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[bribones]

anyone want to post a how to section ie how to lower nitrates/amonia etc ,i know the instructions come with the stuff but just for the newbies

 

[ryan]

I was wondering weather to make a fish list and topics all about Coldwater fish and I have suggested it but no moderator seems intrested and we would need one to pin a topic otherwise I have some already written up that just need to be copied and pasted. Do you need help with your nitrates ammonia?

 

[bribones]

i know planting helps keep nitrate levels down but as its not recommended with koi ? im doing another test tommorow a multi one and was wondering if there was another way apart from chemical to solve the problem,

 

[ryan]

i know planting helps keep nitrate levels down but as its not recommended with koi ? im doing another test tommorow a multi one and was wondering if there was another way apart from chemical to solve the problem,

Plenty of water changes!

 

[bribones]

ok did the water test again PH 7.2 KH 6 GH was up a bit but thats easy solved we had a downpour today NO2 /NO3 levels where fine ,so heres the problem im still getting a large build up of algie i have a small pump running along with a 1000+gallons into a ecocell filter ,water is well oxiginated ,im thinking of a UV filter but are they as good as they say they are,oh and the reason for the fish out of the pond MAGPIES caught em just nice today

 

[ryan]

ok did the water test again PH 7.2 KH 6 GH was up a bit but thats easy solved we had a downpour today NO2 /NO3 levels where fine ,so heres the problem im still getting a large build up of algie i have a small pump running along with a 1000+gallons into a ecocell filter ,water is well oxiginated ,im thinking of a UV filter but are they as good as they say they are,oh and the reason for the fish out of the pond MAGPIES caught em just nice today

Is the pond in direct sunlight, if so for how long? A pond with no planting often has algae because there are no plants to compete with the algae for light and nutrients which both need. Filters with UVs built in do a good job IME so it might be worth installing one.

 

[Paul_MTS]

We're probably getting a UV filter/light aswell, Maybe just an inline one that goes in the before the filter, which is about £35. We only need a low rating one that about 8W's

 

[bribones]

ponds in direct sun for say half the day ,i have some oxiginating plants in there but ,there slowly getting eaten,looks like a uv is the way to go,seen one for around £50 combined with a filter but as i already have a filter an inline might do