again for your help, and I really appreciate you taking the time to put me right, thank you.
Take care, Terry. Happy Ponding.
Try fixing the solenoid valve, I had the same problem, mine was down to debris blocking the little hole in the diaphragm, I just enlarged the hole very slightly and no problem all season
Hi mate, I have had it to pieces quite a few times now and it opens fine, but just won't close fully. It seems to jam for some reason. Thanks for the thought though. Much appreciated mate, Terry.
Hi wrighty great video mate as always. What is the size of your pond again? Depth etc I know you’ve said but I forgot sorry. Keep it going mate 👍😅
Hi Scott, and thank you. If I remember correctly (as I am getting old lol) it's about 17ft x 10 ft x 3.5ft deep. I did want to go deeper but at 3.5ft I hit the inground water table, so I couldn't go any deeper. Hope this helps mate, take care, Terry.
Hi Wrighty, thanks for another great vid. Nice storm you had there.
like to ask you of your opinion of ozone generators. The trend seems to be to add them to protein skimmers.
It seems to be a 50/50 love hate scenario.
I'm toying with the idea, and would like to know your opinion. Hopefully some of your subscribers might have some insight.
Anyway it's always best to ask Wrighty first 👍👍
Hi Robert, and thank you. The storm was like something you see on TV lol.
To be honest mate, I don't know much about ozone generators. I did look into them a few years ago, and a few people lost koi with the homemade ones, and some of the ones that came out of China, which did put me off a bit, and I've not looked into it since. I would think things have changed a lot since then, so unfortunately I can't help with that one mate, sorry. There are a lot of people on UA-cam who will know a lot more than me. Take care mate, Terry.
@@Wrighty Cheers Terry
Just wondering what test kit you use and is it one you’ve used for a long time? Great videos.
Hi, I use the Colombo Test Lab Pro Kit, and have done for quite a few years now. I just seem to get on well with it. Thank you for your kind comments. Take care, Terry.
Hi Terry, did you build your moving bed filter and if so did you do any plans for it, cheers.
Hi Steve, I did build the moving bed, but I didn't do any plans as, it's just a box with 2 inlets at the bottom and a 3" pipe twin filter cage return outlet in the middle. I run around 150 ltr of K1 in it, but it could take more. Take care mate, Terry.
Writey how can i fund your new solenoid valve?
Hi Adam, As much as I really appreciate your very very kind offer, I couldn't let you do that. I'm ok with the slide valve I'm using mate. Thank you so much for the kind offer, it's really very much appreciated. Thanks again, and you take care, there's not many in the world like you👍👍Terry.
Hi mate does it cost a lot to run a air -source heat pump for a pond thanks
Hi Shane, have a look at this video ua-cam.com/video/yRcZuTL_zWw/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Wrighty
this cost was done when electricity was 32p pkh. I kept the pond at 13c this year, which kept the koi feeding all winter and out of Aeromonas Alley. I use the Thermotec Inverter Type which in my opinion are one of the best ashp's on the market. I got it from HeatPumps4Pools heatpumps4pools.com/ There are cheaper out there, but don't go for the real cheap ones. Have a good look on UA-cam for info. Hope this helps mate. Take care, Terry.
Never fuck about with buffers unless there is a serious problem, love the content
Thanks mate, much appreciated, Terry.
Test for heavy metals.
Hello mate, how are things with you? I think I've cracked the flashing🤞🤞I've now got my phosphates down and have not seen any flashing🤞🤞I did look into copper, but that was really low. I will keep an eye on my phosphates now, and see how things go. Thanks for the thought though mate, very much appreciated, take care, Terry
@@Wrighty I'm good thanks. What was your copper reading as it should be zero. Have you tested for iron also ? That's another one that's causing people issues and they have no idea about it I can't remember if you have a trickle in, but if you do and you did discover heavy metals present, then make sure your dechlorinator is filled with bone char as that will remove them for you. I can't see Phosphate causing too much of an issue, maybe in extremely high amounts but I've never had any readings in customers ponds higher than 5 and I can't ever recall anyone saying anything about it over the years.
I must admit, I hadn't checked my phosphates for ages as I'd never had a problem, and when I did it was 5 plus with the colombo test kit. After 3 weeks I have now got it down to 1 and the flicking seems to have stopped, thank goodness. Thanks for your suggestion though mate, it's very much appreciated. Terry.