We have had a very cold week in the uk , with Long periods of -7C. the Koi grow on tub in the polytunnel runs a 2Kw heater. find out what it's cost in extreme weather for us southerners. #energy #heating #electric #fishkeeping
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@GreymsView-ix8yi7 ай бұрын
A great video my friend - Good luck with the grow ons.
@OrchardKoi7 ай бұрын
Thankyou very much 😊
@THAT-KOI-GUY7 ай бұрын
Great update
@OrchardKoi7 ай бұрын
Cheers 😊👍
@stephenlaming32887 ай бұрын
Hi Dave, A other great update on the grow on tank and the information on the pond heater as I thinking about heating my grow on that was good information mate. Steve
@OrchardKoi7 ай бұрын
Cheers Steve glad you found it useful 😊👍 here's to hoping on some warmer weather and lower costs 🤣🤣
@LeTwistedOne7 ай бұрын
Looking good Dave buddy but why such a drastic drop in water ❓️🧁👍👍👍
@OrchardKoi7 ай бұрын
Cheers twisted. 2 reasons- one to check them properly don't normally go this low but to video with the glare and see properly I have to go right down. But 2) I do big water changes where I feed alot because of dissolved organics - it stops them eating the same amount as when the waters clean, slows the appetite. In this tiny capacity it's concentrated. I'm paying to heat this I want them to grow at max 🤣🤣🤣
@1973cashy7 ай бұрын
Great video Dave. That Ochiba! 😍 Top job pal. 👍🏼
@OrchardKoi7 ай бұрын
Cheers dude. Yes it is looking superb!! Long may it continue 🤞😊
@westbromkoi7 ай бұрын
Koi looking well mate. Good video explaining the coatings, I did a similar one last year, it ain’t quite as bad as people think to heat with an inline heater 👍🏼👌🏼
@OrchardKoi7 ай бұрын
It's not awful, I find it's when you start working out what else you could spend it on it seems worse. Typical that I choose the coldest week ever🤣 think if it cost that everyweek I'd be a little more upset . Cheers dude 👍
@TheOnlyNameWithoutNumber7 ай бұрын
Love the Cat 😊 Maybe do a video of the cat?
@OrchardKoi7 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@AndysKoiPuddle7 ай бұрын
Nice update Dave, thanks for the power usage and cost figures. Good to know as considering heating mine a little soon..🤔 Will let the temps come up a bit first tho, as don’t fancy the £25 a week just now. 🤔😕😂
Wow that sounds expensive to me,you must be losing a lot of heat ,i would of thought a 300w fish tank heater would be ample if fully insulated
@OrchardKoi7 ай бұрын
Yeah it is when you think what is on. very cold week and you think its 29c above ambeint temp thats a big gap to hold. Maybe I'll do a week with an aquarium heater to compare. I used aquariums heaters on the bigger tub in doors last year they couldn't hold anywhere near desired temp and were on 100% of the time. I have done videos showing how much it's insulated previously
@IcenI_Koi7 ай бұрын
2:58 I got up to let my cat out ! Hey Dave, Happy New Year to you and your lovely family. I would change supplier if I were you, although £25.00 a week, it does seem a lot, especially when you see how much it costs @Wrighty to heat his whole pond ! Koi are looking FAB though to be fair. What is your must have Koi this year? I'm looking for Benigoi and another nice Showa. Have a great week mate. 👍
@OrchardKoi7 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣 thay cat lives to annoy me. 🤣Happy new year to you to yeah need to get suppliers changed, hopefully April will drop a bit and some decent deals will come out. Fecking nightmare. Especially when you think about what it used to cost. Heating water isn't cheap. The higher above ambient the worse it gets. I dunno I'd love to say I'll pick one , but I know i won't. This year I want to focus on getting more systems up and running. Wouldn't mind an Isa Showa tho 🤣
@leewarren71507 ай бұрын
Nice where did you get your grow on fish some nice ones in their fella
@OrchardKoi7 ай бұрын
Cheers dude. All over, a proper mixture of places. Exclusivly Koi, Cuttlebrrok Koi farm, Koi Carp Ltd, Koi logic, Manor Koi. Doing the thing we aren't supposed to do in mixing sources🤣 because everywhere i go i have to buy a fish 🤣but I do run a QT
@leewarren71507 ай бұрын
🤣👍
@KoiKicks7 ай бұрын
Hey, what growth you getting? I was avg 2cm per month at 24c. Ta
@OrchardKoi7 ай бұрын
I've not pulled em out at all to measure them yet. Will leave that for a while tbh, Just wanna pile as much food as possible in while I'm paying for the heating 🤣 less i disturb them then better. I am wondering when the small size is going to start to cause me problems 🤔
@scrag687 ай бұрын
Fish are looking super, as you were sitting at 24Deg and then done a large water change what temp water did you add back in 🤔🙏 what have you been feeding? Thanks 🙏
@OrchardKoi7 ай бұрын
I've been waiting for someone to twig this🤣 I topped up with 24c water.. avoids the heat up cost of the fresh water and no shock to the fish. What allows me to do bigger water change. I am currently feeding saki hikari growth medium pellet, soaked in spirinula, beetroot, chlorella, paprika, beetroot and propolis. There's a Short on the channel showing the mix. Twisted and new forest inspired.👍😊
@scrag687 ай бұрын
@OrchardKoi nice one thanks for the reply might be a stupid question but how did you get the water going in at 24deg 🤔🙏
@OrchardKoi7 ай бұрын
@scrag68 hot tap scrag. Got a hose adapter for the tap and run it to the hose. Trick I learnt keeping tropical/marine. Other end all the same, get the mixer tap to right place (can do it almost by guess now) once it's there connect it up up, still going through dechlorinator etc. Downside is i do get it in the neck for hogging the kitchen tap🤣
@scrag687 ай бұрын
@@OrchardKoi 🤪🤣 thanks 👍
@UpNorthKoiPond7 ай бұрын
Hi Dave. I'll be honest, £3.60/day is super expensive to heat 1000L of water. Especially considering it has insulation and is sheltered by a tunnel. Why so much water dropped in the IBC? that must have been a dramatic shift in water temperature?
@OrchardKoi7 ай бұрын
Not when the temp has sat in the -5 most of the week. As I said pretty drastic for our normal weather, cost an awful lot more than normal I know that from the smart meter. I've had aquariums cost more to heat indoors. Your opinion which your entitled too obvs 😊👍 and no dramatic shift in water temp I match the incoming temp to the tub.
@user-oi2qi5vo1r7 ай бұрын
Found this very helpful and am thinking of using my own 3kw inline electro heater,as from what you have shown, I don't think the cost is as bad as I had previously thought,plus you have the benefits of feeding,growth and ultimately the health of the koi over the really cold spells we are having. All in all I would say the benefits outweigh the costs. Ultimately it's a personal choice and not all have the funds to get an air source heater. Very much appreciated and everyone will have their own thoughts. In the end, I would be with you as to how practical it has been 👍
@OrchardKoi7 ай бұрын
@user-oi2qi5vo1r yeah 100% comes down to initial cost vs ongoing cost . an air source in -5 isn't going to heat 29 degrees above ambient either, that's the big variable the outside temp. Been much cheaper on a milder week. Cheers for your thoughts, always interesting to hear 😊👍