DIY Kockney koi Filter Pond Filter Project Media Upgrade Cheap Budget Koi

[@sparkymark68]

Thanks for the video. I picked up the same filter and a pump for nothing at work I put brushes in the vortex, to catch the crud, adapted bay one to take K1 and put alphagrog and brushes in the other bays, in mesh bags, so I could easily remove them. For the price of alphagrog and K1, I think I got a very good bargain.

[@Saz3liii]

Thank you! I have watched a few filter videos and none of them are good for beginners. They explained how to make the filters but not how they worked anc they weren't as interesting or as helpful as this one :)

[@TheWelshCarping]

Hey thanks glad you enjoyed :) filters are very simple hope your pond goes well enjoy :)

[@progressivepondkeeping]

Nice little update mucka. Ive found if my brushes are tightly packed they are more efficient 👍

[@ces69]

I’ve replaced all my brushes with “Springflow” ribbon media (looks very like plastic ribbon used to secure heavy packages) I find it never really clogs and I find it significantly easier to clean! Just shake while draining chamber. If necessary just re-fill and repeat the process! Before I had 144 brushes tightly packed into the chamber which were a nightmare to clean!

[@mrspoon5239]

Great video. I have the same filter and has been working so well but getting a lot of weed build up in it now. Nearly drained my pond as blocked the outlet. Any ideas how to stop this? Cheers.

[@keithcallcut1540]

I haven't had a Koi pond for about ten years. Back then most good koi keepers used different types of gravel filters, i.e Canterbury spar with some reed beds if you had room. Things seem to have changed. All the filters I see today use mechanical in a big way. All these drum filters are mechanical and all have these shower filter returns. I'm looking to build a new pond soon and wonder what your thoughts are on Biological filtration.

[@boxtriker]

Them Kockney Koi filters are a good filter old school and they work as you have dun swap out the bio for Alfagrog or K1 moving and away you go people don't like getting wet hands that's why they have fallen behind the nexus filters and drum filters. Put a long spawning brush in the vortex is the only thing I can see will help over what you have improved in it keep the update videos coming

[@christyreilly3327]

Similar to my filter . I've changed the third box to a moving bed of K1 and I'm just about to do the same in box 4 too .

[@paulvose6476]

Just got one of these filters yesterday off of face book, for my pond similar to yours, i will let you know how i get on. Good video btw thanks.

[@TheWelshCarping]

Hey Paul great filter enjoy it

[@bestdeals2350]

Need this

[@shaunleonard8146]

Interesting Gary thanks! More brushes would trap more dirt!

[@hazzardoutdoors]

I have a canister filter with a uv aimed at 12000l but I've added a 6000l box filter after that full with alfagrog just today. Only 15kg of it. But hopefully it'll manage my small 4500l pond with 8 koi.

[@ritagriffiths6067]

Hi can you tell me how to cut the green mats in the box

[@zzman5306]

Where did filter box come from?

[@zzman5306]

Why didn't you lay the brushes flat?

[@juliana.rilveria5518]

If you don't mind I was wondering if you could please share the website or name of place where you got kockney koi filter I live in Oahu, Hawaii and I really want to get in to raising koi in may grandfathers yard he passed away in 2018 and i wanna bring back his legacy of maybe eventually breeding and raising koi but that some time down the future all i need is the best filter which I really do think the kockney koi filter is the best because its a simple layout with no technicalities... If you could please advise me to how I can get ahold of kockney koi filter...

[@TheWelshCarping]

Hey sorry to hear about your granddad :(... hope your well if you can't buy one just make one with similar filter media and youll be good :)

[@bullsvitaminas7194]

hey friend where do you buy this filter and these stones? I live in Brazil

[@SimonPaul92]

Awesome content... Can you put link to purchase that filtration tank..

[@jinxed_jinxed_3443]

I might of missed it in one of your videos but, don't you have any UV lighting plumbed into your filter system?

[@TheWelshCarping]

i do ya a 55w is built into the box filter

[@jinxed_jinxed_3443]

@@TheWelshCarping Oh right :)

[@StokeKoiAdventures]

hi thanks for the video, I have the 2500 one, mine is square with four small compartments, would you put alfa in the last two chambers or just in the third as in the last one theres a black foam block. thanks for any help

[@baalmgr1374]

Where can I buy those kind of filter tub for pond

[@ylliblee5073]

Biological media bacteria grows as the loads put on it, so as much mechanical filtration as possible to keep the bio as clean as possible. My 5 bay has 3 as mechanical (2 are packed brushes)and the last 2 are jap mat. Works a treat

[@MTran-kj4qj]

Nice, Where you buy the green container? Thanks

[@suffolkkoi]

New subscriber great video mate love.my kockney I have the same one as you

[@liverpoo11]

Do you know what causes my filter overflowing

[@leightonfieldhouse5574]

Hi how have you connected your water supply?? From a pump or gravity fed??

[@TheWelshCarping]

pump at bottom of the pond and just a pipe to box filter :]

[@leightonfieldhouse5574]

What size pump ? I’ve currently got 8000 litre pump but not sore is it’s too big for the same filter you have in the vid.

[@TheWelshCarping]

mines a 15/20000 litre pump adjustable rule of thumb is say you have 10000litre pond you want to turn the wanter over at least once per hour so for 1000 litres id have 8000/10000 litre pump and a filter thats good enough for 3/4/5 times that amount really :]

[@DeBluesman1]

How often do you have to clean the alfa grog?

[@TrungNguyen-mk1tj]

nice

[@chrisartis4284]

New brushes are need more too probably 8 depending on size... As for the plastic bio media it's not crap in most cases its developed for water management of human was at sewage plants k1 etc plus flocor was developed by ici... Alfa OK but breaks down over time still does a good job but not as easy to maintain plus life span... Either way it's an upgrade to what you're old system was

[@briangriffiths5974]

Hey mate just found your vid. Can you tell me what size pipe you got going into the vortex please

[@bamboole9550]

Where u bought this please

[@alwayshustling8854]

Were did you buy it ?? I’m looking at the website but there is no way to buy it

[@TheWelshCarping]

i got this second hand so have a look at gumtree/ebay is your best bet :]

[@realitiskateRO]

Call Kockney Koi. Find the phone number online and they will send you to the closest pond shop and get it delivered

[@SimonPaul92]

Where can I get those tup..

[@JamesTHEKOIwhisperer123]

Great update mate

[@TheWelshCarping]

Thanks james hope your well dude

[@JamesTHEKOIwhisperer123]

Yea mate all good my pond going well looking good with your new filter thou mate 👍🤒

[@TheWelshCarping]

Ya yours looks ace man i dont think i have the time to make mine look as good but im a carp fisher guy so rough and ready at best haha

[@JamesTHEKOIwhisperer123]

Carp Fishing Adventures lol I love the carp fishing mate go as much as I can tbh your pond looks fine mate just do little bits at a time it soon gets there but can be a pricey hobby 😂😂

[@TheWelshCarping]

both hobbies are expensive haha do you have any mirror carp ? as a fellow carp fishing man i expect to see some this year put in haha

[@joewalker1130]

Vortex brush. Brushes. Japmatting. Moving k1

[@joewalker1130]

Love mine

[@ricardojose1675]

I'm presised of a filter of this size as faso to obiter a friend ? I'm from Brazil and the value

[@ritagriffiths6067]

The green ones are in the first box

[@ricardojose1675]

I'm presised of a filter of this size as faso to obiter a friend ?

[@edrianjaytalle681]

How much is this one? .where did you buy this?

[@aaron1278]

Check out Wrighty home made rdf as drum filter is the way forward for you!

[@liamwilliams7782]

Drum filters are quite shit for koi they do the job yeah but long as fuck to clean even with a bubble system and there just DIY shitty filters it's like getting a paint tub putting a hole at the bottle with media and making an outlet at the top like I say they do the job but not the greatest if you water test the water from a drum filter to a kockney koi filter you'll understand 👍

[@aaron1278]

@@liamwilliams7782 not really mate because you wouldn’t just run a drum filter would you

[@liamwilliams7782]

@@aaron1278 your comment was drum filter is the way forward for you? Vs a kockney koi filter No it isn't mate.... Lol if he didn't have his background filters then yes possibly but probably not going to get much better filtering than what his got unless you spend a fair good chunk of money & for what extra he would get wouldn't be worth it

[@liamwilliams7782]

@@aaron1278 not slaying your idea as they are decent just wouldn't gain him anything by doing so just a knightmare

[@aaron1278]

Happy ponding fella you crack on chue

[@sjcarper1231]

You alive still How tou been matey

[@TheWelshCarping]

Hey bud ya still around do odd pond video on here now havent really got the time to fish 2/3 days like i used to but hopefully 1 day will be back at it hows life dude ?

[@sjcarper1231]

@@TheWelshCarping yeah not bad. Starting to get my bits back together after 4 years of having to sort out home and so in after split.. will be doing the odd blog again soon I hope lol

[@TheWelshCarping]

ya man be nice to see you on the bank dude been a long time hasnt it i still go fishing with my kid whos 8 now but dont blog it i may do the odd one this summer tho see how it goes i like the pond vids atm haha

[@joewalker1130]

Pump fed

[@ampthetex]

It's Japanese matting taff lol

[@johnm2871]

He said that in the video

[@Peter-ii4xq]

Cleaning brushes is terrible. I am building a king of 300 micron sieve.