New project, water movement, Fluke Solve plus update.
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- We have started a new project within the filter system, an update with the Fluke Solve plus, water movement in the quiet area, water clarity and still 5 bricks missing. Stay safe out there.
Really enjoy your vids great content and some good ideas, the pond is looking great
Thanks Dave, we try to keep it entertaining mate. Stay safe
Evening Cat and Steve
The upflow filter will make a big difference. Last year I used filter floss in 2nd pod to clear fines . This year I bought a Love or hate Tempest fitted on skimmer line after a bead filled with K1 micro. The tempest does a great job in stripping fines . With a drum and upflow you should have amazing results.Fluke solve plus my fish really settled down in week three no flashing. Just gone in with 2 nd treatment a fish have not changed stayed very settled no flashing or jumping. Mine are also eating as much food as you put in. Keep up the good work Cp
Great news Craig and glad the results have come through staying with the manufacturers recommendations. Stay safe
Hi I had a similar problem on my old pond, nothing new but angled pipe put through the back of a large garden urn that was facing the direction I wanted the water to flow. Hard part was cutting the stone urn.
All the best with your experiments of a wrighty upflow filter.
Cheers Sim. It's nice to sit back and think things through with no rush. Stay safe
Very informative, up-flow is a great idea. I've just fit two Tempest's side by side and I'm pleased with there performance. Looking forward to seeing your next video
Cheers mate, it will be a few days before I have all the parts but very confident it will be ok. Stay safe
You just couldn't not tinker with the pond and filters buddy 👍👍👍can't wait to see it up and running 👍👍👍
I just can't sit still for long, I would get bored. Stay safe
@@CATANDEYEKOI I know that feeling well I've had some idea's for some tweets on my main ponds filters after watching Wright last night 😱😱😱
I’m glad I watched this before buying a drum filter as it doesn’t get rid of all your fines it’s seems a lot of money when u still have to run filter floss in your shower great vid by the way tho
It's all down to the screen size. I would not be without my drum now, brought my summer cleaning down from 2 hours a week to 5 minutes. Stay safe
I have no drum and my maintenance is only ten mins twice a week only reason I would have one is to get rid of the fines so I could get rid of filter floss in my shower those upright filters look gd but with how much water I pump over shower I would need a gd few of them lol 😂
Good luck with the up flow filter looking forward to seeing the updates and how it performs x
Thanks Katrina, it looks straight forward so we will see. Hope your easy pod is doing well. Stay safe x
Commented before I saw your going to make a up your own upflow filter .. hope it works well for you ...
It's Wrightys plans I'm working off, easy to follow so won't be too long. Stay safe mate
Nice video Steve hope you get the extra bricks soon, and look forward to the filter, wish I'd room for some extra filtration My water is quite clear right now and fish doing ok. Throwing it down with rain again and still painting the trellis panels in garage it never ends. Stay safe and well
Thanks Carol. I'm sure you will get there eventually. Stay safe
Hi Steve.... On the 8 to 4 inch rubber reducer, just put an end cap with a 1 1/2 in tank connector; thats what ive done with my two upflow filters, works perfectly and save so much space
I will look at that idea, sounds promising. Cheers mate
Great video. Will be nice to see the planned up-flow filter installed and running. Creativity at work. Take care mate.
Cheers mate, thank you
Looking good mate
Thanks Samuel. Stay safe
I think as you've already got a stainless steel return, stainless steel pipe is the best option. It needs to be pipe or narrow channel to give you the flow. If you use open channel it could attract blanket weed though. A nice length of 4 inch stainless pipe from the shower to a 4 inch stainless elbow maybe a short bit into the elbow to accelerate the flow.
Good ideas there Tony. I was thinking along the lines of a return that doesn't look like a return, disguised even. Thanks mate. Stay safe
Hi Steve don’t bother with an up filter unless you want a horrible green tube on show. Mine is now collecting dust in the corner of my garden.
Hi Paul, mine will have a blackout sleeve on. Stay safe
Good luck Steve with up flow filter look forward seeing you fit it 👍
Cheers Dave and thank you. Stay safe
That's brilliant 👏
Thanks for putting us on to Wrights site. What’s interesting is that you are willing to continue to improve your pond. Winner winner chicken dinner, did not know that those saying were use across the pond. 😂😂😂. William
I think we should always try to improve things in life, keeps the project fresh. Stay safe
Hi Slippers, sorry I'm late, shift work, pond is looking great, upflow filter will work good on your system, I got flukes, and my water is gonna go Pete tong, gutted, great video, and I saw your video with Wrighty, did you both have your Slippers on during the ten questions lol, he has a lovely garden and pond to. Take care.
Hi Scott, no I had Sketchers on whilst Wrighty had regulation slippers on. Still waiting for upflow parts too. Everyone seems to have flukes mate. Stay safe Slippers.
Hi mate, thanks for the mention. if you're having the up-flow filter outside, allow for covering it over mate, or it will suffer with algae. Good video, keep up the good work. stay safe mate, Terry.
Hi mate, I will be putting a Proplex sleeve over it. Got another koi keeper to do a 10 questions in 10 minutes too. Stay safe mate
Just an idea
But what about a bog filter above that wall
Could have a blade for return through that
Could even make it out of polypropylene 👍👍
Another good shout mate, lots of good ideas circulating. Thank you. Stay safe
That should help the shower out nicely mate 👌👍
We will see but I reckon it will be a good addition. Stay safe
I’ve got a drum and had a lot of fines still, I added two tempests and the difference in water quality was amazing, highly recommend them.
That's great news, thanks for the info. Stay safe
Regards the return from you baaki. There is a right angle cascade made by gardena. Its fibreglass made to look like rocks.
I have seen them mate, not really what I'm looking for. Something in stainless steel would look good. Cheers anyway. Stay safe
Hi will you do a full video on making up filter plus parts ,many thanks love videos
I reckon I can do that. Cheers mate
Thank you for your response Steve. My question asked why are these upright filters better than a drum containing k1 media with inlets at the bottom and outlets at the top. I wasn't or didn't mean to refer to rdf.
I really don't know to be honest, it's just something on the market that looks appealing so you try it. All down to chance at times. Cheers mate
If you go to plumb center and get 2 4 inch plugs with 1 1/2 boss adapter then if you go city plumbing and get an s v adapter for your airline that’s what I used on mine I’m a plumber so I know what fittings there’s available
Thanks Chris, nice to know I can get plumbing advice now. Ironically enough I've just ordered the bits before I caught up on CZcams bit thanks anyway. Stay safe
Has to be automated Steve no point in having a fancy drum that you don't have to interact with to then have another filter you need to manual clean
I know what you are saying Dave and I'm with you. I was looking at a stand alone set up, extra pump, extra air pump etc. It's manual for the time being g however. Stay safe
Tempest filter...
no! steve yous a 4 inch blank and hole saw 1 1/2 hole and fit 1 1/2 tank connector mate
That's a great shout Steven, cheers. Stay safe
That's a great shout Steven, cheers. Stay safe
Hi Steve on the up flow filter can you not put a 110mm pipe end cap on both ends with a tank of the size you require. I think that would give you more to play with
I could put a tank connector at the top but one at the bottom would prevent total flush out. Hopefully I can explain in the next video. Cheers Kevin and stay safe.
Problem with waiting 3 weeks for gill flukes, is that they would have laid more eggs in that time, and the treatment won't touch the eggs, so they will hatch after the treatment has worked...end result more flukes !!
Surely the 1st dose will still be in the water albeit reducing in its strength and the 2nd dose then hits them again. Follow the science first for me as I'm not an expert. Cheers mate
@@CATANDEYEKOI I think the reason why lots of keepers say that certain treatments don't work is because they haven't judged the egg laying cycle correctly, and to be honest water temp can change the gestation period by days and even weeks. In my experience I always treat after 10 days at temps around 18 - 20 degrees.
I read somewhere that at 20 degrees, the eggs can take as little as 7 days to hatch, and the flukes can breed after 10 days. It is still a matter of guess work though, but in 3 weeks as suggested there will certainly be lots of eggs laid in that time. Maybe the 3 weeks is more for body flukes which are much easier to eradicate in my experience.
As far as I know, the only thing that will kill eggs as well is 'Superverm' but it is dangerous to use apparently. There is info about it in Duncan Griffiths book if you have it?
@@CODHELPUS Very interesting info there Tony, thank you for taking the time to explain. Stay safe
Hi hope you're keeping well and safe, could you tell me were you got clear tube from and measurements please, many thanks take care you and Cat.
If you contact Wrighty you can buy the plans, all very detailed and links to everything you need. Cheers mate
@@CATANDEYEKOI Have his plans, just your thoughts, thanks
Why not drill the end of the cap on the waste with an appropriately sized Starrett cutter and use a flexible adaptor?
Right on the money Steve, either that or a rubber elbow over the whole lot. Cheers mate
For your return, how about building something using a swimming pool return? You can angle them and can be stainless steel…
Too many ideas in my head at the moment Luke but I'll get there. Thanks for the idea. Stay safe
Oddly enough I'm building an uplfow exactly as you have describes. When I looked at the size of it with the rubber connectors it was getting nearer to 2m tall. So I've gone the same route as you. My acrylic pipe is 160mm diameter. I'm thinking about cutting it down from 1m to 800 long. I'm not sure on the effect that will have but it might save me having to buy a new pump. I think I might lose too much head pressure if it goes too high. However using the EA Tempest as a guide, that runs at an optimal 5000 to 7000ltrs/hour with a diameter of 250mm. So (5000 or 7000)/250 * 160 would give me 3200 to 4480ltrs/hour and I think my pump will handle that. I doubt you watch my channel as it's not a pure pond channel. I do loads of stuff but you might want to watch the video on the upflow when I film it.
If you have head height I would leave it at 1m and run it like that, on my cutting it down if you can't balance the flow. Will take a look at your channel too. Good luck with the project. Stay safe
Hi "Its What I Do"! When comparing flow inside pipes in general, you compare the flow area inside the pipes... So if you are trying to get the same flow as the EA Tempest, you really need to calculate the inside flow area instead of using the diameter for the canisters. That would give you a flow of 1991 ltrs/hour to 2788 ltrs/hour. (I assumed the thickness of the pipes would be 3 mm). [My numbers was: (5000/(3.14*((250/2)-3)^2))*(3.14*((160/2)-3)^2). ]
Hi Steve, for the return have you thought about a trough for plants running along the top of the wall with your blade at the end .
Hi Stuart, yes you might be onto something there. Plants would keep Cat happy too. Cheers
Hi Steve, why are these upright filters like tempest better than a large drum with water coming in at the bottom and outlets at the top?
Hi Lakhbir, the drum has a specific purpose to mechanically filter, the tempest can be used as a stand alone filter but many use it as a polisher for fines removal. Not sure if you can classify it as a better filter when they do two different jobs. Stay safe
Hi ..Could you tell me if you took your Filter Floss out before adding the Fluke Solve ....cheers eric
hi do you think ashp would be cheaper to run than gas boiler thanks
I have neither Paul so I don't know but personal choice, if I had to choose would be ASHP. Cheers
hi Steve, where did you source the parts from ?
Bay Plastics on eBay, spare bits in my shed, solenoid ebay, acrylic tube ebay and plumbing parts Screwfix. Full details on Terrys plans. Stay safe
Get in touch with Wrighty for the plans. Cheers
@@CATANDEYEKOI i will do.
Great video if you get chance check out my up flow filter (cyclone filter) for possible alternative automation, good luck with the build
I will do that, thanks mate. Stay safe