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copya
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Oct 13, 2005, 7:30 AM

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This is my 5 foot waterfall needs more boulders on it .

To all koi hobbyists,
Its all hard to enlarged a year old 2000 gal pond doubled it to almost 5000 gal. Everything went up double, So fellas if you building a new one out there do it as big as you can afford and do it the right way otherwise you will end up just like me. Here some pics any comment welcome. Thanks JIMMY

mike c
Koi Kichi

Oct 14, 2005, 10:26 PM

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tell us more about your filtration system

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copya
Koi Lover

Oct 14, 2005, 11:18 PM

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Hi there Mike , as you can see theres 2 tanks made of fiberglass, on left is BIO filter which is VORTEX AQUABEAD,on the right is the VORTEK SS which is the settlement or Prefilter tank,a blower act as an agitator when cleaning those bead,1/3 horse wunderflo pump w/cleaning basket in it.and the ZP 10 UV light. Just like any other filter system you need to have bacteria in your system the only thing I know comparing to my old filter it feels like this sys has its own easy way to grow good bacteria. In a matter of a week I can feed my fish to the max at the same time water is also slowly clearing up. So Imagine if you will contol your feedings for atleast 2-3 wks. BTW I have 20 koi 6 of them are 25-30 inches,5000 gals. Its my pleasure talking to you, JIMMY

mike c
Koi Kichi

Oct 14, 2005, 11:20 PM

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wow, ive heard of these. must have been expensive ... where are you located now?

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copya
Koi Lover

Oct 15, 2005, 7:08 AM

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Hi Mike C.Yes its quite expensive but for me its worth it bec. I dont need to spend half a day every sundays after church washing off those Jap Mats and not only that I have to be carefull not to over feed them bec my old filter is not sufficient enough. Im here in SOUTH CAROLINA.
Some pics of my koi, water still not 100% This is only a week and a half old filter sys. Thanks JIMMY

mike c
Koi Kichi

Oct 15, 2005, 8:53 AM

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nice koi. dont forget to post some pics after everything's finished

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fireworkblast66
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Oct 16, 2005, 1:31 AM

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cool! it looks similar to william lim filter systems. I dont know if you rember me, but im the one that was going to adopt some of your koi. Well, it looks great! Wink

Thanks Marshall
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copya
Koi Lover

Oct 16, 2005, 5:33 AM

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I remember you Marshall yes you suppose to adopt my butterfly kois but I think you were so busy that time. Carla got them already shes from GREENVILLE. Thanks for your comment about my filter. This is almost a free maintenance filter system cleaning is just pressing a botton, turning 3 knos,5 min. your done 10 min if it is really dirty. You only have to do it 2 times a month." NOMORE WASHING MATS."Thanks JIMMY

fireworkblast66
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Oct 16, 2005, 6:00 AM

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YAY! lol no more washing mats!!! Angelic

LOL Well glad someone has adopted your koi! I hope that your koi and the adopted koi are doing well!
Thanks Marshall
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Upgrading to 3700+ Gallon Pond - 3325 GPH Pump
Homemade 140Gallon Filter

copya
Koi Lover

Oct 17, 2005, 1:00 AM

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Dont worry I will MIKE C. Thanks JIMMY and also thanks to you Marshall.

(This post was edited by copya on Oct 17, 2005, 1:02 AM)

carla1119
Koi Lover

Nov 15, 2005, 10:47 AM

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Jimmy..your pond looks wonderful! I remember picking up your butterflys and it was open dirt...lol..but this really looks wonderful...
Yes..to everyone..he does have lots of fish..and beautiful ones at that...I'm a newbie..and picked up his butterflys..they are so beautiful..I can not believe them!
Again..Jimmy..your pond turned out very nice...I just hope this spring when I start to improv around here it looks this good Smile

copya
Koi Lover

Nov 16, 2005, 6:33 AM

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Thanks to you carla waterfalls needs more boulders to hide the liner but that would be next spring, I am building my TT Tower right now so it would be ready after winter and also thanks to JON(koi38) for not getting tired of answering all my questions. By the way guys Ive found out something in my pond just now when I was feeding my fish there was a TURTLE (5-6 dia.) swimming, resting and gasping for some air by my skimmer and swim down so fast when she saw me. I think shes hiding by the b.d. dome. I want to know if its gonna be bad for my fish,eco system of my pond if you have a TURTLE with them. Do they eat small fish? I want to know if this happen to any pond owner and what did they do about it. Need some response. Thanks JIMMY

Koi38
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Nov 16, 2005, 10:31 AM

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Hi Jimmy,

With regards having turtle in your pond I'd say the little koi are in danger. Like what happend to my bro inlaw. He bought some fry then place them with turtles. One week on everything was fine but the following week the fry started disappearing and he thought it could be the heron. He later found out that it was his turtle that eating them. I'm not sure what type of turtle but it was long gone now Smile

rgds,
Jon

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larz1
Koi Kichi

May 8, 2006, 8:31 PM

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Hey Jimmy, now that you've had your system running for a while tell me how you like the pump. I just bought a new 1 hp Wunderflo yesterday and I thought I'd check with your satisfaction before I hooked it up.

copya
Koi Lover

May 29, 2006, 5:46 AM

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Larzi sorry for not responding right away. I'd just got back here Koi Forum just now. You probably hooked it up by now anyway Its almost a year now. I have it up and running and I dont have any problem with mine. This is a quite pump. I'll tell you something about it. You will hear a humminnng sound from this pump whenever your beads needs to be clean up. After you do it it goes back to normal like it not running. Thanks JIMMY (copya)

larz1
Koi Kichi

May 29, 2006, 11:43 PM

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Thanks for the reply. We just bought the pump a few weeks ago and haven't finished enlarging the pond yet so it isn't up and running. We picked it up at the OKC Koi Show because the vendor had a real good discount on it, but I hadn't talked to anyone that had one running. Ours is 8,500gph (4 times bigger than the one it is replacing) so our waterfalls and stream bed are getting much bigger than they used to be. I'll be posting before and after pix once it is complete.

Koi38
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May 30, 2006, 7:30 AM

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Larry,

Hey mate, you can't accomplish anything if you keep on posting while your missus is doing all the work for you Mad

so get on with it...........I'm running out of patience here Mad

rgds,
Jon

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larz1
Koi Kichi

May 30, 2006, 10:40 AM

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That makes THREE of us Tongue

. This weekend instead of working on our pond we had a b'day/going away party for my son (going to Turkey on an Air Force Deployment) and today we helped my wifes daughter set up her first mini-pond. (It's an old HEAVY bathtub... Shocked

I kid you not Blush

) Hopefully next weekend we'll get more work done on it. I think about 20 more bags of mortar should be enough to finish raising the sidewalls and enlarging the main waterfall.

Koi38
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May 30, 2006, 12:18 PM

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Het Larry,

So by the time you've done your pond you'll be like Hulk Hogan and your missus like Delta Shocked

Hey mate, don't forget the progress pics Wink

rgds,
Jon

PS: My hats is off for your son Smile

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copya
Koi Lover

Jun 1, 2006, 12:56 AM

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Hey Jon Whats up? What do you have new? Didnt talk to you for a while. TKS JIMMY

Koi38
Senior Member

Jun 1, 2006, 6:44 AM

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Hi Jimmy,

How's things mate, long time no hear Tongue

I have some stuff to do this winter around my pond like filter upgrade, decking, fencing, etc, etc Pirate

so much to do so little time Blush

What about???

rgds,
Jon

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copya
Koi Lover

Jun 3, 2006, 6:19 AM

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1 hp wow you be rockin man'. You gonna like it. Tell me how much more it will add in your elect. bill. Sure it aint gonna be that much.In the future if I want to upgrade to 1 hp all I need to do is just change electric Motor am I right?
Yes Jon been busy lately at work So you been doin some upgrade You are the kind of guy will not stop caring for these kois man Well you got the talent and skilled hands hope you 'd be happy with it just dont quit helping members of this forum (I know you wont) YOU ALRIGHT MAN!!!!! JIMMY

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Koi38
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Jun 3, 2006, 12:19 PM

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Hi Jimmy,

I learned/gained a lot from this forum and others so I'm just sharing what I've learned to others. Everyones like yourself is doing the same thing. This is the only thing I like about Koi Keeping "SHARING" Cool

rgds,
Jon

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(This post was edited by Koi38 on Jun 3, 2006, 12:20 PM)

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