Episode65 pt5, Building a Koi Pond, LA Fishguys

Watch the sixty fifth episode of LA Fishguys as Jim Stime of Aquarium Design in Thousand Oaks CALIF., learns from Dan and Tina how to install a proper and complete Koi pond.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Koi
• pond
• install
• waterfall
• filter
• LA
• Fish
• Guy

[MkeFishguy]

Doesn't a fluidized bed filter like the one in the vid offer just about the same biological filtration capacity as a comparably sized trickle filter?

[lafishguy]

hey M, I am sure a pond or sand filter has as much, if not more surface area, but what it does not have is theb exposure to oxygen, that a wet-dry trickle filter does, which makes a considerable difference in its effectiveness

[HospitalWaste]

is it possible to have my pump, heater, and filter inside a small inclosed compartment behind my waterfall? I would have access doors on either side so i could sneak my way in for various maintenance jobs. << we have alot of snow and cold in Canada. Also would i need to run heater cord inside my pipes? and where would i hook my heater up in the system? before the pump? I want it to be 1/2 underground and 1/2 above, how would i build a wall with curves? can my skimmer be near the waterfall?

[lafishguy]

hey H, i would ask your local pond businesses as they would know better about the cold weather equipment needed, but if you have the room and the equipment doesnt mind the spray from the watterfall I would say yes.

[mracampa23]

Hey Jim, why dont pond owners use trickle filters like aquarists do. In all ponds i see, the plastic media is 100 % submerged in the filter. I was wondering because i was thinking about building a trickle design for my pond, where most of the bio balls are out of the water. Im just not sure because i never see ponds with them. Thanks

[lafishguy]

hey M, i suspect pond people have their own ideas about filtration. i agree a w/d filter would be great, just have to pre-filter the water really good.

[HospitalWaste]

@lafishguy Thanks!!! You guys are lucky out there in LA were lookin at 19 deggres F today with snow! So thats why i want to put my equipment in an enclosed room behind the pond. Thanks for the really helpful videos, very informative.

[fehrdj42]

@mracampa23

Hey mrcampa23, It actually has more to do with the nature of a w/d filter. they are typically taller than their foot print, and since pond owners usually try to bury thier filters, it would require a deeper hole to be excavated. There do exsist Bakki filters that contain multiple drip plates and corse foam bio media layers to recreate the bioball effect. Notice that these "shower" type filters are loud and nearly impossible to bury: two things many pond owners don't like.

[fehrdj42]

@mracampa23

Hey mrcampa23, It actually has more to do with the nature of a w/d filter. they are typically taller than their foot print, and since pondowners usually try to bury thier filters, it would require a deeper hole to be excavated. There do exsist Bakki filters that contain multiple drip plates and corse foam bio media layers to recreate the bioball effect. Notice that these "shower" type filters are loud and nearly impossible to bury: two things many pond owners don't like.

[gumper5242]

Great video !