hello from county leitrim west of Ireland

saltydog

HI well what can i say i am very excited to have found this forum,i have no idea what to do and am full of questions ,i have looked through some of the site and furum and there is a lot to take in,,,Hmmmmmm expect lots of daft quetions ,,,it is the begining of wisdom to say "i dont know "

red beard

welcome on board salty
are you set up yet or just getting started

saltydog

red beard wrote:

:wave1: welcome on board salty
are you set up yet or just getting started

Hi thank you just getting started ,still very much at "dream "stage planing my first set up and trying to remember all the abreviations,,,HSM is my favorite up to now ,high school musical ,all most traedy with lots of drama ,,,i expect to have few of those

red beard

there's allways drama that's what keeps you interested
are you going to have trout ?

red beard

hey salty why cant you get a pond liner and do your pond completly
that way there's no mud no problems

saltydog

red beard wrote:

hey salty why cant you get a pond liner and do your pond completly
that way there's no mud no problems

Good question ,but i plan to keep Koi,,,just to look at ya see,and koi love clay it makes them shine , when you can see them ,trouble is Koi being carp feed off the bottom and ya can not see them ,so if i coverd most of the clay may be i could reduce disturbence but still have the benifit of the nutrients from the clay for the KOi,,,a cunning plan ,,,also the clay is totaly water proof ,what need for a liner??may be i could pump the water in to a seprate settleing tank ,,or may be just buy aliner ,,,thinks :dontknow:

saltydog

red beard wrote:

hey salty why cant you get a pond liner and do your pond completly
that way there's no mud no problems

also Koi poo like mad one of the main problems with keeping them is keeping the quality of the water ,,thats where the grow beds come in ,,,i hope ,,,feed the plants and clean the water one of the resons i was so pleased to find this site is it combines two things i like ,plants and fish ,some of the systems look complex but others are alot less so ,,,hmmm lots to lern first

red beard

I have a koi pond that is lined. Water is allways clear they have been in there for at least
8 years i have never had a problem.
All the good stuff grows on the liner.
No use having a pond if you cant see the fish :dontknow:

If you have a look at the (ellenbrook ape's) you will see my pipe system
that filters my pond i have only had that on the pond for a few weeks
and it works realy well

gnash06

G'Day Saltydog :wave1:

Redbeard is right I'd reckon, line the pond with plastic.

I'm wondering how long a pump is going to last with clay particles running through it, I know there are specialized pumps to do this but they are not cheap, and yes I think your bacteria would die if you shut down the system over winter, could you not find other fish like trout that do well over the cold spell? if your digging in another tank you could join the two together thus keeping your Koi in one and a productive fish in the other to keep the system running all year round.

Just some thoughts :wink:

earthbound

Nice to see more people from Ireland here....... :wave1:

My brother set up a couple of little IBC systems over that way a while back http://mooregroup.wordpress.com/2008/10 ... cs-update/

They were hoping to expand things a lot but I think the economy over there has slowed things down a bit.. Best of luck Saltydog...

saltydog

red beard wrote:

I have a koi pond that is lined. Water is allways clear they have been in there for at least
8 years i have never had a problem.
All the good stuff grows on the liner.
No use having a pond if you cant see the fish :dontknow:

If you have a look at the (ellenbrook ape's) you will see my pipe system
that filters my pond i have only had that on the pond for a few weeks
and it works realy well

thank you thats one question answerd ,i will get aliner or even a tank of some sort as you say its no use having a pond and not seeing the fish ,and for all the work i am going to have to do lining said pond with rocks ect i may as well just line it with a pond liner

saltydog

gnash06 wrote:

:wave1: G'Day Saltydog :wave1:

Redbeard is right I'd reckon, line the pond with plastic.

I'm wondering how long a pump is going to last with clay particles running through it, I know there are specialized pumps to do this but they are not cheap, and yes I think your bacteria would die if you shut down the system over winter, could you not find other fish like trout that do well over the cold spell? if your digging in another tank you could join the two together thus keeping your Koi in one and a productive fish in the other to keep the system running all year round.

Just some thoughts :wink:

Thank you i shall take red beards advice and line the pond or use tanks ,,i never thought about two tanks ,and as for keeping the system running in winter ,if the fish are in slumber and i am not growing any thing ,becouse nothing will grow(i may well be wrong )could i run the system on areduced rate just to keep the bacteria alive?my main worry is freezing pipes.

saltydog

earthbound wrote:

Nice to see more people from Ireland here....... :wave1:

My brother set up a couple of little IBC systems over that way a while back http://mooregroup.wordpress.com/2008/10 ... cs-update/

They were hoping to expand things a lot but I think the economy over there has slowed things down a bit.. Best of luck Saltydog...

Thank you ,the economy is dire and looks to be getting worse ,nimcompoops in charge ,i shall lookup your link and i hope your brother is doing well ,good luck

saltydog

earthbound wrote:

Nice to see more people from Ireland here....... :wave1:

My brother set up a couple of little IBC systems over that way a while back http://mooregroup.wordpress.com/2008/10 ... cs-update/

They were hoping to expand things a lot but I think the economy over there has slowed things down a bit.. Best of luck Saltydog...

PS thank you for that link very intresting i will add it to mt favorites

saltydog

Hi i must admit i have made my usual mistake and am trying to run before i can walk ,,i have decided to go with asimple set up like the one in the following link http://mooregroup.wordpress.com/2008/10 ... cs-update/ i need to lern the basics befor e i go crazy ,,,so the pond idea will have to wait ,,,thank for your welcome and good advice

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