Testing the limits of my D.I.Y 3 barrel filter system

[@oakikoi]

Your koi and water are looking great 👍 I wouldn’t say your filter is struggling it’s just catching up with the amount of food you’ve started feeding 👍

[@keepingitkoi]

Fish are looking great mate and to be honest you can't really beat the 3 barrel system they really do the job 👍

[@CBSKOI]

Ponds looking amazing as always mate that barrel system is working a treat . Looking forward to giving them koi a new home this week mate can’t wait 👍

[@BrizzleKoi]

Thanks mate....see you during the week 😎

[@scrag68]

Ponds looking great mate good luck with the GS

[@jiggsmountainviewkoipond]

Barrel system is working good mate water looks on point fish are looking good and healthy I'm feeding saki ballance at the mo cracking food 👌 we will have to arrange a trip to oaki koi next season 👍 hope all is good with you and family mate 👍😉

[@BrizzleKoi]

Jigs lad...all good here! Yeh deffo arrange a trip to oaki koi next season! Hope your good pal! 👌👌💪😎

[@IcenI_Koi]

The Koi & water looking stunning buddy. Have you thought about a DIY bakki shower ??? Have a great week. 👍

[@BrizzleKoi]

Bakki shower project is underway my friend...👍👍👍 stay tuned! Take it easy

[@IcenI_Koi]

@@BrizzleKoi 😯😯😯👍👍👍

[@AndysKoiPuddle]

Nice one mate, your koi are looking fantastic. Your Chagoi and Karashigoi look top quality…… 👍🏼 Barrel filters are doing a great job, I like mine too, but getting tempted to swap the 1st one out for a Pod and keep the 2nd one running as the fluid bed. Or……. I might just do some more tinkering with the 1st one…… 🤷🏼‍♂️😊👍🏼

[@BrizzleKoi]

Thanks Andy. What is your first barrel currently doing...vortex like mine or static? I do like the easi pods...recently been tempted to build a small pond like your wooden one and run that on a pod

[@AndysKoiPuddle]

@@BrizzleKoi Hi mate, it basically acts a vortex mate and then the water leaves via filter wool, so water is always crystal clear. I think my set up lacks some static media but i may actually just instal a good few old fashioned brushes all around the exit pipe of barrel 1 which would give some form of static. It’s not a big pond, and I don’t really want to start major surgery on the barrel filters. Adding brushes would be very easy though, and will have more surface area than you might think…. 🤔🤷🏼‍♂️

[@BrizzleKoi]

@AndysKoiPuddle I put 6 brushes around the exit pipe of barrel 1 and the difference it made to the static media in barrel 2 was awesome. Before the brushes the static media in barrel 2 would be screaming for a clean after 2 days....now with the brushes 5 days can go by and the static media Still looks good. I see it now as more of a tempest barrel...just polishes the water up nicely!

[@AndysKoiPuddle]

@@BrizzleKoi Nice mate, I don’t have the space for a 3rd barrel, but think Ill get some brushes for barrel 1 now then, you’ve just sealed it…. 😊👍🏼

[@Muttley69]

Wow, your koi and pond are stunning, I was wondering what size pump you use with your pond. Also, do you run your skimmer with the same pump as in 2 returns of your 3 barrel system ? hat's off to you mate you built a dream koi pond stunning.

[@BrizzleKoi]

@Muttley69 I'm running 2 pumps at the moment. I have a an EA vari pump 20000 feeding my 3 barrel filter (set at 7500 Litre per hour) and the second pump in on my skimmer that just feeds directly back into the pond. It's a EA vari pump 10000 set at 4000 litres per hour. That for the comment muttley 🤣🤣😎😎

[@Muttley69]

@@BrizzleKoi cheers bud, you've built a perfect pond

[@chrispurnell8399]

Pond still looks good what time is the meeting on as I won’t be able to make pm

[@BrizzleKoi]

10am -12 mid day....be good to see you there bud

[@LeTwistedOne]

Pond is looking absolutely fecking awesome Brizzle bruva and the filter is rimming sweeeeet so why change it 🧁👍👍👍

[@BrizzleKoi]

It's running lovely! Planning to build a bakki shower to keep me busy over the winter 😎😎

[@simonshears5182]

I feed my koi by hand and I always have intentions to weigh but I just feed them for about 5 mins or so 🤷🏻 So I guess about 100grms per feed at mo as temps just over 20c Digi’s say 20.7c but float🌡️ says 22c They get 5 feeds was feeding 8x but temps where at 26c too 28c