KOI POND**I BUILT A DIY VENTURI TO FILL MY SKY POND**🤔👍*
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- čas přidán 20. 04. 2023
- In this video we test different ways to fill my upside down aquarium (Sky Pond) once its re-fitted to my Koi Fish Pond after a winter storage... I built a DIY Venturi to see if it would remove the air from the tank and replace with water and test other methods to remove the air to create a vacuum to draw the water in so the fish can float into the tanks outside the pond...
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Simply love your Bigger skypond, bloody Awesome
Thank you 😊 👍
Very interesting school day Andy 👌🏼, I bet Mr Venturri is looking down well impressed mate 👍🏼
😊😊😄. Thanks for that...👍
interesting video Andy you always like to try new things but I always use the pond vac at the moment. keep these idea's coming andy
Thanks Dave...😉👍
very nice
Thank you..😉👍
Very interesting.
Thank you...😉👍
Another great video Andy .Maybe a non return valve in the pipe that goes up into the tank on your Venturi would sort it to stop water rising up it I know if I use a Venturi on the pond the lower in the water the less air gets drawn in 👍
Hiya, Glad you enjoyed the video. I found the same with the depth hence having to hold it up against the base of the tank. 😉👍
great video Andy
Thank you..😊😉👍
Another interesting and thought provoking video Andy bruva 💯👌🧁👍👍👍
Thank you Vince...😉👍
Interesting video Andy. The reason the Venturi couldn’t remove the last couple inches is because due to the weight of water in the tank pulling down, the pressure of the air left in the tank
Is much lower than atmospheric pressure. Also Andy I do not recommend using a hose on full through those canisters. They work best at a low flow rate. At higher rates they do not remove the chlorine. Just keep them for your trickle in. I have tested various canisters and you would be surprise how low a flow you need to remove all the chlorine. Keep up the great work. 😊
Hiya, glad you enjoyed the video. I came to the same conclusion about the weight at the top. Very good.point about the canister as well. I thought as its a one off to make the venturi work then back on the trickle.. 😉👍
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Interesting experiment Andy….👍🏼
Thank you..😊👍
Love watching stuff like this Andy science fascinates me 👍 the weight of the water is to heavy for the ventury
Hiya, Yeah really gets the grey matter working... 😉👍
Hi Andy if you are continueing to look into other ideas for the sky pond if you can get your hands on one why not try an inflattable pool pump. They are a hand pump function and have both inflate and deflate functions, pumping the handle on deflate should work to pump out the air from the sky pond but not sure how well.
But its worth a shot, if you can get your hands on one, even some of the electric ones have the deflate function too
Hiya, that's 3 viewers that have now suggested that. I may need to seenif I can get gold.on one and see what happens..cheers 😉👍
@@KoiPondLifestyle i will have a look for you and see if i can find a link or something for you, i like the pondvac way best 🤣
Superb vid from a fellow stokie 👍🏻
Thank you fellow Stokie...😊😉👍
Not a bit soon some cold weather on the way and ice cold nights with heavy frost possible temp drop to 9c
Hi mate interesting idea with the venturi. Looks like you will have to stick with the old hosepipe for now 😖
Hiya, yeah just looking into how we could use the Venturi elsewhere in and around the ponds? Also some ideas that have come in from viewers that have some potential follow up for filling the Sky Pond.. 😉👍
Its a weight of the water…is exceeding the air moving ability of the pump or hose. Vacuum has MUCH more power so thats why that works. I went through all of these options as well. One fix would be to lower the tanks that 2-3 inches then your venturi would work.
Summers on its way Andy, with the sky pond going on 👍👍
Always a good sign...😉👍
Enjoyed watching that , love the sky pond
Thank you. The fish seem to love watching me watching them..😄👍
Fascinating tests Andy. Would have been interesting to see the effect of lowering the whole venturi down to the pond base and seeing to what depth it stops. Keep it up.
Hiya, thank for that. Funny you should mention the lowering. I tried lowering the venturi down into the pond and found it only ran down to a few inches before it stopped.. I feel another school day coming on though.. 😊😉👍
it works like it does in a large fish tank or on a rank system the longer the tube that the air is coming in from the more preasure that is needed to maintain it the same at the begining of the line to the one at the end.
a pump that can run an air stone at in a 60ltr 2ftx1ftx1ft tank will run at a lower out put as a 4ftx3ftx3ft tank the venturi works on the same math the wieght of the water preasure needs an equal preasure to run the venturi
Yep..... Understanding how they work is fascinating.. 😊😉👍
Massive temp drop tonight put 2 covers back on as its only 6C also connected my floating skimmer to my filter system so it can now be left on 24/7 if needed cleaning the pond also no need for filter wool.
Only 2 covers on mine until the night temps pick up with the sky pond cover on as well. Don't forget the smaller fish trying to get onto your skimmer...🤔😊
Could you take a risk but compromise… use a inflatable pump. They often have inlet and outlets that can be used. Bit of hose on the end of the inlet and turn it on. If your lucky you could empty the air and turn it off quick. Or leave 10-20mm and do that your original way.
Edit just read the comments and skeggy had the same idea…
Yeah, I was just about to say your the second person with that idea... might be one to pursue..cheers 😉👍
I use an Intex Double Quick lll pump on my Sky Pond😉
having watched the video I appreciate the time and effort put into seeing if the venturi would work as well as using the pond vac and the pump. My issue is that unlike your pond mine is at ground level so not so easy to get anything into the observation tower ( aquarium ) and also the pond is netted. I also have a pond vac but as you said the time it takes to set up and then dismantle is far too long. If I do a 15% water change then the water will drop below the observation tower and needs to be refilled each time so I have decide that for now I will do a slightly smaller water change so that the water doesn't drop below the bottom of the aquarium and doesn't need refilling every time. Not ideal but it will make my life easier. It would appear that moving forward it's going to be suck suck sucking time for me unfortunately.
Could you not do the regular water changes and create a trickle in system so you get a steady continual water change instead of dropping the levels? Good point about the ground level issue. I can imagine you on your hands and knees with the hose pipe.. 😄😉👍
You could set up permanent pipework in inch and a half that your vac just plugs onto when needed like a standpipe on the outside with an inch and a half rubber boot on the end that you pop your vac hose in
@@KoiPondLifestyle not quite hands and knees but definately one knee and crouched down...Im getting too old for all this 😀
@@skeggy but the issue remains about getting the vac out..setting up..using for about 5 seconds..taking apart and putting back. Using the tube and the sucking method it takes me about 90 seconds to re-fill the tank when I need to.
@@mucky1957. nice things take a bit of effort ... I mean you could pipe it all the way to where the vac lives and have a smart switch... alexa fill sky pond
BTW love all the vids here in Melbourne Aus it's a big no no to have Koi. But i do love the all the fish. I have been interested in all the Parasite vids as i have had probs with my tropical tank
i have had gil flukes intestinal worms. I even got cloverleaf Flubendazole from England as we can not get all that here
So glad your enjoying the videos all the over the pond is Aus... I had heard that the laws on keeping and moving koi are real tight over in Australia. Are there any Facebook of social media sites in could promote the channel on.. I'm trying to broaden the channels reach to more people.. cheers 😉 👍
@@KoiPondLifestyle As far as i know the only 2 states are NSW and W Aus that allow Koi. You can always get in touch with anther youtuber Simple Aquariums in W Aus she has a small pound and salt water tanks.
Thanks for that.. 😉👍
I wonder if the restriction should be further away from the vertical pipe? Should the pipe be smaller or could you put a higher volume of water through the existing pipe?
The venturi seems to be more efficient when it was on a shorter pipe, but I needed the length to get all the way into the tank. The thing with more water in is too much chlorine getting past the filters and wasting so much water. I thought about bigger pipes but would still have the same pressures from the tap or the pump so would loose more than I gained.. this one's been real interesting trial that you probably see some more of in the future...🤔😉👍
@@KoiPondLifestyle Yes it is really interesting, thank for taking the time to put them out. I think the smaller bore pipe connected to your pump could work, but I’m not an engineer so what do I know, lol .
Very informative bud! Having just about finished my pond a sky pond has always stuck in my head from when you first did it.
Think the Venturi air pipe was too long and water pressure wasn't enough to stop backflow and filling the air pipe meaning that the air had too far to be pulled down.
Solution 1: shorten all pipes and hold it inside at the top with hose pipes keeping the outlet in the water.
Solution 2: non return valve on the air pipe to stop water flowing up the air tube meaning air pipe won't fill too high with water making it harder to pull the air down further.
Solution 3: Just use the 3ft of bloody hose! 😆😆😆
No idea if these ideas hold any value... Other than the hose... If it's not broke...
You still using fok? Just outta curiosity!
Hiya, thanks for that. Some possible solutions there I could look into. The lengths of pipe is an interesting one as enough needed to not allow air backing the tank and enough to reach the top which was the fail part. But as you said, I have a few feet of hose pipe that does the job for free...😊😉👍
Sorry, yes still using the FOK. Infact I FOKed the pond only yesterday..😄😉👍
Andy
why dont you just use the pump to pump water in and set a hose or plastic pipe to let the air? out that way it saves faffing around lol
Nicen one. Great idea. That will go on the list of things to try. Cheers 😉👍
@@KoiPondLifestyle You problem with any method of sucking air out and having the water sucked up to replace it the weight of the water will be greater than the weight of the air so your best method would be to pump the water in and and have a way for the air to escape the easiest way to make it as hands free as possible would be to have some solid pipe from the sump pump that will be just shy of the top of the inside of the sky tank then cable tie or glue a second solid pipe to it that touches the top of the inside of the sky tank and cut notches in the top so you get as much air out as possible and have a hose off the second pipe that has a float on the end that's not in the tank and floats on the surface of the main pond all you have to do is plug it in and watch it lol
Yep, I feel a test school day coming on here..😉👍
@@KoiPondLifestyle lol cant wait to see it
i dont run a pond but i do run a very large aquaium of 1000ltr and trying to incorperate some methods from the pond world to my system i.e moving bed filter and have tried a static bed of k1 micro alfa grog and the pond ceramic tubes from a baki shower as you say every day is a school day lol
Hello ^ just a update on Air pumps ... ? Wel I have not had mine on for over 8 months now .and no change as yet ? So are air pumps a summer time only thing .I'm still looking into not using mine over summer ?
Hiya, as your pond temps raise the water won't be able to hold as much saturated oxygen as it did when the water was cold. I would suggest that your air is run once the water has raised to 10degC or 50 F so as to ensure your fish have sufficient air saturation in the water 24hrs a day.. I would say leaving the air off above those temps could be putting the health of your fish at risk... Hope this helps. 😉👍
@@KoiPondLifestyle hi point taken on board as every day is my school day ^* .
Could you not put an air bed inflator / deflator on that bit of hose ? You can even get battery operated ones sonyou wouldnt even need your extension lead ?
Hiya, interesting ideas. Not sure about the link ups but might need to see how it could be adapted. Cheers, 😉👍🤔
@@KoiPondLifestyle has a small stepped hosetail usually for air beds paddling pools and the like so you could use that tap connector onto the hosetail then connect the hose
tried the air bed inflator...just doesn't get the air out of the tank. Maybe the one I bought wasn't good enough ? The hosepipe while being a pain in my knees is the best ( only ) option I think..tho I'm hoping someone proves me wrong
Would it work by pushing air through instead of water or does it have to be water
Interesting question. But where would I get the air from...🤔 it does work the other way round blowing air to pull liquid though, if you think about a spray gun they use to spray cars.. 😉👍
try a water pump that fits onto an electric drill
I did and it didnt..thats why I was wondering about the venturi
As you saw, it worked but not very quick and not enough power to finish the job... I can see me using g it for other things though.. 😉👍🤔
@@KoiPondLifestyle interesting video and a good school day experiment
What happens if a Koi farts in it it will let all the water out. LOL
😄😄 Funny you should ask that because as the fish use it the do take air into the tank and needs drawing out every few days.. maybe from the odd fart..😊😄
Why dont you try one of those £5 things I use on my drill it moves water so I wonder if it would also suck air.
Hiya, I only saw yors after this video had been edited to death trying to get the right intro without getting done for copyrights...😁😉👍
tried various options but they aren't powerful enough