T.K.P. Telford Koi Pond - Video 65 - Drum Filter Bottom Drain Purge, Skimmer and some Shout-outs.

[@koikarma5363]

Very nice Phil looking great.👍👍💯💯

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Cheers buddy, always appreciated 👍🐟🈲😊

[@K.W.P.R]

Great update Phil , apologies I’m catching up on my videos just been so busy , thankyou so much for the shout out mate much appreciated, really is such a sweet set up you have 😀😀congrats on the 2000 subs buddy 😀😀

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Thank you Martin😊👍. Always appreciate you watching and commenting on my videos but know how hard it is to keep up to date with all of them😊👍. Take care, will we see you at the Coventry show on 2nd/3rd July? 😊🈲🐟👍

[@beedonskoi5101]

Water looks amazing mate, love this pond especially the new filter house, cracking job 👍👍👍

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Thank you for your kind words, much appreciated 👍🈲🐟😊

[@martystules8567]

Its great to see the season back, great update Phil and Claire. Always good to hear the planes going overhead in your updates, a wee reminder when I lived down the road from you for 6 months. (Cosford)

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Afternoon Marty🖐. Thank you, much appreciated 👍😊. We are lucky enough to be able to enjoy the Cosford air show from our back garden as all the planes get into formation in the sky above us so we get to see everything that is flying (and something they ara so low we wave to the pilots)😊👍

[@KoiRun50]

Beautiful sparkling water

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Thank you, much appreciated 👍😊

[@Sharpeyskoi]

Nice update mate. Congrats on the 2k BTW, fully deserved 👏

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Thank you sir, much appreciated 👍🐟😊🈲

[@edenkoipond]

You’ll do whatever you can to get those biceps out 😉 Great update as always. Do love your system. 👍🏼 #sleevesareforwimps

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Cheers Dave👍😊. Clare watched the video back when I was editing it and pointed out that I’m no Mr Universe☹️ but could prolly be a good stand in for Mr Blobby😢, apparently she’s seen bigger “knots in cotton “ , how rude☹️. As always, thank you for watching and commenting, it is appreciated 👍😊.

[@shaunleonard8146]

Fish and water looking Beautiful Phil. Great Work.

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Thank you for your kind words Shaun, much appreciated 😊👍

[@keepingitkoi]

Great update Phil loving your skimmer set up 👍

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Cheers Jamie👍. Always appreciate you watching and commenting 👍🈲🐟😊

[@keepingitkoi]

@@TelfordKoiPond always mate 👍

[@thepeoplespond]

Hi Phil Pond is looking very nice mate..good trick with the skimmer 👍👍👍 You’re filter house I think is the neatest I’ve seen, it is captivating 👍👍

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Cheers buddy, captivating indeed😂🤣👍. Thank you for watching and commenting 👍🈲🐟😊

[@carollycett1329]

Your Fish are captivating my attention Phil ,really lovely set you have nice tidy filter house stay safe and well

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Hello Carol, “captivating” indeed😊👍Thanks for watching and commenting 👍🐟🈲😊

[@jiffsterkoi]

Hi Phil all looking great 👍🏼 you keep things very neat and tidy Water looks crystal , Awsome have a great week Mike 👍🏼👍🏼

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Thank you sir, much appreciated 👍😊

[@Wrighty]

Hi Phil, pond and koi look amazing mate. Love your filter house, so much better organized than mine. Thanks for the mention, always appreciated mate. Take care, Terry.

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Evening Terry🖐. The filter house has made a massive difference and made doing my weekly maintenance (and all the other jobs I dream up) much easier and pleasant to do👍. The shout out you did for me has bumped me to to 1980 subs so far, an increase of of over 30 subs in a day so I’m really grateful to you😊. Keeping my fingers crossed 🤞🤞🤞. Again, many thanks👍😊

[@Wrighty]

You're more than welcome mate 👍👍🤞

[@keynshamkoipond25]

Nice update Phil👍

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Thank you, much appreciated 👍🈲🐟😊

[@BlackCountryKoi]

Very intresting mate, my skimmer is also just a piece of 2 inch pipe through the wall connected on gravity wth a T into the drain line . Been like that for 20 yrs . 👍👍

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Cheers👍😊. I like to keep things simple where possible and really liked the idea of a gravity skimmer rather than an in-wall skimmer so if mine lasts 20 years I’ll know I made the right decision 👍😊. Thank you for watching and commenting 👍🈲🐟😊

[@CescaTheDarkHorse]

Nice update Phil you have some lovely fish :)

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Thank you for your kind words, much appreciated 😊👍

[@boxtriker]

After doing my skimmer like this i could not understand why people go to all the problems with a built in wall one keep it simple and cheap and it works a treat you can even take the outlet up to 4 inch if you want right to your drum or what ever filter you have. And mate the Drum there to me is the best by far as the take out screens nail the getting inside it problems to have a look/clean the dirt shoot have a good weekend Phil

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Hello Martyn👍😊. At the planning stage I saw and heard some many people having issues with built in wall skimmers that when I saw your I thought it was a no brainier👍😊. Couldn’t gat the pull right through the drum using just on pump but as soon as I put the 2nd one in it stared working a treat👍😊. So glad I bought the Oase drum with those removable screens, excellent for maintenance and so easy to replace👍😊. Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment, always appreciated 👍🈲🐟😊

[@boxtriker]

Have a good week mate

[@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection]

Nice water clarity, it has like a shine to it. Beautiful and the fish are looking good. Especially Launcelot of course 🤩🤩 Hope you are both well. Take care

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Hello Lau😊. Launcelot is still the star of the show and definitely encouraging the others to hand feed👍. We are all well thank you and hope you guys are too (and all the animals)👍😊. Looking forward to seeing you at the shows👍😊

[@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection]

@@TelfordKoiPond yes all good here. Busy with work and busy with the animals, not had time to film anything.. 🙄 Yes, looking forward to seeing you again.

[@ItsWhatIDo]

Nice update Phil. Well done on your 2k subs. I've seen a few videos from people with drums that have had the issue of going into a continuous cleaning cycle when the pond level has dropped too low. I wonder if you could combat that with a float switch in the pond that would shut the drum down if the water level goes too low. I think it would be a safeguard against the drum emptying the pond. These are all idea's I'm storing away for when I build my new pond lol.

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Hello Jim🖐. Thank you for watching and commenting, it is appreciated 👍😊. Excellent point about the continuous cleaning by the drum. Most problems seen appear to be caused by people not setting up their float switches correctly in the first place or doing big water changes without checking levels before turning their drums back on but I know a couple of people who have fitted separate float switches as you have suggested. You can buy a WiFi unit/controller for the Oase range of products which I believe alerts you if the drum cleans continuously and then turns it off after a set number of continuous cleans but I haven’t looked into that properly yet. 👍🈲🐟😊

[@greenmachinesweden]

Your so well organized Phil. I really need to build a proper filter house. Great update!

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Thanks Magnus, I do try😊👍. My filter house has made a massive difference and really made weekly maintenance so much easier😊👍

[@PhilGsKoiPond]

Nice update Phil. Waters looking great and fish look fabulous.. 👍🏻

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Cheers Phil, much appreciated 👍😊. Really starting to enjoy the pond now so can’t wait for some warmer weather so we can get the BBQ fired up and start making the most of the garden👍🈲🐟😊

[@copelandkoi]

Fish have grown. You're chag is gorgeous. Yonne

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Hello there🖐. Yes, the chag is a bit special and so friendly😊. All are definitely growing well. Thank you for watching 👍🈲🐟😊

[@adethekoikeeper6505]

Nice update see you soon I got a new vacuum you can have

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Cheers Ade, just relaxing and catching up with videos and texts👍. Thank you very much for your kind offer, I will have the vacuum if you are sure you don’t need it😊👍. Cheers buddy👍🈲🐟😊

[@adethekoikeeper6505]

You are welcome

[@surreykoi]

Great update Phil and your filter house is just way too tidy for my liking 🤣 you should be the size of Arnie by the end of the year lifting those covers on and off 💪🏽😂

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Cheers Stu👍😊. I do like things nice and orderly 😊👍. Clare watched the video, looked at my biceps and said she’d seen bigger knots in cotton , who needs enemies when your wife says things like that☹️. Made the mistake of jumping on the bathroom scales after I watched it back ……..what a shock, I’ve put 2 stone on since this time last year😖. I said it was contentment but Clare said it’s the slippery slope to health problems and promptly put me on a diet!!! Really looking forward to my chicken salad tonight☹️. Thank you for watching and commenting, always appreciated 👍🈲🐟😊

[@KoiKicks]

Hi Phil, is this flush a rare event as the volume change is huge, one of the things that puts me off these systems. Congrats on 2k.

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Thank you, much appreciated 👍😊. Oase say that (obviously depending on your bottom drain configuration) as long as you are pulling circa 12,000 litres per hour through a 4” pipe then there shouldn’t ever be a need to do a bottom drain flush🤔. I did one straight after commissioning my pond and this is my proper “start of Season” purge but as you will have seen in the video, virtually nothing came out so I am only planning on doing one one every spring👍😊. Thank you for watching and commenting 👍🈲🐟😊

[@KoiKicks]

@@TelfordKoiPond Makes sense, think its worthwhile having a bottom drain valved tee for rapid pulls of the pipe. Definitely something I'll have if I ever do an upgrade!

[@paulsmith9869]

👌

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Thank you👍

[@sandypollard562]

👌👍🏻👌

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Thank you Sandy 👍😊

[@terryparkin6087]

Great pond phill and great channel just got a question is you skimmer line gravity feed to drum t

[@TelfordKoiPond]

See response to your other comment😊👍

[@martinsmith6457]

Hi Phil, may I ask why you put the hose straight from the house when you have a big blue ?

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Hi Martin🖐. Simply because I only run my big blue at a max of 200ml per minute so if I just used that to fill up the pond it would take nearly 24hrs , that’s about 12 hrs to replace the 1200 litres plus the 1.5 litres every 30 minutes that the drum uses. The trickle in through the big blue is still running all the time but filling with a hose and using tap safe is simply much quicker👍. FYI. I do test for chlorine afterwards and reading is always 0 so the tap safe must be working. Thank you for watching and commenting, it is appreciated 👍🈲🐟😊

[@terryparkin6087]

Sorry Phill sent before finish texting by inch and half pipe work is there enough pull on the skimmer reason I’m asking is I have the smaller oase drum filter the compact and I was told not to connect the skimmer to it as the will be not enough pull and will affect the bottom drain as well just would like to here you thoughts and advice weather I should connect my skimmer to my drum thanks phill

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Hello Terry👍. FYI I was told exactly the same by a number of so called experts so I had a long and meaningful discussion with Oase and they explained the correct set up to make it work. Basically make sure you have a sufficient pump/pumps to pull the water through e.g. if you want to pull 12000lph through your bottom drain and 5000lph then you need a 20000lph pump (to allow for some head loss) . The key is then to be able to control the flow through the bottom drain and the skimmer so put a ball valve on each pipe just before they go into the drum. I used a flow meter to get a rough idea of the pull through both but when I reduced my skimmer to 1.5” I found that it was the 5000lph I was looking for👍😊. I don’t believe you need to pull 10000lph or more through your skimmer as mine pulls everything off the surface of my pond👍. Hope that helps🤞👍

[@terryparkin6087]

Thank so much much phill I wanted to do this 7 years ago when I done my pond and brought my oase drum filter but I was told not two thanks mate and keep up the good work on your channel 😬😬👍👍

[@SuperKoi123]

Hi as always brilliant video . Didn’t you buy a new pond vac ? . Or am I mixing you up with someone else if so I apologise I’ve had a whiskey or two .

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Hello there👍😊. Yes I bought a new Oase pond vac 4 but the 2nd time I used it I realised one of the pumps wasn’t working correctly so I sent it back, had a refund and didn’t but another one as I continued using my old Pondovac. Unfortunately that one is now struggling so need to send it to vacuum heaven🤣👍. Have a another whisky for me as I’m nominated driver today so can’t drink☹️.

[@skeggy]

I can get you a good price on an upgrade 😏

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Evening Daz👍😊. TBH I did have a look on your website to see if you sold any but couldn’t see any?🤔. Can you let me know what you can get and how much when you have a minute? Thanks for watching 👍🈲🐟😊

[@skeggy]

@@TelfordKoiPond yer I will do have you git your eye in anything specific?

[@TelfordKoiPond]

@@skeggy Oase pond vac 4 but open to suggestions 👍