Using a swimming pool as a koi pond and filter setup

This is a video of my swimming pool that i use as a koi pond the pool holds about 13,000litre of water so is a pretty good size for a tempory koi pond. I also set the pond up with an Oase drum filter which i like very much especially for this application.

[@airlitex6488]

Those lugs on the front of the filter are where you hang the controller from if you don't want it dangling loose. The two plasticky covers near the other inlets are for a compatible Oase Bitron(?) UV unit if you wanted to fit one. I've got the Helix moving bed gravity version of this filter - as you say, very simple to operate. The compact nature of the combined unit means you have to be thorough with the jet wash in order to get into the nooks and crannies but overall it was the single best investment I made in my pond set-up. Great vid as always mate, keep 'em coming :-)

[@CapeFearKoi]

We enjoy the videos and just subscribed. That’s an awesome setup for a temporary pond.

[@carlsheppard]

Doesn't have to be temporary as ive converted my swimming pool into a pond

[@zul]

woot woot... new video... awesome Julian...thanks

[@rachelsmith896]

'Pretty big pool'. IT'S MAHOOSIVE 🤗🤗

[@danishpatriotwwg1wga291]

Nice setup mate 😁👍

[@jeroennishikigoi1164]

Again a very intertaining video again. Nice to watch your videos. Greetings from holland

[@RicksAquariumsuk]

Great video as always mate 👍 you will need that swimming pool if this heat carrys on lol 😂 You won the lottery lol 😂 😂

[@JamesTHEKOIwhisperer123]

Nice one mate good update as well 👍👌

[@lisafoster4468]

Dang, man! Wish I had self-cleaning filters for my tanks!

[@aaron1278]

That flexing hose is the nuts wouldn’t any other hose any more !!

[@WONDERFULREPTILES]

VERY NICE TANK GOOD JOB

[@adeebap]

I wish you did a video of the fish being transferred ☹️

[@CapeFearKoi]

Adee Bap if you go to Cape Fear Koi, there is a recent video moving large butterfly koi using a sock net and how to cradle them.

[@antoniotadeo4679]

Dont know if you guys gives a shit but if you are stoned like me atm then you can stream all of the latest series on InstaFlixxer. I've been streaming with my girlfriend recently :)

[@johnnyabdullah7528]

@Antonio Tadeo Definitely, have been watching on InstaFlixxer for years myself :D

[@Biffo1262]

I just buy bags of barley straw from the pet shop ans stuff it into lengths of tube netting, tie the ends off and hang it over the side of the pond. The green water clears very quickly and never seems to come back.

[@koidiaries]

Thats a lot of fish!! Whats t plan with them all?? To sell on??

[@kimuseni]

Very kool update

[@dsagardening]

Finally someone actually leaving a temp pond to go green . Customers get so worried when I have the fish in storage and I don't use the uv because the green water helps keep it cooler in the super hot days and the fish safe from the sun . Always have to go through it with them . Lol . We install oase gear day in day out build quality second to none .

[@boxtriker]

Hi Adam I know you know your onions with Koi keeping I love your videos and your dream pond setup. But some people have had toxic problems using plastic pools for a temporary pond so take care for any sign of trouble

[@Helveteshit]

Then they might not want acrylic aquariums either, that is also plastic.

[@vissersven]

i think boxtriker is talking about chemicals being used in making these plastic poolponds. i've also read about the same stories. maybe some kind of coating on the pools or such.

[@fasousa4798]

I have used an Intex pool smaller than that one (2500L) to raise fry. No losses so far and it has been a year with a filter made with a 100L trash bin and the very own Intex cheap pump. They are with 20 to 25cms and happilu eating and growing

[@alanwoollett7961]

The pools been set up a few weeks now and I recently visited Adam's and the fish all look fine and are feeding well. Don't see there being any issues regarding chemicals coming from the pools liner. As he said it's a temp measure . Next vid will be Adam sat in the pool on an inflatable donut lol

[@boxtriker]

Ok wanted to just bring it up encase you had not seen the little fluffy over it some years back. happy ponding chap and keep the videos coming

[@alansmall9071]

Oase supply filters and pumps to some of the most famous water features in the world they do a combi drum that can handle 70,000 ltr pond and it’s just over 1mtr cube

[@JamesTHEKOIwhisperer123]

How much did that filter set you back ? Looks easy to use as well

[@destinationaddictionsamsar7894]

That would be amazing to have😍

[@GJ0KYZ]

I had to laugh at your comment about the garden not having sold the drum filter. My local garden centre has had the exact same model for the past three years and hasn't sold it either. Where did you get the swimming pool from by the way?

[@MrDigger450]

Cool how much was the pool cheers

[@everythingevergreen2309]

wow love it keep up the good work -

[@DarkSeraphim]

Am i the only one Who LOVES his accent? 😁 c'mon fishies 🤣😂

[@spoiledfish6643]

Wow. I got a 5x7 kiddie pool for turtles.... Lol👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@miguelarodz]

Thanks for the video Adam! Would you give us an update on the other Oase rdf on if it ever needed the uv light for algae? Thanks! Cheers Mate

[@geurtsmarc]

How long can you keep them in there? Planning on renovating my Koi Pond, and putting up a big pool in the garage. Do you think a similar size pool in combination with the Biotec ScreenMatic2 60000 would be enough for about 15 big koi and some smaller fish for a few weeks?

[@jeroennishikigoi1164]

By the way the green water is also great the skin of the koi!

[@jeroennishikigoi1164]

But don't you need to put some more aeration in the pond because the warm water cant hold so much air and the algea use also some of air. So better more aeration than less. Just my idea. Greetings jeroen

[@upsidediy3945]

This.must be a rerun. You have two of these. But the indoor salt pond I hadn't seen. You can lay some boards around it and spray foam or sand this pond, So it will last .

[@jwoodard621]

Did you make the pump wow thanks for video uk

[@PHSSLL]

Great Video can you tell me what heater you have on please ?

[@AdamJulyan]

I have a cloverleaf 2kw heater on the pool it works great :) Adam

[@michaelotoo5543]

This is the best botched up pond I've ever seen so dangerous what a cowboy you are

[@Zeamus634]

Is the only difference on this drum between pump-fed and gravity-fed the inlet size? Could it be changed to allow it to be used as gravity fed?

[@AdamJulyan]

I think so but ive never done that or seen it done. The probes will also be in a different place but im sure they can be moved but it also might be setup slightly different the controller as i do think there is two version if you go to buy a new controller you can select pump or gravity so you might need a new controller but i cant see why.

[@Zeamus634]

@@AdamJulyan looks like I'm converting to pump-fed then...🤣

[@Zeamus634]

@@AdamJulyan I managed to buy a second hand pump-fed Proficlear Premium, looks to be a fairly good bit of kit, just need to set it up and swap from a gravity setup to pump fed on my tanks 💪

[@giobelkoicenter]

wow, I want to have one like this he he

[@MrClassy1991]

How much does it cost to fill this pool?

[@carlsheppard]

What heater do u use.

[@Spike064]

Hi Adam, another great video, may I ask how I can contact you with regard to building a bakki river for me? Kind Regards, Richard

[@fasousa4798]

Actually Oase is pretty known brand. May i know how much you paid for that unit? Unfortunately it turns green with algae within a few days.

[@alansmall9071]

They supply filters and pumps for some of the most famous water features in the world

[@tommyriordan870]

Do you ever put multiviatmin tablets in your pond?

[@wowwowwow597]

use big pond liner on the big old tank.

[@zoso280]

All them fish in a small tank that your fixing seems a bit overcrowded.my pond is 8 foot deep and just over 40000 gallons.and I don’t have any where near that amount of fish might be worth building a bigger one buddy .am sure your pool could be adapted for a permanent home 👍👍

[@jamesbuckley1326]

That pool was a better home thank way to small for all those fish

[@jwoodard621]

How did you filter all the chlorine out thankyou for video

[@AdamJulyan]

It's an old video but this one shows my chlorine filter it's still the same >>> kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3SkXnqcfdufh68

[@paulfereday4801]

If the filter is not cycled won't the ammonia build up kill them?

[@flowstate423]

paul fereday that’s such a big system i don’t think the ammonia would spike but I’m not sure

[@PommyMark8]

What is your heater

[@AdamJulyan]

It's a cloverleaf 2kw they are good budget heater option.

[@StanTheObserver-lo8rx]

Who sells above ground pools with window port? Anybody know? Never seen that. I wonder how long those liners last?

[@AdamJulyan]

I got mine from Costco uk it's a great pool went through the winter easy

[@johndoubleday2415]

Hello Adam can you tell me the model of the Oase drum filter that you have bought as i quit like it ,thanks John

[@AdamJulyan]

It is a really good drum filter the model is a bioTec Premium 800000.

[@johndoubleday2415]

@@AdamJulyan hello again Adam don't think I can afford the above, what do you thing of an Oase biotec Screenmatic 40000 set ,My pond is 8500 ltr or 1,870 gallons do you think that this will be o.k,Thanks

[@AdamJulyan]

@@johndoubleday2415 I used to use that filter on my pond before i built the fish house it's a pretty good filter not sure how much the cost have you looked at nexus filter?

[@shaunlevesley9874]

Hi Adam do you know what is the average cost of running a cloverleaf heater 1kw per month thanks in advance

[@AdamJulyan]

Hi, it really depends on how hot you want to keep the water, how big the tank is and how well insulated it is but if it was on 24/7 which would keep a 1000gal insulated pond around 18DegC all winter your looking at £130 per month but for me with a well insulated pond it would be more like £30 per month. Basically it would cost you whatever you want it to cost just like your house heating if you wanted it to cost a fortune keep the house really hot if you don't want the cost turn it down but the max a 1kw heater would cost is £130 per month.

[@shaunlevesley9874]

It's 4000 litres approx so not big I have put a 4x3m polytunnel over it for winter but I only have tosai koi so far and want try get best possible growth I can

[@AdamJulyan]

@@shaunlevesley9874 my recommendation if you want to maintain a high temp for growth such as 18DegC is get an ASHP so much more economical they aren't as cheap to buy but so much better on running costs

[@shaunlevesley9874]

@@AdamJulyan I think they are way above my budget for a few years I grew normal common/mirrors for last few years only just got into koi so saving for that drum filter hopefully Ill keep looking on the heating front may just have to be the polytunnel for now

[@Jimbo_resells]

what is the model of the oase drum filter you have?

[@AdamJulyan]

It is a really good drum filter the model is a bioTec Premium 800000.

[@Alan-rd5gc]

Can you use a swimming pool has a pond all year round??

[@AdamJulyan]

It's really a temporary swimming pool so it's a temporary pond but I you mean you have nothing else because your other pond is still under construction then it can survive winter if you put a heater on it and insulate and cover it.

[@jeffhardykoifarm3844]

How to "diy" this pond frame model?

[@KoiTimeUSA]

1 retrofit 4' bottom drain adam?? take a look at my page cheers

[@nippinkoi8924]

What make if filter ?

[@lisafoster4468]

Never go for the quick fix. It'll end up failing again pretty quickly, with potentially catastrophic results. Harsh lesson for me.

[@AutisticReefer]

Have you got a little update video

[@MultiSmartmart]

That's exactly the same as mine at the moment, been like it for a couple of months now

[@jaimemonzon2817]

Hi any update of your koi fry from 2 years ago.

[@AdamJulyan]

Not really done that but the fish in that pool are the smaller ones of the fry from 2 years ago

[@mfchen9285]

How many tons of water? How much is the pool

[@Mrranchuranchu]

The pool is ok , but the “ Fucking stupid accent is horrible “ 😂😂😂😂😂

[@angrybrit7331]

I'm interested in accents is yours Doncaster area?

[@crazyeyes3792]

Why dont you use large truck ratchet straps to put around the pond they pretty cheap on ebay

[@jamesmclay2941]

That filter is £2500 on eBay 😮

[@hamza361]

James Mclay he probably got it for a third of that

[@junito1957]

dude you have way to many koi fish for your tank, come on grow up dude just take the best and sell the other for a home they could live in , keep a 1/4 of what you have

[@zerad3307]

I don’t think the filtration was enough.

[@yoojae4779]

They are overcrowded

[@danielwagner6290]

Not safe for koi fish. So your going to pay hundreds and maybe thousands of dollars for koi for someone to come along with a knife and drain your pool and steal your fish. This already happened to someone I know. Bad idea unless you have armed guards around the clock

[@aaron1278]

You do not fuck about in any way shape of form