Queni Koi QK25 Drum Filter Install DIY Moving Bed And Pipework

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In this episode I'm getting the drum filter, moving bed bio chamber and pipework installed. Its really starting to take shape now!
This channel will be following the progress of my pond build as well as diy projects, product reviews, SUBSCRIBER GIVEAWAYS at subscriber milestones and much much more!
Thanks for tuning in, Matt.
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[@LeTwistedOne]

Coming along nicely now Matt bruva 💯👌🧁👍👍👍

[@koicentralofficial]

Cheers Vince 👍 What's your opinion on the way I'm lining the pond mate?

[@KoidreamsAmanda]

Nearly there 😊

[@koicentralofficial]

😎👍

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Great updat👍. Cracking job of the installation and pipework so far, it’s going to work a treat👍. Looking forward to the next update😊👍

[@koicentralofficial]

Thanks Phil, yeah so far so good, hopefully won't be to long before there's water running through it 👍

[@AndysKoiPuddle]

NICE one Matt. Thats the heart of the pond almost complete, looking great mate….. 👍🏼

[@koicentralofficial]

Cheers Andy 👍 can't wait to get some water through it mate 😎👍

[@AndysKoiPuddle]

@@koicentralofficial I’ll bet you can’t. Getting closer every week mate…. 🤗 💦 🐟 🍾

[@koikarma5363]

Great progress Matt looking like you've planned that very well, it's getting closer to a finished job 👍👍💯💯

[@koicentralofficial]

Ah mate it's really all becoming a reality now, can't wait to get some water through it!

[@MJHKOI]

Looking good Matt I bet u can't wait until your pond all up and running and you can look back on the hard work you put in to your pond build

[@koicentralofficial]

Thanks bud, yeah you're not wrong there! Then I can start the next one 😎😃👍

[@adethekoikeeper6505]

Good Update pipe work looking good and the👍

[@koicentralofficial]

Thanks Ade 👍

[@Andy.79]

Looking really good matt👍👍 nice work

[@koicentralofficial]

Thanks Andy 👍

[@keepingitkoi]

Looking good matt cracking job on the pipe work 👍

[@koicentralofficial]

Thanks Jamie 👍

[@CescaTheDarkHorse]

Nice update 👍 Matt looks 👀 like a nice bit of kit 👍

[@koicentralofficial]

Cheers Cesca, yeah can't wait to get it up and running 👍

[@davidcook380]

Great Stuff , Looking neat and tidy

[@koicentralofficial]

Thanks mate, yeah I was quite impressed with myself with how it turned out 😅 as long as there's no leaks when I start putting some water through it 🤞

[@PhilGsKoiPond]

Great job Matt looks banging, I’m so jealous man… can’t wait to see it up and running. 😎👍🏻

[@koicentralofficial]

Thanks Phil, jealous of what mate? You're pond will be banging 👌

[@PhilGsKoiPond]

@@koicentralofficial jealous that you are that far advanced already. I’ll get there… 😎👍🏻

[@koicentralofficial]

Haha it has took me 8 months to get this far, I've been dragging my feet a bit 😅 but yeah I'm happy that I'm closer to finishing than the start 👍

[@westbromkoi]

Nice work Matt, pipework and layout all looks tidy. I know what you mean about core drilling holes, I only did an inch and half one and it killed me 😂

[@koicentralofficial]

Cheers Pete. Mate my sds drill is fooked, it's pretty shite tbh, think it's only 1000 Watts! So no good for the job! Need at least 1500! Gonna go hire a proper one for the day next weekend! 👍

[@gixxermaan]

Shame electricity is so expensive. Really does mount up with ponds running 24/7. I've had to turn all of my pumps down at the moment.

[@koicentralofficial]

You're not wrong mate, I started rebuilding just as prices started going up 😭 I'm going to try and keep it down a bit by having uv and air on at intervals and see how I go 👍

[@BlackCountryKoi]

Looking cracking no Matt lad . Just an observation , are you putting a valve before the pump ? Just saves you emptying the whole bio tank if you ever need to change the pump. 😉👍👍👍👍👍👌

[@koicentralofficial]

Thanks Dave, I wasn't going to but you have just made me realise something 🤣 I got asked the same question before, but thought nah if I need to remove the pump I'll just pump the water out of the bio. What was I thinking? I obviously wasn't. Broken pump = no pumpy. So yeah that valve is going before the pump now 👍👍 P.s did you receive the mug for Copey?

[@BlackCountryKoi]

@@koicentralofficial yes pal , thoight he would have let you know , nice one cheers Matt

[@martynskoipondandgarden4581]

its all looking good matt looking forward to seeing the set up in full swing 👍👍

[@koicentralofficial]

Can't wait to see some water going through Martyn 👍

[@martynskoipondandgarden4581]

@@koicentralofficial yeah me too mate 👍👍

[@carlrushby1686]

Hi mate where did you get your tank for moving bed please .great build well done .

[@koicentralofficial]

Thanks mate. I think I got it from a place called the workplace depot. They do a version without wheels now. Other than there, if you Google bin on wheels there's a few places that do them 👍

[@paulbishop4225]

Looks Good. I have a qk 25 and very pleased with it. That jubilee clip in the middle of the drum, shouldn’t they be either end of the filter screen? That was how mine was shipped.

[@koicentralofficial]

Thanks Paul. Yeah I've just had a look and thought I might be missing a clip but just looked at another youtubers clip and his has one either end of the screen like yours. I think whoever set mine up had a night on the shandy the night before! I didn't even notice mate and I've spent hours just looking at it! So thank you very much for noticing mate, I can't tell you how much I appreciate it! It's f**k ups like this that I rely on my viewers to pick up! I'll definitely give you credit on my next video matey 👍 thanks again 👍

[@jdofb]

The valve on the line from the moving bed really wants to be before the pump if you ever have to change the pump which is pretty likely you won't be able to stop the water apart from that looks 👍

[@koicentralofficial]

Thanks bud, I've got 4" valves to go on before the drum, so my theory was that I would only have to deal with water in the drum and bio which I can pump out before shutting the 2" valve.

[@jdofb]

@@koicentralofficial yeah not the end of the world you'll just have to drain your bio totally change the pump then refill where as if the 2inch valve sat Infront of the pump you can shut it off leave the bio full of water and get the pump off and as you have valves before the returns in the walls you can turn them off and you won't get any back syphoning from the pond looking good tho 👍

[@paulmarjoram2258]

With all the added piping etc isn’t it false economy not to have an integral drum/moving bed or am I missing something. Don’t say, my mind🤪

[@koicentralofficial]

Do you mean is it best to have an integrated moving bed and drum? I did it this way as it was cheaper and also the moving bed is a lot bigger that the integrated one on a drum of the same size 👍

[@skeggy]

Slot a piece of 4 inch pipe half way through and put a rubber 4 inch stopper on the end will be far more cost effective than buying a 4 inch cage

[@skeggy]

But I'd be happy to supply you a 4 inch cage lol

[@koicentralofficial]

Lols 😅 yeah the 4 inch cages I've seen have too big a holes, bigger than k1, yours might be different though Daz. I thought that by having pipe going across the bed it may effect the air flow. But come to think about it I'm sure a well known make of filtration system supply their beds with the inlet going right through the box? Is it Oase?

[@skeggy]

@Koi Central yes they certainly do theirs is just a grid mesh one too .. if you keep the bottom half of the pipe solid the air rolls up and round it and doesn't get sucked into the pipe so much so doesn't suck ait into the pump

[@koicentralofficial]

Sweet Daz, think I might extend it a bit then and do as you have suggested. Top man, I really appreciate your input mate 👍 I'm doing everything based on what I have seen on other channels and on Face ache, and I know everyone will do things differently. But I'm open to any suggestions that will help improve my setup, so thanks Daz for taking an interest and helping me along the way 👍

[@koicentralofficial]

Thanks Andy, I'm getting there 👍

[@dudedeano1]

Hi matt great video as I was thinking of getting this exact one. The only thing I've noticed is the 120 micron mesh where most other drum filters are 60-70. Do you have much knowledge if going from 60-120 is much of a noticeable difference?

[@koicentralofficial]

Hi Dean. To be honest mate there's not a huge difference between 60 and 120 micron. Obviously people will see 60 and say its twice as good but for reference a human hair is 100 micron. So the difference (60 micron) is half the width of a human hair. Fair question though mate but now I have the drum and having seen the screen I have no doubt that it will do a cracking job. In my opinion the best drum for the money build wise. Hopefully when I finally get it up and running it will serve me well. Hope this helps 👍

[@Tom_Prendiville]

Hello matey that black container on wheels.....where did you get it from...how much was it please. In regards to the pump shutoff....we have a different drum but it's essentially the same scenario, aslong as you don't surpass the max wattage usage you could make a small double socket extension to plug both your pumps into it and then plug the single socket into the control box and it will shut off both 👍🏼 I hope you get what i mean.

[@Tom_Prendiville]

I've just got to the part where you mentioned my "where from" question 😂

[@koicentralofficial]

Thanks Tom that's a great idea thanks for that 👍 and the bin on wheels is great for a bio mate 👍

[@Tom_Prendiville]

@@koicentralofficial just make sure you don't exceed the maximum power which I doubt you will as you are using modern variable control pumps..I'd open the control box up and look at the ratings on the internal buzz bar trips

[@koicentralofficial]

Cheers Tom, yeah I'll get my electrician brother in law to have a look, wiring a plug up is as far as I'm willing to go with electrics 👍

[@CATANDEYEKOI]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIuQiGarhL97aMU Hi mate, see the link above to add a second relay to stop your second recirculating pump running when the water level drops. I did the same on a QK15 combi. Great progress on your pond, looking forward to next episode.

[@koicentralofficial]

Oh right so it can be done? I'll take a look thanks for that 👍