DIY UPFLOW FILTER JK DOUBLE BARREL!!!
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- čas přidán 26. 05. 2021
- Building a diy upflow filter for the koi pond to collect small fines
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Thank you all for watching
Genius! Well done, sir!
Amazing video and straight to the point well done😊
Just4koi It's looking quality 👌 and filter house looking very balanced. 👍
Thanks matey 👍🏻
Top video nice👍🏻
My son and I thought it was very informative his 11 and said you sound like his uncle Carl from south London 😂😂
Again top video and great to see how to make one of these filters it’s easier than I thought Thankyou for sharing the knowledge 👍🏻👍🏻😊🙏🏼
Hi have a go at wrightys fillter the plans are so easy to follow one thing you can get some things along cheep if you shop around the polypropylene I got half price good look .looks really good setup you have there
Thanks matey, don’t think I will give the diy drum ago, will possibly upgrade to a queni koi drum next season 👍🏻take care
Fantastic upflow filter fish looking very nice 🙏🐟🐟🐟🙏
Thank you Carol and take care 👍🏻
Awesome video - great setup.
Thanks mate 👍🏻
I really enjoyed that video loving the double barrel jk filter it looks the nuts I like how the flow was perfectly even aswell 👌🔥
Thanks bro, still might have to do some adjustment once I do a clean we see how it goes over the next few days👍🏻
Really good video! Great fabrication work
Thanks matey👍🏻
That’s a smart addition. 🐠 🐠 Great design 👍.
Thanks KoiRun and take care mate 👍🏻
Great video and instructions. JK double barrel 👍 I like it
Thanks matey 👍🏻
Pretty amazing.. I would be terrified drilling into that.. Great job.. Nice and patient.
Thanks Chris, tbh I was terrified too 🤣🤣🤣 but it had to be done, I did crack one that how I knew bout the correct drill bits to use 🤐🤣take care mate 👍🏻
Great job on upright filters 👍
Thanks matey 👍🏻
Another great update mate.
Thanks matey 👍🏻
Great video mate, really enjoyed watching your build and projects, keep it going 👍
Thanks matey, gonna do first clean today 👍🏻
Great set up u have mate a very clever guy u r. I like your channel more everytime I see it. Well done.
Thanks matey 👍🏻
Top vid mate ,love it the J K double barrel sounds lethal buddy nice job pal 👍🏻
Lethal filter🤣👍🏻
well done mate good job with the jk when your finished your water quality and parameters should be spot on 👍👍👍
Thanks mate, I done my water test again today and all parameters are good, ammonia spot on again, take care mate 👍🏻
I'm likeing the upflow filter mate nice one
Thanks matey 👍🏻
Wow mate that is a serious bit of kit
Great job on it...the names on point too 😂
You literally stepped up your game hard
Be proud of your effort bro 👍
Come on 🤣thanks bro ,I replied back to you on last comment but some reason doesn’t show 🤷🏻♂️
@@just4koi143
I saw the notification but comment doesn’t show 🤷♂️
Looking forward to the bakki shower set up
But your smashing it bro the pond is all cool and gadgety now 😂
I had a question
Did you make your own pond?
Why the angle? Always gets my ocd lol
@@thepeoplespond yes bro built all myself, I put the angle there to add bit more character 😎
@@just4koi143 fair enough lol 😂
Don’t know how you get the time to do everything
I’m stuck at work watching my koi on cctv hahaha
Very neat and tidy
Thanks mate👍🏻
Excellent video. Can't wait to see how dirty it is when you clean it. Cheers.
Thanks mate , will do update over the weekends, take care 👍🏻
i love your filter house well done
Thank you matey 👍🏻
Cracking work on the upload filter, i think you’ll see some major improvements on removing fines. 👍
Thanks matey, check on it this morning so I got no leaks which is all good, amazing what it has collected over night 👍🏻
Great video, and great system, well done, I've cheated and just housed a tempest ready to fed of my skimmer, not sure how its gonna work, but I really like what you have done, the filter house is smashing very jealous lol, mine is long but no head height yet one day, and the rain leaks in dough, again well done buddy
Thanks matey, I didn’t have no head height last season with the filter house and like you had some rain leaking in, makes it easier with head height, thanks and take care 👍🏻
Nice one all looking good
Thanks matey 👍🏻
I’m loving it brill video again keep them coming
Thanks mate 👍🏻
Awesome build mate, well done 👏 That should really polish up the water nicely. Keep up the great work and take care 😎👍🏼
JMAC 🐟😎👍🏼
Thanks mate, going fishing weekend after watching your videos 🤣👍🏻take care mate
@@just4koi143 awesome 👌 tight lines 🎣😎👍🏼
Geoff, that was very good, I have added this to my list for my new pond build. Awesome work mate. :)
Thanks mate, would deffo recommend putting one in or two 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻
@@just4koi143 it’s on my shopping list, you still got the equipment list handy? I eyeballed something on your workbench in the filter house 👀
@@KraftyKoi most fittings and equipment are in descriptions few bits I missed out but am happy to help if anything needed, what you eye balling? 🤣
When is your video coming out ?
@@just4koi143 czcams.com/channels/iKKm7HjtlbHg4Qj0_Mlp-w.html 😂😂 Couldn’t resist it mate, it’s out. Waiting for yours now. 😁
Another great watch brother 👌🏻
Thanks my bro 👍🏻
Nice video Jeff love the kohaku keep em coming 👍
Sorry mate commented on wrong vid lol just finished watching your bkks show one ha ha 😂 this one's good as well 👍
@@andypowell6770 no probs matey 🤣🤣🤣thanks and be safe 👍🏻
I would've been tempted to drill a hole for the airline into the cheapest component, perhaps going into the spare plastic on those 4" to 2" reducers? Perhaps create a ring of holes at the base and come down from above to connect - much like the inside of the eazy pod? I certainly wouldn't be starting off by going anywhere near those very expensive looking acrylic tubes.
Those tank connectors are designed for flat surfaces not the curved surface of the tube (sorry, writing this as I watch, I see you found out the hard way).
With regards to the air pump. If you had fitted two iso valves, one either side of the Tee piece, the pump could then be used to bubble up just one tube at a time. I know this might be a PITA but a darned sight cheaper than buying a meatier air pump.
Would it be worth dropping the pond pump even further than 60%? Pushing the mucky water through the UV even slower to give the algae loads of time on the UV and less pressure on the muck as it hits the K1 (so, theoretically, giving the K1 more of a chance to grab and keep hold of the muck?).
(Sorry, all this is new to me, but I guess EA had a few test runs before putting out their product (which, by all accounts is still hit and miss as well as being many, many times dearer than your build))
Hi mate, drilling the holes into the reducers wouldn’t be a good choice best to drill into the tubes 👍
@@just4koi143 Any reasoning behind this (like I said, I'm new to this idea). Alternatively, how about going into the next cheapest product, the flexi pieces. Those Tees, you could come in on the side, just above the lower (or below the upper) jubilee clip, with the tank connectors. Those tees, being flexi would easily accommodate the flat tank connectors and, as air rises, no need for additional pipework. Sorry to be a pita but I love this idea so would like to explore ideas before parting with my hard-earned.
@@theoldtyke.4085 tubes matey, looks more professional 🤣🤣🤣
King of pond tinkering, I love it. Thanks for sharing. I presume the water is low ready to fit the skimmer or was that the result of you little incident in the shed hehe. Look forward to the next one. Cheers.
Thanks Simon , couple of incident 😬🤣 but needed a water change just not that much 😬take care mate 👍🏻
Absolutely fantastic work. It will be amazing. You wont need a drum after that :-) Love it, love what you have done. 6ft deep for the whole, jeezzz.. you might aswell extend the pond while you are there! :-)
Loved the video, as always
It’s amazing what it’s pulled out over night, dream pond coming next season 🤪 already started to put some ideas together 🙈thanks Lau
@@just4koi143 oh... Major project on its way. That means more Karashigoi 🤩
More karasigoi and chags 🤣
@@just4koi143 yup, put me a fold up bed in your filter house and I'll watch them all day long 😂
@@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for your response. What is before the moving media? I thought you fed from your new 2 filters into the moving media?
The nexus 220 feds the bio chamber which has 3 outlets, 2 of them return back to pond and the third outlet feds the new upflow filters which returns into bio chamber, I will be making a video at some point next week how all the filter systems run 👍🏻
Looking good, just subbed so got some catching up 👍
Thanks matey 👍🏻
Jeff mate you have lots going on atm and things are looking good pal 👍🏼
Grass is looking awesome too.
We have a robot lawnmower which is ace 👌🏼 maybe something for you to consider 😀.
With the showers make sure you use 3inch spraybars as there will be too much back pressure on the pumps if you use 2inch.
Take it easy dude
Hi Tom, what robot lawnmower 🤣, do you have 3” spray bar , I spoke with Darren at absolute koi how I’m gonna have the bakkis set he didn’t mention anything bout 3”, you have 3” pipe over your bakkis, thanks mate and take care 👍🏻
@@just4koi143 2 inch pipe from pump up to the top then 2 inch to 3 inch reducer with a swept bend into a 3 inch pipe/spraybar.
It just relieves the back pressure on the pumps and prolongs their life, im sure there are videos on here and on Facebook with more detailed reasons.
I sold the ride-on lawnmower and bought the Husqvarna robot mower set on a schedule and i just trim around the edge every so often....saves time 👌🏼.
I'd pop over and give you a hand but I'm quite far away as I'm only 20mins from Newcastle-upon-Tyne 🤔🤣
@@Tom_Prendiville thanks mate will use 3” spray bar more money 🤦🏻♂️🤣your deffo not round the corner from me 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻
Can I ask what your TDS is ?
@@just4koi143 I'm in a very soft water area so my pH is around 7 with nearly no kh and tds of 80 out the tap so in the pond i buffer with soduim bicarbonate to get my kh to 2 and my pH is around 7.5ish and tds of around 100-120 depending on how much fresh water i trickle in and how much I'm feeding.
I hope that helps
Thank you mate. I look forward to the new video. Has the new 2 uprights had an effect on your water quality?
Your welcome matey, yes they have improved the water quality a lot, there very good filters to have
Looks like a Petrochemical plant is keeping koi a by product of making a filter love it but I don’t know how Half of it works good throw
Looks like you have issues with herons with that horrible netting. I had a heron take some of my best koi but was determined not to put netting over the pond. Cut a story short I brought a 40cm segmented mirrored spinner off eBay for £15.00 and not had an issue since. Hope this helps. Good update by the way 👍
Hi mate, I hate the net over the pond tbh lol, I had few heron visit which toke 5 of my goldfish last year and also peck my hi utsuri above the head which has left a scar, I’ve seen those mirrors you mentioned didn’t think it would work but will have a look, thank you for the tip and take care 👍🏻
Are they better than having a simple drum container with k1 media with bottom inlets and top outlets?
Really great video and love the step by step process ! I noticed on the drone clip you had a bit of foam by the shower, have you thought about running one of the chambers with K1 and the other as a protein skimmer styled up pipe ? Only thinking that as it’s gravity fed back to the bio it could work quite well 🙂 cheers Josh
Oh my your the man I’m gonna deffo give that ago, just to make sure I understand you mean the 2 up pipes I have place a flexi T connector ?thanks and take care 🤦🏻♂️
@@just4koi143 If I'm honest i'm not sure how you would go about it :D have you seen Frank Koi's video ? He's out an up-pipe after his shower and it works really well at removing the excess protein in his pond. I think the water runs through constant air bubbles to produce a foam, the return is slightly lower than the top which is where the foam bubbles out of the top. So there would be a T piece on top, one way to return gravity to the drum and then an opening at the top for the foam to drop into a bucket or something. As I say I am no expert so worth checking out Frank Koi's channel for more information. Hope that helps mate !
@@JoshuaBurch thanks I have watched all franks video and sub I’ve being following him couple months now amazing pond and set
👍 blimey you do like the diy mate , what you like at finding leaks lol , need some help on mine 😂
You can get a leak detector spray from most diy store or plumbing 👍🏻
@@just4koi143 hi mate , yes it’s a weird one , no leaks form any pipes , seems to be somewhere on skimmer , as when I turn skimmer of don’t lose any water , not sure if something to do with fibreglass inside the skimmer mouth ,
@@MyPhilw have you dropped the levels in the pond to check? if it’s around the mouth of skimmer you could use gold label seal around it , if it’s coming from back of skimmer I would remove it check if any damp on walls hope you get what I mean 👍🏻
@@just4koi143 hi mate , yea done all that as well , level doesn’t drop anymore after a certain point at skimmer , very difficult to see but can feel a little ridge on wall of skimmer , so not sure if it’s that , need to drop water and dry have a good look inside 👍
That looks Awsome and you will get more flow I didn’t like the tempest low flow rate
You can up that now 👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks mate, gonna give it a clean tomorrow with update and possibly add some more media, the flow is bout 6000L now it might be ok with 8000L 👍🏻
@@just4koi143 I think you can crank that up a bit mate
Wind the boost up 👍🏼👍🏼
Awesome build... would 3mm tube be OK?
Thanks
I personally wouldn’t go that thin with the tube 👍🏻
Hi Mate,
Great video. Are the 2 uprights being fed by water straight from thd pond?
Hi mate, the upflow filters are fed from bio chamber 👍🏻
Just catching up on youtube video's, loving the Jk Double Barrel Upflow Filter.
Can't wait till you clean it, you'll be amazed at what it catches, maybe later, upgrade to the K+ media, a lot smaller, will catch even more crap.
Hi marek, ah mate I want to do the clean now but getting ready to go fishing with the kids will do a update tomorrow on clean and blue lab guardian, k1 micro no good for the upflow ?thanks 👍🏻
@@just4koi143 hi Mate, i think the k1 micro will work, but the K+ is even smaller with more protected surface area, it will compact together more tightly allowing it to collect more rubbish both on the outside and inside of media, only downside is it needs cleaning every 3 days, I bought 25 litre bag, put 11 litres in tube witch is 200 Mil wide, the rest I put in bio chamber, I'll fit guardian this week hopefully.
@@marekskoipond9083 thanks marek, I’ve only pity bout 6 to 7 litres in each tube which is 150mm, you think I can put 10L in each, I’m pushing bout 6000lph you think I should up the flow or keep same ? Thanks again 👍🏻
@@just4koi143 I would leave it at about 7lts in each for now seeing it's 150 Mil tube, see how you get on, you can always add more later if you want, I think your flow rate is ideal, I'm running about 10,000 litres through my 200 tube, and I think it's probably a tad too much, the reason I've done it my way over the shower is I'm tight lol 😁, I only run one 20000 pump for the whole pond system set at 70%, about 127 watts.
Hi where did you buy the clear acrylic tube from please , love the idea would live to make one for my koi pond
Hi matey, all links in descriptions, thank you for watching and good luck with the build 👍🏻take care
I’m interested to know ... what did it cost to build compared to a tempest ?
It cost around the same to diy but you get 2 instead of 1 and you can give extra clean by removing the top reducers if needed plus you can make the air line pipe thicker which should clean better, thanks and take care
Silly question but did u put in some plastic mesh at the top of the tubes 2 stop the micro escaping. Thanks Mike. Ps love ur videos.
Hi Mike, yes both ends on both the tubes are meshed up to stop media escaping, thanks and take care 👍🏻
the pointy drill is a tile drill sometimes work sometimes don't
Yes mate it’s a tile drill bit 👍🏻
are those tubes 6inch diameter how tall are the tubes? really nice... you gave me the inspiration to push on with making one of these for my indoor pond... thanks for sharing
Hi mate , there both 150mm diameter 1m tall👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Hi, looks awesome. Just a question when you are cleaning with the air do t you get a big build up of pressure as there is no where for the air to escape ? Or do you leave the too valve open when u clean ? I'm looking to make one but was confused with the air bit.
Hi mate, when cleaning I always leave to top valve open to release air, I done that mistake leaving the top valve closed and Big Bang 😅👍🏻
@@just4koi143 that was my thought messy explosion 🤣 I will do it with a T at the top and a screw stop to let the air out when cleaning so it doesn't Bublé through to my inlet in the pond as it's close to the top and will splash the water out. 👍 Thanks for the helpful build video anyway.
I'm here within the first 50 views - that's a rarity for me. Anyway, gunna stop typing and start watching now. Lol
🤣🤣🤣thanks matey 👍🏻
@@just4koi143 good set up pal - looks well put together 👍 at first i was like "does he realise he's basically building a tempest?" and then about 10 seconds later you mentioned them 🤣🤣🤣
Yes I know 🤣 but simple and fun to diy, amazing what it has pulled out over 1 night
Hello mate, trying to build my own up flow filters with a twist on your design but struggling to find the 2" waste tee that you used, where did you get it from please. Peter Tomlinson
Hi Peter, good luck with the build, the T piece that I used came with the retro bottom drain, i didn’t use the T piece for retro drain made my own mod connecting it up so it got left to spare, I think it is a kocneykoi T piece👍🏻thanks and take care
I’ve found the one that I have used 🤣🤣🤣www.eco-filtration.co.uk/product/56mm-2-tee/
Hi Jeff, thank for the link have ordered 3 of those to complete part of the twist on your design.cheers Peter
Hi there on your upflow filter what size is your air hose
Hi mate, air pump is from evolution aqua 95lph🤣
Hello mate where did you get the plastic mesh from old.
www.amazon.co.uk/Bonsai-tree-potting-mesh-sheets/dp/B000MWVJGK/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=bonsai+mesh+sheet&qid=1622590401&sprefix=bonsai+mesh&sr=8-4
Thank you mate and I love your filter house...good job on it!
@@djbanger your welcome mate and thanks 👍🏻
Great build, what tube thickness did you use, 3mm or 5mm ?
Thanks Simon, 5mm tube 👍🏻
@@just4koi143 thank you
@@simonvale2279 your welcome 👍🏻
Great effort, Where. Can I find the link for the acrylic tubes? Did both builds work out cheaper than buying one?
Thanks mate, I’ve put the link in description above👆🏻each tube was under £60 and air pipe connection around £45, f you make or buy tempest you will be amazed like me 🤣take care 👍🏻
If you diy yourself we will have bigger airline which will clean the filter better as the tempest has a thin airline not sure the size and diy you can remove the tops to give extra clean tempest you can’t👍🏻
Nice one bud, I’ll certainly look into this.. 👍🏻
Hi mate I have all the fittings bar the airline connections, the non return valve was that 1/2 inch as the same supplier you bought from are saying they don’t sell them?
@@PhilGsKoiPond hi matey, yes there 1/2 I’ve put the link on for you 👍🏻there in stock
www.osmotics.co.uk/john-guest-pisv0416s-shut-off-valve-long-handle-1-2-inch.html
When you do these DIY videos, how about telling us the cost? I bet that lot was getting on for £350-£400!
Hi mate, if you watched other video on diy upflow other channels don’t even show you how to build one from start to end 😉which I have done, the cost of diy a jk double barrel upflow is under £300, which cost cheaper than a tempest £250 for one tube that doesn’t even aerated the media how it should, my channel ain’t bout cost it’s bout how I do and what I do, thank you for watching and take care 👍🏻
17:50 Is there a reason to put the air outlets that high in the cylinder and not at the very bottom? Does the media that go below the air inlet still tumble during cleaning? (BTW. Really enjoyed this video!)
I think it's so it doesn't force the settled muck to mix back into the media
Hi mate, I haven’t done a clean yet will wait 3 to 4 days before cleaning if it needs to be adjusted I’ll just pop the tops off and cut the pipe down a little, will give a update over the weekends, thanks and take care 👍🏻
@@progressivepondkeeping spot on Leon, helps the fines settle below air pipe, so there not redistributed into the water column, as they would be with the air pipe at bottom,
@@marekskoipond9083 I thought so mate tbh I think I learned it from your video 😉👍
is this pump feed
Hehe 1st buddy 👍🏻
Your the man 👍🏻
Who is going to be first with a triple?
🤣🤣🤣
Man nice work but you must be spending a fortune on this isn’t that evolution aqua triller cheaper than making it your own lol
Thanks mate, the cost is around the same as evolution aqua but I get 2 for the price of one and works much better than a tempest 👍🏻