May 25th Update

Latest Update showing the completed Recycle R.O. set up, plus Mains R.O. set up.
Twin 10" jumbo carbon pod to remove the trace chloring from the 3 x 36" big blues.
Plus at the end the fish being fed by the JBL Pro Auto feeder.

[@craig5523]

A beautiful pond and fantastic set up
Very professional

[@DavesKoiPond]

Thanks, 👍
I'm hoping to relax and enjoy the summer now 🙂

[@andrewjones7670]

What an amazing set up 👌

[@DavesKoiPond]

Thanks, 🙂

[@CoopersKoi]

Nice overview Dave thank you for taking the time to show us you "superb" setup 👌

[@DavesKoiPond]

Thanks mate, 👍
Sorry only just seen your comment 🙂

[@karljepson6560]

I admire your setup sir,there has been a lot of time spent on the filter house. 👌🏻 that is how envision mine to look next year when I extend the pond

[@DavesKoiPond]

Thanks mate 👍
Just wish I had a bit more room in there, but the missus won't let me extend the filterhouse into the cabin lol! 😄

[@OrchardKoi]

Fantastic set up. Really interesting.

[@DavesKoiPond]

Cheers 👍🙂

[@garychallinor6404]

Work of art 😀

[@DavesKoiPond]

Cheers Gary 👍

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Absolutely outstanding 👏👏👏. Super job and koi look as if they are loving life😊👍

[@DavesKoiPond]

Thanks Phil, 🙂
It's been a lot of hard work so far this year, hoping for some chill out time by the pond now 👍

[@mikeeljahosafats3231]

Excellent!!

[@DavesKoiPond]

Thanks 👍

[@LeTwistedOne]

Pond and koi are looking ace's 🧁👍👍👍

[@DavesKoiPond]

Cheers mate, been a bit of hard work the last few weeks. Looking forward to a bit of chill by the pond time 😁👍

[@koikarma5363]

Very nice 👍👍🚀🚀

[@DavesKoiPond]

Cheers 👍
A bit star trek I know 😄

[@atsuminaoki9910]

7:56 The equipment may be admirable, but the flesh on the lower half of the KOI (chest to belly) is a little worrying. Feeding techniques are required to thicken the shoulders, back and eventually the tail tube.

[@DavesKoiPond]

Hi Naoki 🙂
Agreed mate, but thats the problem with housing and feeding males and females together...
Females eat so much faster than males (got to watch out I don't get in trouble here lol! 😏)
So you either have skinny males or 'plus size' females. 😁
Plus we're just coming up to growing season here, so they should stretch out a bit too.

[@atsuminaoki9910]

@@DavesKoiPond The results will be different if you are concerned about the feed being digested rather than the amount they eat!!

[@arabianstallion2310]

Hi amazing set up top notch..can you please tell me where you purchased the push fit angle stop valves please.
TIA

[@DavesKoiPond]

Thanks, 🙂
I got 2 of them in a job lot of 50 odd fittings from a private seller on ebay, but also bought one from here.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325140211660

[@arabianstallion2310]

@@DavesKoiPond thank you

[@johngordon2382]

Fantastic set up

[@DavesKoiPond]

Thanks 👍

[@chrispurnell8399]

I do like your set up Dave did you design it yourself

[@DavesKoiPond]

Thanks 👍
The Dechlorinators and Recycle RO I put together.
The design for them is pretty straight forward, Finchy has been producing them for a while.
you can design you own system based on the booster pumps LPH at a certain pressure matched to the membrane.
and also match the membranes permeate and concentrate throughput to that.

[@Paze777]

Hi Dave, Can you tell me the makes and size of the push fit connectors between the big blues please thanks.

[@DavesKoiPond]

The Tee stop valves are a john guest 3/8" part usually used in beerline in pubs ect...
The john guest part number is NC2555 🙂
www.johnguest.com/us/en/od-valves/acetal/tee-stop-valve

[@modelshowblog-sj4rq]

Beautiful. The fish look exceptionally healthy. Just wondering what your parameters are at; pH, kH, gH?

[@DavesKoiPond]

Thanks, 👍
The pH has varied a bit over the last couple of months due to treating for gill flukes, and not running the recycle R.O. when i'm doing that.
So for most of May it was around 7.5 to 7.7 with a KH around 3-4 and a GH around 5-6
But since running the recycle R.O. all of June pH is usually at around 7.2 to 7.4 with a KH at 2-3 and GH around 3-4
KH is maintained at 2 minimum with the Jecod automatic doser putting 400ml of bicarb solution a day. though my tap water has quite a high KH of 5 and GH of 12

[@modelshowblog-sj4rq]

@@DavesKoiPond Thank you for your responses Dave. Indeed you have done a good job. I can see that you have high standards and an intelligent approach to koi keeping which is actually a pleasure to see in contrast to the many other koi UA-camrs who think that aiming for the best is a waste of money. Ironically these are the people with the most fish. I am hoping that you use your channel as a method of educating the koi community. Teach people how to achieve what you have done

[@DavesKoiPond]

@@modelshowblog-sj4rq Thanks, 👍
I do strive for the best conditions to keep my fish, as do most koi keepers.
We can, and do, all learn something from each others channels 🙂