Sleeper pond part 10. Filter media upgrade, trickle in/out and pipe insulation

[@JamesTHEKOIwhisperer123]

Looking good Dan and great update mate 👍💪

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks mate. Getting there now. Fish are all up and begging today now there's some heat in the water

[@JamesTHEKOIwhisperer123]

@@dannycurrie1 nice one Dan it deffo looked a nice bit of kit from the WhatsApp pictures mate

[@ACKoi]

@@JamesTHEKOIwhisperer123 when you gonna unblock me mate 👍👍👍

[@RamseysDIYKoiPond]

Great update buddy, ponds looking spanking 🐟👍👍

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks mate. It's coming together nicely now. Just got to get it paid off now 😂

[@countrykoipond]

New pond looks great and has settled down by the looks of things. What a good result 😎

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks mate. Yeah I think there enjoying it. I imagine I'll have my usual parasite issue soon though, just hoping I don't have too much of a 'new pond syndrome' issue 🤞

[@Simon.Bryant]

Really coming together now mate. Looks great! I bet those snowy days of digging and drilling are long forgotten now mate 👍

[@dannycurrie1]

I don't miss those days on bit 🤣 Just need this mud to dry out then J can start repairing my garden

[@boxtriker]

Getting sorted now nice to see it at this point and going to be ready for summer

[@dannycurrie1]

Yes hopefully I'll be able to sit back and enjoy it this summer. Just need to take it steady on the feeding for a while, give the new filters a chance to get going

[@ACKoi]

Looking good mate just need the weather now 👍👍👍

[@dannycurrie1]

Yes mate. Hopefully not long now 🤞 Heaters on now so springs started for me now 😁

[@koiCompetitions]

Good update mate.

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks :) 👍

[@mikeeljahosafats3231]

You have some excellent koi!!

[@dannycurrie1]

Thankyou 🙏

[@charles29cc]

Looking good Danny boy!!! Got me buzzing for the summer mate lol starting thinking about my changes this year myself !!!

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks mate. Yeah bring on that warm weather. I've got the heat pump running now so spring has started for me now :D

[@alexkoi4life914]

Really like this set up. Great job 👏🏻

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks mate. It cost enough so hopefully it works well for me in the summer. We will see 👍

[@projectkoi7822]

Looking good Danny, fish seem nice and settled now

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks mate. There enjoying that heat going in now. Up to 10 degrees and there all up begging today. I imagine I'm going to have some parasites to sort, seeing the occasional flash. Will be doing some scrapes Monday I think

[@projectkoi7822]

@@dannycurrie1 if it doesn't rain it pours matey.

[@dannycurrie1]

@@projectkoi7822 definitely. Always something going on. I'm less worried about parasites that I used to be. Alot of the time it's best to do nothing, I try not to get them out unless I really have to so I'll keep an eye on them and see

[@jiffsterkoi]

Great update really taking shape mate 👍🏼

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks mate. I'm well pleased with it so far. Got the airsource heat pump running now, fish are loving it, they think it's summer again

[@jiffsterkoi]

@@dannycurrie1 hi mate what sort of Costs does that work out at

[@dannycurrie1]

@@jiffsterkoi it was bloody expensive to buy. Got a video on it coming later this week. It's been running 3 days. Bought the temps up from 6.8 to 12 I'm only going on what my smart meter says compared to normal but I reckon it's cost £3.5 in total so far. I've got a power meter coming tomorrow so I will keep track of it. My ponds insulated but only half covered at the moment

[@jiffsterkoi]

@@dannycurrie1 I am hoping to do something for next winter the units ain’t cheap tho I know

[@dannycurrie1]

@@jiffsterkoi keep an eye on the videos and I'll let you know how I get on. The fish certainly seem happy for it. I'll be heating through the summer as well, won't be going crazy, just using it to stabilise the temprature swings

[@PAUL-ci9fc]

Hi Danny looking good buddy keep up the good work

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks :) will do, spring is hear for me now. Heat pump is running at up to 11 degrees now, happy days

[@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection]

It's looking good Dan. You can always box all the pipes too with a flip up lid, it would give you another sitting bit 😄 fish seem really happy and what a moving bed!! Fab.

[@dannycurrie1]

That's a good shout actually might do that. Thanks 👍

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Another interesting video. Looking good and volume of media you are using should smash your bio filtration requirements. Looking forward to seeing you set up your air source heat pump. Stay safe 👍🐟🈲😊

[@dannycurrie1]

Glad you enjoyed it mate. Thanks. Yeah gone way overkill on bio hopefully. Had a right mare setting the ashp up, had some pretty serious leaks, will be a funny video. But got it sorted now, temps now up to 11. Will be 12 by tomorrow. Springs hear for me now finally :)

[@shaunleonard8146]

Good Work Dan.

[@dannycurrie1]

Thank you :)

[@barrykoikeepercooper8052]

Looking forward to ASHP insulation video mate great job buddy 👍 👍

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks Barry. Should be an interesting videos with all the drama I had getting the pipework in 🤣

[@gwatsongw]

Looking good Danny 👍

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks mate 👍

[@marekskoipond9083]

Good choice on the media Danny, exactly what I'm using., when that shower kicks in it will really help out with nitrates, hopefully keeping blanket weed at bay.

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks bud. I've got a right mix of ceramic media in my shower. Nitrates were always zero in my old pond and never had blanket weed so hopefully that continues 🤞

[@thomasheight4164]

Nice job looking good mate

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks mate 👍

[@thepeoplespond]

Nice update Dan, Looks good, looking forward to seeing the ASHP install... I been having a right disaster with my pond, lost 2 fish in 24 hours!!!!

[@dannycurrie1]

Oh dear. Sorry to hear it. Do you know why your losing them? That dosnt sound good

[@nippinkoi8924]

Coming on nicely 👍👍

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks mate 👍

[@progressivepondkeeping]

Looking good mucka. That media has spread out nice and getting a good spread off the spray bar. I've just noticed one of mine flashing looks like a scrape tomorrow 🙄

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks bud. Yeah pleased with it. Not seen much flashing other than that, that was filmed the day I got my ashp running so could be the change in temps. I'll do some scraps Monday, will almost definitely have flukes, the fish I put in the grow on did in October but never treated the main pond

[@progressivepondkeeping]

@@dannycurrie1 what variety of koi is that one with the mad butterfly pattern

[@dannycurrie1]

@@progressivepondkeeping wich one do you mean? There's a beni kikokuryu? That's black orange and white. That one that flashed I'm told is a doitsu Kin kujaku

[@progressivepondkeeping]

@@dannycurrie1 not sure tbh but not the kujaku it's got like a big black circle on its side very nice fish what ever it is

[@dannycurrie1]

@@progressivepondkeeping yeah that's the beni kikokuryu. Very interesting fish. The patterns change all the time. Looks totally different from when i got it. It went really light in the temp pool but has darkened up loads in the new pond already

[@carollycett1329]

Trying too catch up on your videos 🙏🐟🐟🐟🙏

[@mitchelljames1452]

Looking good bro

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks :) 👍

[@asterixborden-koi6881]

Looking good m8

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks 👍

[@richd-koi]

Looking good mate 👍just waiting for a part then I can finish my bead filter install 🐟 then im giving up on anymore mods. Let us know if it is flukes or just a random flick as they can do 👍

[@dannycurrie1]

Make sure you get some videos up when you install it. I've not scraped them yet. Not seen much flashing but I will do some scrapes soon as I'm pretty sure they will have some. Just wanted to give them a few days to settle in and get used to the new temps, don't want to stress them out too much

[@richd-koi]

@@dannycurrie1 Yeah will do mate. I see them scratch at oaks koi my local dealer so thats reassuring. He says as long as they're not lining up at the bottom drain to flick he generally know its normalish behaviour minus scraping them 👍

[@darrenrandall1746]

Nice. What did you do with your old bakki shower?

[@dannycurrie1]

Sold it ages ago mate

[@Jeff-gq1sl]

Interested to know the weekly electricity costs are for running that setup?

[@dannycurrie1]

I've not used a power meter to check but based off the stated power usage of all the pumps UV's etc it's around £9-10 a week just in electric. It's not a cheap hobby 🤷‍♂️

[@Jeff-gq1sl]

@@dannycurrie1 yeh I was running a 6foot indoor tank with heaters filters air and I couldn't believe how much my electric bill dropped when a sold the tank

[@dannycurrie1]

@@Jeff-gq1sl all part of the hobby. I've got an airsource heat pump running now so that figures definitely going to go up

[@northernkoikeeper512]

Nice video Danny thanks for sharing. I wouldn't worry about the odd fish flashing as it may just be nothing other than the fish has an itch! If they are constantly flashing then that's another matter. Be good to see your ashp install. What ashp are you getting?

[@dannycurrie1]

I've been keeping an eye on them, see the odd flash but definitely not constant. That last clip was the day I turned the heat pump on, temps had been brought up 2 degrees so could have caused it to flash. I'm expecting flukes at some point as the fish I put in the grow on had some which I treated but I never treated the main pond at the time

[@dannycurrie1]

I've got a remora i9. Seems a really great bit of kit. It's up and running now. Will have the video on that up later this week, had a right mare with all the pipework

[@jay-_meister]

hi mate iv subbed to your channel and iv been watching your videos, I'm new to all this koi ponds and stuff and just finished my raised wooden pond its 9ft long 5ft wide and deepest in middle is 4ft any idea on what filter i would need to run it pls,,, im thinking if a retrofit bottom drain would be good to run or just a pump. any advise would be appreciated thanks mate

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks for watching. It can be a minefield finding filtration. A proper bottom drain and gravity fed filter is the way to go. If you can do that then a retro fit drain is the next best option. I'd suggest looking at a second hand nexus 220. And easy pod would do it if your not too heavily stocked. My old pond was a similar size to yours, I had a pod, was great for mechanical but not enough for bio. If you've got money to spend then look at the base compact m drum. Brilliant bit of kit and you can get them pump fed

[@kelvinbowen547]

Once that media get mature u won’t have no problems mate

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks. I certainly hope so, should have more than enough bio for my pond size

[@albertmyers7176]

Good job thanks

[@dannycurrie1]

Thanks for watching 🙂👍