Eazy Pod review 5 Month update Koi pond Filter

I reviewed the Evolution Aqua Eazy (Easy) Pod Air koi pond filter system a couple of months after purchase and had nothing but good things to say about the little filter.
Today after 5 months of ownership I feel I'm better placed to comment so I'm back with this quick update on life with the Pod.
I'll briefly go over the maturation process as well for anyone thinking of buying an Eazy Pod.
But after 5 months of day to day ownership will I still be as impressed with the filter or will the novelty have worn off???
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[@KoiRun50]

I really like the simplicity of your set up. Very ergonomic. Everything is within within reach. So true about reviews that you actually have to own one for months of using it for accuracy. Also seeing over the long run is believing. That is why I really like your channel.

[@DazzleKoi]

Thanks mate, I appreciate that. Simplicity is my thing now. I used to want bells and whistles but it just means more work and more stress 🍻

[@Tillygoat60]

Nice to have an update Darren Iv bought the eazy air filter but not got it running as yet due to still building my pond, it will all be done in time for spring, thanks for your informative videos I’m getting a lot from them. 👍

[@DazzleKoi]

You're welcome Rex, Spring cant come soon enough. I've had enough of this weather already 🍻

[@mykoiobsession]

Really enjoy your videos. I run two Eazy Pods as supplemental filtration and for water polishing on my 20,000 ltr koi pond. Although the primary filtration is gravity feed through a 4" bottom drain the feed lines to the Eazy Pods run as an offshoot (about 3500 ltr per hour) from the pump feed water return lines and in turn are gravity feed back to the pond. Great little filters. Easy to install and even easier to clean.

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi mate, yes totally agree. They get a bit of stick sometimes and I think a lot of the time people try to run them on ponds that are to big or with to many fish, or they don't set the flow rate right. If you stay within its limitations and run the correct flow they are great little filters. The big thing for me is the ease of cleaning that you elude to. I flush mine every evening when I get home from work and go to check the koi. If it wasn't so quick and easy to do it wouldn't get done so often and waste in the filter is waste in the pond as far as I'm concerned.

[@peterkoczkowski5000]

Hi Daz yes I had a easy pod on my pond great little filter my pond was 2000 gallon ive up grade to nexus 220 now copying a lot better with the pond keep up with the video I look forward to them 👍👍

[@DazzleKoi]

Thanks Peter, yes 2000 gallons is on the edge for the Pod really. The Nexus will comfortable handle it though. Better to have too much than too little 👍👍

[@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection]

Hi Daz, great update. And fine, you have convinced me, just got one as a complementary filter 😊

[@DazzleKoi]

haha, good to hear mate. I hope you are as happy with it as I am 👍👍 I should speak to EA about commission 😁

[@carollycett1329]

Great video on pod, had mine 3mths now love it so easy to clean Thanks 🐟 Carol🐟

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi Carol, good to hear you are happy with yours. Set up correctly they work great and as you say, really easy to clean. I actually enjoy cleaning mine every evening 😁😁

[@barrykoikeepercooper8052]

Great update very imforative video and great honest reviews look forward to next videos 👍👍👍

[@DazzleKoi]

Cheers Barry, much appreciated 👍

[@Matsuba81]

Good video again buddy and an honest review , these pods get a battering sometimes by hobbiests but just goes to show used correctly they more than do the job ! My 1000 gallon grow is nearly finished and I have looked at these seriously for the filtration

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi Mark, yeah I think the people who don't get good results with them are usually pulling too much flow through them. On the bright side, it means you can pick up a second hand one really cheaply 😁😁

[@abstractkoi9088]

Nice video! Congratulations for your beautiful pond!

[@DazzleKoi]

Thank you very much 👍👍

[@robbeard6929]

Hi Daz, I think the majority of folk think that eazipods are fit and forget, sit in a deck chair and that's your lot and then moan. But as we all know keeping water clean and healthy is nearly a full time job. Eazi pod seemed to have crack the easiness though instead of washing brushes up the garden with a sodding hosepipe every few days, emptying chambers and generally pissing about all the time. The biggest killer to me is my south facing garden, nice but a pain in the arse as always in full sun. Like you, you have to have a screen or a sail otherwise, basically you are filtering the sun's green monster every day and not the water. I've been ponding for 30 years and faffing with a 150 box is a pain in the arse. Eazi pod is my next purchase. Nice review mucka.

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi mate and thank you. I feel your pain with the sun, I'm in the same boat. My pond is tiny and should (according to the rule of thumb) only need a 10W UV. I fitted an 18W, green as hell, I then went to a EA 25W, still green. I then added the 18W back in line after the 25W and it still didn't cope. In the end I had to go to an EA 55W to get it clear. That's ridiculous for a 1000 gallon pond. The direction it faces and I'm also sure the window has a big effect. I put that sail up but to be honest it doesn't cast a single bit of shade on the water at any point during the day. My pond is always clear now but the water that comes out of the pod when I flush it every night is thick green so its constantly taking algae out.

[@robbeard6929]

@@DazzleKoi I went for a All pond solutions 36 W last summer with 770 GPH running through it to my 12.7 Gallon cyclone then through a 3 chamber 100 gallon filter, also a Oase 5500 running through cyclone and the filter. Brushes are full within 4/5 days, 2 in the cyclone, 6 in first chamber. I have 6 knackered discs and a trapped sciatic nerve, it's bloody murder.

[@DazzleKoi]

Ouch, that sounds awful mate. You definitely want something low maintenance. My pod tempest combo is literally 3 and a half minutes to flush every evening and it consists of turning a few valves. It would make your life a lot easier 👍👍👍

[@stubbsaquatics6080]

Thanks for doing that. I have one coming in spring

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi Chris, you wont be disappointed, any for around 5500 litres an hour through it and you cant go far wrong 👍👍

[@stubbsaquatics6080]

@@DazzleKoi Thanks pal.. Appreciate very much

[@andycox3862]

Thanks for another good video 👍👍 keep up the good work matey😎

[@DazzleKoi]

Thanks Andrew, will do 🍻

[@danielmerrell8926]

i would say that the fact you have a constant trickle is a large part of why you didn't see a spike

[@dannycurrie1]

Nice review on the pod. Interesting how easy you got it matured. How much were you feeding each day in the summer? I installed my pod last year and it was a nightmare to get mature, my PH was higher than yours. I do accept my inexperience and overstocking the pond far too quickly made matters worse. That said, it works great now. I do have a moving bed and shower after now. Couldn't get parameters under control untill the shower went in. but it keeps my 1200 gallons pond crystal clear. I also have an ea 25w uv and it's worked great.

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi Dan, I fed Quality Nishikigoi Premium growth food last year. In terms of how much, because of lockdown and being at home a lot of the time they where fed around 6 or 7 times some days. If my wife and I where both able to work they got 3 or 4 feeds a day. For the first few weeks it was more like 2 or 3 times though. A lot of my ease of maturing it comes down to the pH though. Its a different kettle of fish entirely if you have pH of 8 or over. It takes much much longer then.

[@colrobbo2821]

Sound review Cheers daz 👍

[@DazzleKoi]

Thanks Col, appreciate the feedback 🍻🍻

[@kimuseni]

Beautiful

[@DazzleKoi]

Thank you very much 👍

[@davidross2487]

Hi great vid 👍Just wondered if there’s a shelf life on the pure +. Getting all my bits together ready for pond build in the new year

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi David, yes it has a shelf life of 2 years. There is an expiry date on the bottom of the bottle so its worth checking it before you buy. Storage is in a cool dark place 👍👍

[@nolipimentel7987]

thank u sir.

[@DazzleKoi]

You're very welcome Noli 👍👍

[@MrWiskin]

For clearness of the water see Clarity !

[@richardbrunton2068]

Cheers 👍

[@DazzleKoi]

No problem 👍

[@larrygibbes2807]

what is the green hose that goes to your return. Is it a pond filler and how does it know when to replenish? Thanks, Larry

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi Larry, sorry for the late reply, it is my trickle in. It has an isolator which is set to give me the flow I want and it T's in to the filter return. I dont use any dechlorinating filter so I add it after my pond eazy pod top avoid subjecting my filter bacteria to chlorine. I used a normal garden hose as it doesn't tend to burst when it freezes as it is stretchy. Winters here are not particularly cold so its only the odd day here and there that it freezes.

[@thepondowner]

Hello nice pond

[@DazzleKoi]

Thanks mate, I appreciate that 🍻

[@JB12132]

Useful video thank you. It seems everyone bypasses the UV that comes with it, is it not really strong enough for a 8000litre pond? Trying to work out what I’ll do thanks.

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi Jonathan, because the UV creates a restriction in the inlet it stops you being able to use the pod gravity fed so if you are not going to use it I would avoid the versions with it in. You are right to, its not up to the job of keeping 8000 litres clear but to be honest the pod itself isn't really for ponds that big. I would look at a nexus for that or if you have the pod already, add a shower or even a moving bed to it.

[@phil19660]

Hi after a bit of help just starting to build a pond I am planning on getting the pod. Just picked up a ea airpump 70 will this fit into the pod love the video's thanks

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi Phil, I have the Eazy Pod Air model which is basically a Pod bundled with an air pump and the pump that comes bundled with it is an EA 70 so that will be perfect. It runs your drain or air source to your pond 24/7 and you divert it to the pod to bubble the K1 for cleaning.

[@ANDY-we7mr]

Drum filter the way to go and it will catch the fines where the easy pod can't do had a nexus easy pod brand new pump fed load of crap so now using my oase filter clear 16.000 with 24 watts uv next for me filtreu drum filter the way to go

[@aquaticnut86]

What’s the dimensions of the pond? Another great video!!! Has inspired me to build one very similar 👍

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi mate, thanks very much 👍👍 Its just under 1000 gallons, from memory its around 9ft x 6ft externally. And 4ft deep

[@darrenatkinson-hopkinson3554]

Great video on your easypod how many litres of micro k1 do you have in it?

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi Darren, I have the standard amount of 18 litres. I looked in to it and this is the optimum amount. Adding more just causes issues, so I left it as it is 👍👍

[@wills1206]

Hi Daz. Do you cover your pond in winter with polyurethane sheets? Where did you get your sun sail from? Looking for something similar. Once again great info

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi mate, no I don't cover. I want to see them all year round to keep a good eye on them and also I like them to have a good cold snap to reset everything. It doesn't get particularly cold here so its rare to get water freezing or anything like that but this year I did see some ice crystals on the window and the return starting to freeze a bit. I think I might put a little inline electric heater in before next winter just to keep it from dropping below 2 or 3 C. The shade sail just came from amazon , I think it was less than £40. If you need pole look for scaffolding poles. Ones sold as shade sail poles are about £70 each and the exact same pole sold as scaffolding poles are about £20.

[@MikeZak101]

Hi mate, glad its not just me thinking some uv's are rubbish, I outed my 2x tmc 55w units this year and put a single amalgum 80w in my sieve, what a difference. Just a quick one, what's your thoughts to covering ponds to hold temps, not sure if its worth making a vid about it but its one of those never ending debatable questions as to whether or not koi should be given a proper winter. I get the benefits of heating and have personally been heated for 16 years, my koi have never seen lower then 13.5c but nature never provided them with an air source heat pump so would be interesting to hear your thoughts on it, cheers mate

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi Michael, I think the amalgam units are the rolls Royce of UV's. They are sterilisers rather than clarifiers so they work at a different wavelength and have some anti bacterial benefits 👍👍 People usually make covers from polycarbonate which if you look at the material properties for it you'll see it has zero insulation properties. As such they don't insulate at all. All they really do is keep wind off and so prevent some wind chill effect. You need to leave space for gases to escape and you need to angle them so that condensation runs away rather than back in to the pond. Condensation dripping in to the pond creates a region of concentrated nasties which can harm your koi. It acts like a still basically. As such they are more trouble than they are worth to me, particularly if you don't have a window as you cant check on the koi daily. I don't personally heat anymore and that's mainly a cost issue. I simply don't have the disposable income I used to have. Not heating isn't an issue to me as I keep on top of cleanliness, oxygen and circulation so I don't have issues. If you fall short on either of those though spring can be a dangerous time.

[@ANDY-we7mr]

Had a bran New eazy pod with 24 watt uv and it was pump fed just never got the water clear

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi Andrew, seems odd, what volume and how many koi did you have it on? What flow did you put through it?

[@ANDY-we7mr]

@@DazzleKoi irs was a brand new nexus easy pod with 6 500 pump and 18 watt uv light built in and I had a 33mm hose going to the inlet and guttering pipe for out let the pond was only 350 gallons 15 80 liters

[@DazzleKoi]

That's very strange, it should handle that no problem at all 😒

[@atsuminaoki9910]

This is a good opportunity to ask a question. Is the equipment biological filtration? Or is it mainly a mechanical filtration function, like a drum filter?

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi mate, the Pod does both biological and mechanical filtration. It can handle 100g of koi food per day biologically. For smaller ponds and the correct number of koi this is fine 👍

[@atsuminaoki9910]

@@DazzleKoi I see. We have been similar products in Japan for a long time, but the cheapest ones cost about four grand. kzbin.info?search_query=%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3+%E6%BF%BE%E9%81%8E%E6%A9%9F And it is inefficient in terms of power consumption as it requires constant high water pressure to function. So I'm reluctant to use it myself.

[@DazzleKoi]

That's a lot of money. I don't know if EA export to Japan or not. Might be worth asking the question though.

[@justinmarvell2628]

When buying eazypod new dose the km media come with it or sold separately

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi Justin, a new Eazy Pod comes with the K1 media included. It will have 18 litres of K1 Micro 👍👍

[@alexw9177]

Who’s holding the camera? Wobbly Bob?

[@DazzleKoi]

Yes. Got steady Steve booked for the next video though so hopefully see an improvement 🤞🤞

[@mattjackson8439]

Can the easy pod be used for purging the bottom drain when waste left to open and easy pod refilled?

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi Matt, the eazy pod inlet is 3" so if you have a 3" bottom drain and 3" pipework all the way to the pod then yes it will purge the line when you open up to refill the pod after a clean. Its only if you have a 4" drain that it isn't purged as the velocity through a 4" line is very low due to the 3" restriction at the pod inlet. If you have a 3" bottom drain it wont really need purging anyway as the flow through it is fast enough to keep it clean and free of settlement.

[@mattjackson8439]

@@DazzleKoi thanks for your time and feedback, although ive done lots of research this is my 1st koi pond so apologise in advance if you receive more questions

[@DazzleKoi]

No problem Matt, any more questions just ask 👍🍻👍

[@mattjackson8439]

@@DazzleKoi with my new pond is it essential to have wall skimmer that im considering buying as I will have a spin drifter bottom drain and the air will push debris away from the skimmer in some areas of the pond, interested on your thoughts, regards Matt

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi Matt, no a skimmer is not essential. I don't have one on my pond but I have used them in the past. If you don't have any overhanging trees or any opportunity for floating debris to get in there you wont need one.

[@luisdefunes9816]

EVERY day cleaning????

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi Hi, so sorry for not replying to you, I've had an issue with comments and I've missed loads of them 😒 Yes mate, every day.

[@waynebrown5852]

What's the flow on the easy pod

[@DazzleKoi]

Hi Wayne, I found the optimum flow to be 5500 litres per hour. It is important that you get it close to this as if not it wont function optimally. Pulling too much flow is the reason why some people complain that they get fines with it. Get the flow right though and it works brilliantly 👍

[@paul2stroke65]

Hi there I’ve been looking for a filtration set up for a 750gallon ez pond with 4” bottom drain, oase skimmer and two 1.5 “returns. Also want to incorporate a sieve before a pod ( for fines and debris ). A ea 30,000 vari pump, 3 stage dechlorinator, 2kw in line heat exchanger. Would this set up be suitable? Planning on having 6x 4-6”tosai in total… Is there any benefit in purchasing the automatic one??? Your thoughts please 🙏🏻