Filter looks like it works but looks so complicated omg, I was totally confused about the filters but it’s working for you! Thanks for sharing.

@chu0435

4 ай бұрын

No problem

I missed your video so thank you for posting a new one. Pond looks good and the greenhouse is nice and big. Well done! Looking forward to the next one.

@chu0435

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the compliment, I'll try to make a new one about the greenhouse soon

@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection

2 жыл бұрын

@@chu0435 super. Looking forward to it

Very impressive - I really like this filtration system - I use something similar but not as complex - I really need to add you idea of the air intake for the down pipes, very clever and effective - thank you for sharing this

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Love the greenhouse. The pond is awesome.

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I am about to do a video on the greenhouse soon

I just found your channel, so gorgeous! I can’t wait for the KZread algorithm to find your fish videos

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Thanks I can't wait either

When it gets really cold and you think your de-icer might not keep up you can always drop in a small pump and point the outlet towards the surface to keep the water stirred up on the surface to keep from freezing over. Just a suggestion. I love your thinking on all of your filters. 👍

@chu0435

Ай бұрын

That's what I do now on those extreme cold nights, thanks

Subscribed , so cool and beautiful koi’s!

@chu0435

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

This is fantastic. I'm trying to learn pond filtration for a customer of ours and stumbled upon this. 😍 I don't know if they'll go all out like this but i could!

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha tell them free vegetables for 3 seasons a year

Thats great , pond and fish look fantatstic

@chu0435

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Frickin beautiful setup.

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Wow what a setup! fair play bud 👍

@chu0435

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I'm afraid this system is way above my visualization ability. Wish ya has a book of directions/plans. Now I think my Koi must have a better system than I currently have. We're new at this and learning daily. Thanks for your post. It very inspiring and of course your pond and fish are beautiful.

@chu0435

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! I am still learning and improving my systems

I hate to hear about your losses but it's extremely common for temperature losses to be the biggest ones first!! It's because of Increased toxic gases in the fishes gills brought on by the lack of O2 exchanges obviously the bigger the fish the more exchange needs to happen and the size of the fish is always their downfall when this happens?!!! Never allow the pond to freeze completely over you can very easily get a heater and prevent a ice event from killing anymore fish , look into them you have a really cool diy filtration system going on I'm sure you can prevent iceing in the future....I think your pond in amazing nothing cooler than walking up seeing that many koi greeting you!! Amazing filtration and pond for sure!!

@chu0435

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great positive feedback! I have a diy pond de-icer and it work great every winter but last winter the temperature went down to -16 degrees Fahrenheit for a few nights and my diy de-icer was not enough

Nice I love it, I'm jealous. The good way, thank you for showing appreciate it.

@chu0435

2 ай бұрын

Thank you

I always like how you do filtration 👍👍👍

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

This is what I call a DIY!

@chu0435

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment

Great setup.

@chu0435

11 ай бұрын

Thanks

What a construction! Basically you have created a natural bog filter and those cannot be beaten.

@chu0435

Ай бұрын

Hahaha thanks

Great set up man! Looked like you used uniseals for a lot of the fittings?

@chu0435

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the uniseal is cheap and very effective

Beautiful system 👍

@chu0435

3 ай бұрын

Thanks

Impressive!

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Hi! I wanted to find out what brand and where you purchased the UV sterilizers from? Totally LOVE your Pond!

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

I bought them from eBay, is the 13 watt aquarium uv light for $13

Very nice set up

@chu0435

11 ай бұрын

Thanks

Like a swimming pool

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha thanks

This is overkill for me but i made my version from a 200 l and 50 l barrels and the pond went from spinatch soup to almost crystal clear water in 2 weeks, I could see to the bottom in just 24 hours. Thanks!

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome I am glad my design helps, the reason my system is overkill because I stock too much kois haha

awesome

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

perhaps an emergency winter cover is needed & even an aquarium heater just to keep a small area clear of ice 🤔 the thing I learned many, many years ago is we keep water & if we are successful at that, the fish take care of themselves 😊 I absolutely love the fact that you have done this yourself ❤

@chu0435

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Now that is a proper Filter for a Goi Pond. Not the overpriced Nexus. Richard A.K.A. The Pond Guru has a massive Filtration System for his Pond. 👍😊❤️

@MikeZak101

Жыл бұрын

Nexus maybe expensive but I have two nexus 300 models running on my pond since 2005 (17 years ago), lets see how this system holds up after the same amount of time.

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Still going great plus all the vegetables in the spring, summer and fall

@MikeZak101

Жыл бұрын

@@chu0435 oh I don't dispute that, will check back in 17 years lol

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

All jokes aside, this video is all about DIYer spirit, it does not matter what filtration you use expensive or not as long as keep your kois happy and healthy, cause in the end is all about the kois

Hi great video. Do i still air pump in the pond if fI already have good oxygen supply in my sump tank ?

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

I don't use any air pump in the pond at all

What city are you in ? Is the climate there warm all year ? I only ask because I see the plastic box filters and wonder if they last through the winters without cracking

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

I am in Oklahoma, we get all four seasons. The 55 gal barrels are heavy duty

Great pond man. I’m will start raising koi once my pond finish this fall. I live in China and weather can go down to around 1 to 5C. Since you mentioned your fishes died. Is this mean every winter you have to move all your koi into warm water ? Thanks

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Koi can survive freezing temperatures as long you make sure the whole pond does not freeze on top, you need a pond de-icer to keep a small hole on the top water so oxygen exchange can occur and your koi will be fine

Briliant

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Top.... Germany...

Wow !!!!

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Where did you get all of those caps for the filtration? Seems like so many.

@chu0435

2 жыл бұрын

I work in a pharmacy so all those are medicine bottle caps

Hi. Great setup. Quick Question: around what temperature do you stop feeding the koi and when do you turn off the filters in winter? Thank you in advance.

@chu0435

9 ай бұрын

I stop feeding my koi beginning of November and turn off my aquaponics filter before the first freeze and continue to run the skimmer filter all winter long unless we get a hard freeze then I will turn it off then turn on again once the hard freeze is over

8th wonder of the world

@chu0435

2 жыл бұрын

Lol thanks

@SonOfAnders73

2 жыл бұрын

@@chu0435 Dude maybe you can help a man if you was making a shower drip filter from a garbage tub and had zeolite, sponges/scouring pads, lava rock, Polyfilla and gravel . . . what order is best from top to bottom ?

@chu0435

2 жыл бұрын

Always the biggest media (most course) on top then as you go down it should be finest media on the bottom that way it should reduce the chance of your bakki shower getting clogged

@SonOfAnders73

2 жыл бұрын

@@chu0435 thanks

@denguyen2395

2 жыл бұрын

@@chu0435 k

👍👍

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Is your pump internal or external. I'm resetting my pond up again and want to install a external pump that conveys the pond water through a 2 1/2" pipe with a birds cage opening at the bottom for pond water intake. A systematic drawing would be fantastic. You've done a great job, and I can see your proud of your achievement, well done you.

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

All my pump are internal, all three pumps are in the pond at different depth

@monk1100

Жыл бұрын

@@chu0435 would your system have worked if you had set up external pumps in that case. I am trying to plan mine with external now as had internal for yrs, and have just had landscaping done so keeping everything next to pond in detaches garage I built in garden, which is 4inches below pond level and 4 foot from garage wall. Thanks for replying.

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Yeah my system definitely work with an external pump, the way I did my was just because is easy and convenient

@selftaopath

7 ай бұрын

What size pump/s are needed for a pond a/b 12'x8' please? I'm just starting this adventure.

Hello Dear Do you have a guide of the system that I can read. I need a filter system like yours to copy your work

@chu0435

2 жыл бұрын

Hi there, I really don't have a guide on the filter, I am sorry

You have done a really good job for this awesome system, may i know your water turnover rate ? And how many watts used for the 3 pumps? Thanks.

@chu0435

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! About twice per hour, each pump is 120 watts and pump around 4,200 gal/hr

@iyasambrona2136

Жыл бұрын

Pp

@_Wake_Up_If_U_Can

Жыл бұрын

@@chu0435 Great job! Must have taken days to build all that and weeks/months of planning!! Total cost for materials? What are your electric rates? Do you run the pumps 24 hours a day? At 13 cents per 1000watts per hour = 360watts X 24 hours = 8640 watts used (8.64 kwh X .13 Cents = $1.12 a day X 30 days = $33.69 a month).

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Your math on the electric cost per month is dead on! 😃 Believe or not it cost around $1,000 to build the pond. The hardest part was digging the pond by hand that took around 2 weeks. If you check my first few videos which are on the aquaponics system so my filtration system follows the aquaponics set up which is easy for me to do, that took about 1 week.

Any chance of getting a diagram of ypur system? How big is your pond?

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Let see it is 16" x 14" four feet deep about 5,000 gallons including the filtration system

Hi vhc I've just subscribed to your channel 🙏👍👍

@chu0435

8 күн бұрын

Thanks West Cliff!

Hello - may I ask what type of top boards you used to circle your fishing pond walls? Look forward to hearing from you. Thank you!!

@chu0435

2 жыл бұрын

I believe it was 2" x 10" by 16 ft treated lumber to wrap around the cinder block

@Joe-bt9sw

2 жыл бұрын

@@chu0435 I bought treated lumbers to do the same but I’m somewhat hesitant, because It’s said treated lumbers contain arsenic which would gradually leach into water and could then be toxic to fish. If I’d use treated boards, there’d be 2 inches of the boards submerging in water. What’s your advice? Thanks!

@chu0435

2 жыл бұрын

Treated lumber will not kill your fish since only 2 inch of board is submerged, mine was about 4 inch submerged all around and the koi do just fine, you will be alright

@Joe-bt9sw

2 жыл бұрын

@@chu0435 Thank you! Are you in koi business? I’m in kentucky.

@chu0435

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but I only sell locally in Oklahoma, $10 a koi and they come in a bach of 10 kois range from 2-4 inches.

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Can I ask where you got the sieve material from?

@chu0435

7 күн бұрын

I bought it on Amazon for about $20, search up stainless steel mesh

What is the brown material around the pond

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

The brown material around the pond are Wood Trim

how deep is your pond? if the surface freezes over, the ice will insulate the rest of the pond and the koi will be able to survive but only if the pond is 4 ft or deeper. looking at the video, it looks like it's only 2 ft deep?

@chu0435

2 ай бұрын

The deepest part is about 5 feet

Hello what size is your pipe? Is it 2 inches pipe?

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is 2 inch pipe

Do water smells ?

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Not at all and no mosquitoes because your water is always flowing and moving

You should help the youtube Chanel urben rescue ranch

How many gallons is your pond?

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Is about 5,000 gallon

what size pumps?

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

4,200 gal/hr and consume around 120watts/hr

Or how you build the pond

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Sorry I don't have any video on the build

I always wondered why when the japaneese mudponds in which they grow really fast in are dirty murkey unfiltered water lmao.

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Yeah natural is always better

Can i take a screenshort from the video and use as profile pic for wahtsapp

Do you get lots of mosquitoes and bugs?

@chu0435

2 жыл бұрын

No not really

It's ghetto filter but it works!

@chu0435

3 ай бұрын

Hahaha thanks

you have a very complex system.. why not post a schematic of your design.

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

I will soon when I do a spring clean out

So basically..... there's no easy way to do this

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

It is easy just have to be a little creative

@thomasrobinette3227

Жыл бұрын

@@chu0435 I did it! Thanks!

@chu0435

Жыл бұрын

Can I see your creations

@thomasrobinette3227

Жыл бұрын

@@chu0435 how ?

@awilderireland

Жыл бұрын

Most impressive I've seen.

Way to many koi