Diy koi pond part 2 cover keeping the water as warm as you can without heating

[@boxtriker]

Part 2 of getting your pond ready for winter

[@danalcott3399]

Brilliant video 👍

[@dkoi-tv]

Great video as always mate............ You will be at 1K before you know it Sir great content.

[@Dumdum888888]

Your pond looks cracking. Good job. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@boxtriker]

Thanks stay tuned more to come

[@Tom_Prendiville]

Its a shame that we have to prepare for winter as it always seems to come around so quickly. But needs must and all that, the fish need a winter even if we don't, haha. Great video again martyn 👍🏼

[@kevingridley2643]

Hi mate pond and fish looking great put my covers on last week following your last video . I to have a black koi of around 12 years old he gets full of carp pox never affects him at all . One year it almost dissapeared but it came back . Thanks for the new video and the tips will be lifting my pump up to mid water for the winter cheers kev .

[@boxtriker]

Its a strange thing is carp pox as I said most grow out of it then you get the odd fish that has it all its life. I'm guessing you are a pump feed filter system if you are going to lift the pump work it so you can up and down it from the bottom on the warmer days to clear the bottom and fit a float switch if you don't have one play safe pipe splits and freezes can lose water fast Martyn

[@kevingridley2643]

@@boxtriker yes mate pump fed yes i have a float switch had cheap chinese 1 before but recently switched to an italian 1 much better quality . Im old school i run kockney koi multi bay i have added this year a shower filter which has given me much better water quality . Do you switch your uv off during the colder months

[@boxtriker]

Kevin nothing wrong with Kockney koi filters good filters in there day and still good filters today and no electric bits to bust. a drum is only in flavour till someone makes something better the thing that will stay top of using list is the shower filter and the moving bed. Yes I turn the UV off it went off 2 days back no point running it winter if the water shows a green tint anytime then I will turn it back on but only dun this 2 maybe 3 times in 12 years and its 55w saved for near 6 months so £12 in my pocket. Entire pond should run on a bit under 75w 24/7 winter after the summer use of 250w 24/7 should be a saving of around £90 for the winter use over summer Martyn

[@kevingridley2643]

@@boxtriker That's worth doing every little helps ... ye the old filter does me proud after the problems James the koi whisperer has had that put me off 1 of them .

[@boxtriker]

Kevin don't be put of the Eazy pod they are a very good mechanical filter add a bio pot after one and you have a nexus I have had a eazy pod for 8 years or more its just the auto pod that James has had problems with and I cant under stand why EA even went down that road with a auto clean system for the pods and the nexus you are just asking for problems and with the price in the ball park of a Drum filter there marketing head must be a right muppet. The best thing they had was the Answer centre filter for there systems its a winner with the new low power pumps you can now get they could sell them for £500 less complicated than a drum and would be £250 less than the cheapest drum out there and what do they do stop selling it Muppets Martyn

[@markf1fanagain]

Another week and another great video, all this talk of covers nooooooooo makes me feel sad putting my covers on lol

[@boxtriker]

Mark pond hit 16 this morning covers have gone on today it was a good call as well soon after it turned into a crap day heavy showers and strong wind and cold so it was a good call I'm two weeks in hand video wise so you wont see it for a fortnight. Hope is to see it rise back to about 18-19 for a week or two before the fall to winter temp's Martyn

[@philmaddin8114]

Another great video thanks for all the tips it’s my first winter not looking forward to it as got everything working fine at last now going to change again will keep an eye for more videos thanks again phil

[@boxtriker]

Lots of things to do Phil main thing is to go through everything pump filter pond wise cheque it cause playing around with it with cold wet hands in the depths of winter is no fun I can tell you

[@philmaddin8114]

Thanks for the advice mate going to jump on it tomorrow 30 % water change an clean pond an filter for a start

[@boxtriker]

The prep now can save problems mid winter the pond tests winter are just as important as summer tests its no fun having to play around with cold water in the pissing rain mid winter so autumn its a busy time like spring time to a pond keeper

[@progressivepondkeeping]

Brilliant stuff 👍

[@boxtriker]

Thanks mate see you are about to hit 300 subs hope some of it is from cross traffic its well crap down hear today wind rain pond hit 16 so I put the coverS on today two weeks till air on the tube so far you are the only one that knows and anyone reading this LoL Martyn

[@progressivepondkeeping]

@@boxtriker yes m8 definitely a few from your channel ,my pond is down to 11 thinking about the tarp cover and lagging soon

[@KoiRun50]

I enjoyed that walk around very much. My have 2 cameras under the cover and can watch my koi all winter long. It's heated (heat not on yet though, but soon). Funny thing is that I love watching my koi on my big screen TV more than actually going pond side (crazy huh). Thus, I rush to cover mine at the end of summer and I'm in no hurry to take them (covers) off late spring. Do you feed your koi cooked shrimps that come frozen? (Because I just bought some for me koi).

[@boxtriker]

freeze dry shrimps I'm on the look out for a cheap water waterproof wifi camera to stick under the cover it has to be water proof and in the water as the covers are so tight to the water. Martyn

[@tonyhifi58]

Hi hope you are well , sorry to keep bothering you .my pond is about 6 weeks old and has 0.50 ppm of Ammonia in it ...put evaluation Aqua pure + filter start in about 2 weeks ago ,with filters I have about 1000 litre of water .I put 3 sherbumkin and a yellow gold fish in about a week ago and only fed them once a day for 3 days then 2 times a day I keep my temp at around 23°c heated pond.i have are stones in filter and pond my main filter is a Kockney kio 4000 with brushes foam jap mat and afagrog and I have a 100 litre butt with afagrog in it with air stone and 2 airstones in the pond.tested water yesterday did 25% water change , can you help with any idears as you no I only have a 4ft octaganel goldfish pond .love your vid and advice cheers keep them coming .

[@boxtriker]

No problem Tony It takes time to grow the bio in a pond 4 months to a full year its a slow build up on a new pond. Its always a water change thing till the filters get up to speed with the fish load in the pond. I take it you have a good water test kit have you tested the tap water you are putting into the pond Martyn

[@tonyhifi58]

@@boxtriker I have tested tap water with same kit and no Ammonia in it.i use the API test kit. so do I feed or not and how much water do I change every day ..by the way I got the 3 stage water filter and a pressure gauge thinking of doing a trickle feed for the water .going to make myself a D.I.Y.overflow so a little water is changing all the time what do you think .

[@boxtriker]

Tony if you can trickle in out that is the best way to go let the Ammonia run a little high as this give the growing bio something the feed on you need to keep a eye on the Nitrate looking for a rise in that over what ever a sample of tap waters reading is that will tell you the pond cycle is running keep up a splash bio booster or balls in to the filter every week or so. The thing you are trying to get is old water pond water ages like wine this is why people don't like to lose to much of there pond water you are suffering new pond syndrome with the new water have a good look on the google and it will give you some more help Martyn

[@tonyhifi58]

@@boxtriker Thanks for all your help I'll keep you informed of progress..

[@johnmartin-dd1zr]

I love your koi site mate, I wasn’t sure if you are pump fed filtration .

[@boxtriker]

John take a look back in the older videos on the channel you should see how the hole setup works

[@electoplater]

The koi season in the UK seems so short

[@derricklowe2523]

do you turn your air off when the covers go on?

[@boxtriker]

No Derrick I always keep air going but lift the air stones to mid water plus drop two more in the veg filter.

[@johnmartin-dd1zr]

Do you take your skimmer outlet in to a filter or in the pond direct.

[@boxtriker]

yes John the skimmer head comes off when the covers on just a cage over the end its about 18 inch down the wall it feeds right into the easy pods