koiguyoz
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Aug 4, 2004, 12:02 AM
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From what you've said 3 cubic meters should equate to to around 3000 litres of water.
I could never figure out your pump's output simply from wattage, perhaps a name/brand/model of the unit in question would help considerably.
The bacteria should be placed according to instructions on the bottle itself, or from the experiences of others on the forum. I have no experience in using bottled bacteria, simply waiting for nature to take its course in my pond, allowing nature to bring me the beneficial bacteria instead of me introducing it into the biofilter. Usually, many have recommended spreading the bottled bacteria onto the media used for the biofilter.
Popular forms of biomedia include japanese matting, bioballs, matala matting. Prefilters (the stage before the biomedia stage) removes heavy solids, debris liek leaves etc, with individuals using brushes, or me I used polyester batting (which needs a bit more cleaning, but polishes the water of heavy debris before the biomedia stage leaving the biomedia clean of heavy debris.
Keep on reading and researching, be patient, it might take a while, but you become really aware of Koi keeping in the long run.
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