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You have got a stunning collection now Lau and now the black dead bio film has gone everything looks crystal,.got to love the calci worms I get through bags of them , great to see you back 👍👍😎😎
Thank you Martin. Yes the pond has changed quite a bit. I just can't wait to extend next year now. Calci worms are great, so much better than mealworms I feel.
Hi Lau, love that Acer and the gin clear water, that Kohaku is gorgeous, definitely need some more red and white in there, watching Chip's video's convinced me, what a sight, a pond full of Kohaku's, but like you I like my single colour fish, see you at the show ♥.
Great to see your happy with life and jigging things around to make it work for you.... we're sometimes guilty of feeling obliged to do or carry on doing things ... put you first and enjoy life ...we're lucky to have (snippets of) you (occasionally).
That's very kind of you and I really appreciate it. Absolutely, CZcams for me is to have fun. And the occasional video/update is more suited for me now. During lockdown it was a totally different ball game. Thank you for watching a d commenting as always.
Good to have you back Lau, I've missed you. Your pond and koi are looking amazing as usual. I've had a few problems in the pond, but fingers crossed things are ok now. Like you, I've had a bit of a break from making CZcams videos as well. Have a great summer, and you take more time to enjoy your pond. Take care, Terry.
I had a dose of gill flukes I couldn't seem to get rid of. But just can't seem to stop my koi flashing, it's sending me mental. Lost my 55cm sanke to liver failure I think. I have done every test I can think of and can't find anything wrong. Having a bit of a nightmare at the moment, but I will get it sorted. Thanks Lau, always appreciated ❤
@@Wrighty oh no. Sorry to hear that Terry. Gill flukes are a nightmare. When I found gill flukes I was really worried, it's a totally different beast than skin flukes. Luckily the treatment worked for me. I hear people's fish are flashing so often, sometimes with no parasite. I had that last year all summer if you remember. It was all down to the metal in the water. But you know, I was thinking, you have had some new houses built near yours, may be they have raised the level of chlorine. Can't remember if you have chloramine. More pipes, more metals in the water... You should see my water report 🙄
@@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection I did do a chlorine test, and as I use the de-chlorinator on my top-ups the pond was clear. The only problem I have with my water is nitrate, but it's always been the same. Everything else is spot on. I'm finding nothing when I scrape, I just don't know where to look next. I have never had anything like this before. Thanks Lau, Terry.
Welcome back Lau. We missed you but glad you’ve taken some time out to just enjoy the pond and family. You deserve it. Well my goodness I never thought I’d see a gosanke koi in your pond but what a great edition 😍 Take care lovely 👍🏻
Haha that made me giggled. Well I knew a showa would be there one day, but definitely not Kohaku and sanke. So Doitsu and Ginrin were my best options. How is everything your end?
@@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection 😜. All good my end thanks. My koi never did take to pro bites guess they are not into posh nosh. 🤣 Hopefully catch up with you again at one of the shows during the year.
It seems to be growing well!! However, wouldn't it be better to move them around a bit more if you wanted? But the rising cost of electricity is a challenge these days, isn't it? In Japan, there are pumps for flow rates that are less expensive for electricity, and it is common to combine them with venturi. (You can also just add a little stronger aeration.)
Lau, That Acer near the beginning of the video is unreal. Must be 50 years old if not more...I'll have it if you get bored :) Water and fish looking great. Hope you're well :)
Hi Alex, how are you? How are things your end? The Acer is about 15 years old. It just gets fed well with fish waste 😂 I almost lost it 3 years ago and cut it down to bare trunk, leave 5 cm on all the branches. The following summer it just went mad.
@@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection Good good, Yes all good thank you ☺️ Wow you’re joking!?! The size of that trunk it’s huge, fair play though it looks amazing!
Merci bien, c est gentil. Oui le Tornado tjs aussi efficace. Cette année je ne souffre pas trop avec la protéine, sans doute parce que le bassin a 2 ans et est plus équilibré. Juste un peu le matin l écume sort du Tornado pendant 1h mais c est tout.
Hi Lau. I also had the horrible black slime; mine was following blanket weed treatment. It was a pain, but due to having a bottom drain and a Nexus, I didn't have any issues with clogging. I think even a drum would have struggled.
Hi Suzanne, yeah that's right, so many people have had this after a blanket weed treatment. Some other people with fish treatment. I couldn't cope with it, I wanted my walls green again. ☺️
Hi Lau, Pond & fish looking fantastic. I know how much you love your single colour fish but you cant beat a splash of Gosanke in my opinion 😃 I had a lot of the brown algae too, i put it down to PP treatments, CT and even salt being in the pond over the past few months. Luckily its started clearing off now and fresh green growth is coming back. Did yours have a funny smell to it at all?
Thank you Si. Yeah definitely, go sanke was needed and I am glad I found what I really liked. Wasn't easy. But got there. Salt would automatically destroy the fluff, and CT too, definitely. PP not necessarily, only if used several times. The dead algae can have a light smell of mud, but not bad, no. It's the cyanobacteria which would smell, slimy and with little bubbles. Looks like algae but actually a bacteria. But it's generally blue green in aquarium and can be black in ponds and swimming pools, and it tends to be really green in lakes or stagnant natural ponds. Spreads quickly, rather than the healthy green stuff dying because of treatments. Did yours smell?
@@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection it certainly had some sort of "smell" to it. I've never really quite been able to describe the smell. It wasn't a foul smell but didn't smell good either. Possibly the smell of it decaying 🤷♂️ I really don't know..🤔
@@UpNorthKoiPond but then you had also a bad bacterial problem in your pond, so it would have a smell. Dead algae has got a smell of mud. Cyanobacteria has got a (from what I have learnt) of musty smell. But honestly, in your case, it was just the green fluffy stuff that died due to a lot of treatments
@@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection yes I think so. It certainly doesn't smell anymore anyhow 👍 thanks and take care, maybe see you at the show on Sunday if you are there🙂
Nice to see you with all looking good like wise hear time is short and the videos from me will be about a month apart just enjoying the pond and fish more than filming
Morning Martyn. Thank you for watching. And you have been doing it for a long time too, so I get it. And it's really nice to just sit and just watch the fish when we have 5 minutes.
Hi, I think you know sometimes we are quick at saying that parasites come from birds, or snails or slugs etc... But there is no real evidence of that. My pond is covered and enclosed. But in my case i know it came from one of the fish I collected end of January. I feel that a lot of those parasites come from our source water or live in our pond and something from our source water triggers them, when we clean our filters, when we change something or simply when the temps and pH swing.
Hi, i had a major problem with my tap water, after lab test, 4 metals readings came out at dangerous level even for human. Pond Detox has really helped. First 6 months, I was using it even week, then for 6 months every other week. Now once a month. Readings from tap still as bad but the pond is OK. Regardless of trickling system or large water change, you will need to dose for the pond, not just the water change. It so depends why you want to use it for. What are the symptoms?
@@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection hi lau, thanks for the reply. Got heavy metals as well.. particularly copper. Fish have gone off their food and hang a bit… no parasites on scraps. I add pond detox and they perk up and eat again… just can’t afford to be chucking in the best part of 5 tablespoons with each water top up every couple of days. Was thinking just throwing in a handful or so
I did not realize more people than normally have problems with cuanobacteria. Did a visit to a pond that was quite badly affected. Your carnivours looks awsome.🙂👍
Hi Magnus. I don't think it's cyanobacteria but more black dead algae. Nothing in the water, nothing floating, no odour, no bubbling on the walls. About just dead algae on the walls due to the chloramine T treatment. Also cyanobacteria is most probably present in the pond. You should have see the nursery with the carnivorous plants. It was magic.
@@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection ahh, that sounds terrible. I had a massive dieoff of algae two years ago after starting potasium nitrate dosing in mid summer. Will not do that again. Is it the same nurcery as you have been visiting before with camera? It looked cool. Will do an update on my hardy carnivours from seed soon. Not as impressive, but fun project.
@@greenmachinesweden so many people are affected in the UK after doing a blanket weed treatment or harsh pond treatment. And you know, the more I think about it, the more I think it's due to the metals in the water. I haven't heard of one person running an RO system being affected. And yes same place Magnus. It's only 20 minutes from my house. They have a massive bog garden outside. It was fabulous. You can look it up, it's called Hampshire Carnivorous plants
Hi, thank you for watching and commenting. I don't think the breeder would appreciate the word cross breed. 😁 Especially as he doesn't have Shusui at the farm. It comes from a normal Kohaku and Doitsu showa parents and Kohaku lineage. The Doitsu showa was from the same spawning.
Yep, had to be done Stu. What a mess. But back to it's normal clarity. One of those things that you do and when you see it all brown and muky you just think, what have I done 😂
So glad to see someone else scrubbing that horrible black stuff. Do you find you have any issues after? Bacterial issues? Tatty fins/mouth rot? I’m wondering if my ocd sweep has caused me some issues. Good to see an upload 👍🏼👍🏼
@@edenkoipond always a danger Dave when doing this kind of things. I was saying to Stu the other day that I was actually tempted to put the koi in a pool and jet wash the pond as it was my concern. For now all I can do is treat with virkon weekly for a while then go back to SuperTab.
Great see you bk lau thanks sharing the video koi looking good 👍
Thank you Dave and your comment is much appreciated.
You have got a stunning collection now Lau and now the black dead bio film has gone everything looks crystal,.got to love the calci worms I get through bags of them , great to see you back 👍👍😎😎
Thank you Martin. Yes the pond has changed quite a bit. I just can't wait to extend next year now.
Calci worms are great, so much better than mealworms I feel.
Garden and pond are looking good Lau 👌😉
Thank you Dave Bob. Much appreciated
Cracking Lau... love it... pond and garden looking the business 👌🏻
See, told you I put some red in that pond 😂 thank you for watching Dave, much appreciated
Is good to see you and the animals back on CZcams.
Thank you, that's kind of you. Won't be a regular thing but will do some videos updates every now and again. Thank you for watching. Much appreciated
glad you enjoyed your little break from YT, sometimes its needed. water anf fish looking incredible as always. hopefully chat this weekend at the show
Thank you. Yeah hopefully catch up this Sunday.
Good to see you back lau 🙌
Thank you. How are you? How are things your end?
@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection all good thank you 😊 look forward to your next update 🙌
Nice to see you again. Fish are looking healthy.
Thank you Shaun. Much appreciated.
So relaxing to watch your fish. Love the black and orange ones
Thank you Nicky 😊 much appreciated
Hi Lau, love that Acer and the gin clear water, that Kohaku is gorgeous, definitely need some more red and white in there, watching Chip's video's convinced me, what a sight, a pond full of Kohaku's, but like you I like my single colour fish, see you at the show ♥.
Thank you Marek. Definitely see you at the show.
so good to see you back really missed you you pond looks amazing as always
Hi Alan, thank you, that's very kind of you. The pond is good, just need to extend soon ☺️
Nice update 👍 Lau. The pond and koi are looking 👀 fantastic. Hope to see you at the National ⛩🐟⛩
Thank you 😊 yes I will be at the National in Sunday only. Hope you two will be there. Always nice to catch up
Great to see your happy with life and jigging things around to make it work for you.... we're sometimes guilty of feeling obliged to do or carry on doing things ... put you first and enjoy life ...we're lucky to have (snippets of) you (occasionally).
That's very kind of you and I really appreciate it.
Absolutely, CZcams for me is to have fun. And the occasional video/update is more suited for me now. During lockdown it was a totally different ball game. Thank you for watching a d commenting as always.
Good to have you back Lau, I've missed you. Your pond and koi are looking amazing as usual. I've had a few problems in the pond, but fingers crossed things are ok now. Like you, I've had a bit of a break from making CZcams videos as well. Have a great summer, and you take more time to enjoy your pond. Take care, Terry.
Oh no. Hope nothing too serious Terry. I'll text you tomorrow.
But you deserve a break, you have been in CZcams for a very long time
I had a dose of gill flukes I couldn't seem to get rid of. But just can't seem to stop my koi flashing, it's sending me mental. Lost my 55cm sanke to liver failure I think. I have done every test I can think of and can't find anything wrong. Having a bit of a nightmare at the moment, but I will get it sorted. Thanks Lau, always appreciated ❤
@@Wrighty oh no. Sorry to hear that Terry. Gill flukes are a nightmare. When I found gill flukes I was really worried, it's a totally different beast than skin flukes. Luckily the treatment worked for me.
I hear people's fish are flashing so often, sometimes with no parasite. I had that last year all summer if you remember. It was all down to the metal in the water. But you know, I was thinking, you have had some new houses built near yours, may be they have raised the level of chlorine. Can't remember if you have chloramine. More pipes, more metals in the water... You should see my water report 🙄
@@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection I did do a chlorine test, and as I use the de-chlorinator on my top-ups the pond was clear. The only problem I have with my water is nitrate, but it's always been the same. Everything else is spot on. I'm finding nothing when I scrape, I just don't know where to look next. I have never had anything like this before. Thanks Lau, Terry.
Hmm. It sounds more like a chemical unbalance somewhere. Have you checked they haven't added chloramine or fluoride in your tap water?
Welcome back Lau. We missed you but glad you’ve taken some time out to just enjoy the pond and family. You deserve it.
Well my goodness I never thought I’d see a gosanke koi in your pond but what a great edition 😍
Take care lovely 👍🏻
Haha that made me giggled. Well I knew a showa would be there one day, but definitely not Kohaku and sanke. So Doitsu and Ginrin were my best options.
How is everything your end?
@@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection 😜. All good my end thanks. My koi never did take to pro bites guess they are not into posh nosh. 🤣
Hopefully catch up with you again at one of the shows during the year.
@@busyb1504
Well if you are going to the National? I am going Sunday.
Great video Lau, glad you and the pond is doing well, love your Acer.
Thank you Scott. That Acer is getting pretty big and heavy. The trunk is a bit bent so I have to trim it end of autumn. I love it when it turns red.
mooie koi's 👌👌👌👌👍👍
Thank you. Much appreciated
Nice to see you back pond looking lovely
Thank you Gavin. Always appreciated
Good to see you back, missed that lovely French accent of yours✊ cheers lau 👍
Haha that made me laugh Richard. Thank you 😊
It seems to be growing well!! However, wouldn't it be better to move them around a bit more if you wanted? But the rising cost of electricity is a challenge these days, isn't it? In Japan, there are pumps for flow rates that are less expensive for electricity, and it is common to combine them with venturi. (You can also just add a little stronger aeration.)
Hi Atsumi. Yes the rise of electricity and other fuel in general is crazy here and in many other countries. You are affected too in Japan?
@@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection Isn't that a global issue? So it looks even stranger to see everyone running BAKKI SHOWER everywhere.
@@atsuminaoki9910 it is a global issue, some countries more than others.
The shower is probably what costs the less to run on this pond.
Lau, your garden and your KOI look fabulous. 😊
Thank you for the kind comment. Really appreciate
Lau, That Acer near the beginning of the video is unreal. Must be 50 years old if not more...I'll have it if you get bored :)
Water and fish looking great.
Hope you're well :)
Hi Alex, how are you? How are things your end?
The Acer is about 15 years old. It just gets fed well with fish waste 😂 I almost lost it 3 years ago and cut it down to bare trunk, leave 5 cm on all the branches. The following summer it just went mad.
@@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection Good good, Yes all good thank you ☺️
Wow you’re joking!?! The size of that trunk it’s huge, fair play though it looks amazing!
@@abkoi yeah it's pretty big. When we bought the house 6 years ago it was tiny. I just hope that the trunk will carry on holding the weight.
Welcome back hope your well, fish and pond looking great 👍
I am doing well thank you. Hope you are too. Are you going to the National?
Thank you for watching
@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection thats good to hear, yes I'm going to the national both days see you there 👍
Bien agréable de revoir tes vidéos 👍
Le tornado IIII est toujours efficace ?
Merci bien, c est gentil. Oui le Tornado tjs aussi efficace. Cette année je ne souffre pas trop avec la protéine, sans doute parce que le bassin a 2 ans et est plus équilibré. Juste un peu le matin l écume sort du Tornado pendant 1h mais c est tout.
The water clarity 😮 🎉
Thank you Mike, water clarity was definitely gone. Scary... But it's back. Relief. Just treating as I am sure some little bugs were trapped in there.
Hi Lau. I also had the horrible black slime; mine was following blanket weed treatment. It was a pain, but due to having a bottom drain and a Nexus, I didn't have any issues with clogging. I think even a drum would have struggled.
Hi Suzanne, yeah that's right, so many people have had this after a blanket weed treatment. Some other people with fish treatment.
I couldn't cope with it, I wanted my walls green again. ☺️
did you scrape it off too suzy?
Hi Lau, Pond & fish looking fantastic. I know how much you love your single colour fish but you cant beat a splash of Gosanke in my opinion 😃
I had a lot of the brown algae too, i put it down to PP treatments, CT and even salt being in the pond over the past few months. Luckily its started clearing off now and fresh green growth is coming back. Did yours have a funny smell to it at all?
Thank you Si. Yeah definitely, go sanke was needed and I am glad I found what I really liked. Wasn't easy. But got there.
Salt would automatically destroy the fluff, and CT too, definitely. PP not necessarily, only if used several times. The dead algae can have a light smell of mud, but not bad, no. It's the cyanobacteria which would smell, slimy and with little bubbles. Looks like algae but actually a bacteria. But it's generally blue green in aquarium and can be black in ponds and swimming pools, and it tends to be really green in lakes or stagnant natural ponds. Spreads quickly, rather than the healthy green stuff dying because of treatments. Did yours smell?
@@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection it certainly had some sort of "smell" to it. I've never really quite been able to describe the smell. It wasn't a foul smell but didn't smell good either. Possibly the smell of it decaying 🤷♂️ I really don't know..🤔
@@UpNorthKoiPond but then you had also a bad bacterial problem in your pond, so it would have a smell. Dead algae has got a smell of mud. Cyanobacteria has got a (from what I have learnt) of musty smell. But honestly, in your case, it was just the green fluffy stuff that died due to a lot of treatments
@@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection yes I think so. It certainly doesn't smell anymore anyhow 👍 thanks and take care, maybe see you at the show on Sunday if you are there🙂
@@UpNorthKoiPond see you tomorrow
Nice to see you with all looking good like wise hear time is short and the videos from me will be about a month apart just enjoying the pond and fish more than filming
Morning Martyn. Thank you for watching. And you have been doing it for a long time too, so I get it. And it's really nice to just sit and just watch the fish when we have 5 minutes.
Hi Lau, I have also had white spot this spring. It took me by surprise as it came from no where. Do you know if it can be introduced by birds?
Hi, I think you know sometimes we are quick at saying that parasites come from birds, or snails or slugs etc... But there is no real evidence of that. My pond is covered and enclosed. But in my case i know it came from one of the fish I collected end of January.
I feel that a lot of those parasites come from our source water or live in our pond and something from our source water triggers them, when we clean our filters, when we change something or simply when the temps and pH swing.
How often are you having to add pond detox and how much with a trickle in system
Hi, i had a major problem with my tap water, after lab test, 4 metals readings came out at dangerous level even for human. Pond Detox has really helped. First 6 months, I was using it even week, then for 6 months every other week. Now once a month. Readings from tap still as bad but the pond is OK. Regardless of trickling system or large water change, you will need to dose for the pond, not just the water change. It so depends why you want to use it for.
What are the symptoms?
@@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection hi lau, thanks for the reply. Got heavy metals as well.. particularly copper. Fish have gone off their food and hang a bit… no parasites on scraps. I add pond detox and they perk up and eat again… just can’t afford to be chucking in the best part of 5 tablespoons with each water top up every couple of days. Was thinking just throwing in a handful or so
@@wills1206 how old is your pond?
I did not realize more people than normally have problems with cuanobacteria. Did a visit to a pond that was quite badly affected.
Your carnivours looks awsome.🙂👍
Hi Magnus. I don't think it's cyanobacteria but more black dead algae. Nothing in the water, nothing floating, no odour, no bubbling on the walls. About just dead algae on the walls due to the chloramine T treatment. Also cyanobacteria is most probably present in the pond.
You should have see the nursery with the carnivorous plants. It was magic.
@@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection ahh, that sounds terrible. I had a massive dieoff of algae two years ago after starting potasium nitrate dosing in mid summer. Will not do that again.
Is it the same nurcery as you have been visiting before with camera? It looked cool. Will do an update on my hardy carnivours from seed soon. Not as impressive, but fun project.
@@greenmachinesweden so many people are affected in the UK after doing a blanket weed treatment or harsh pond treatment. And you know, the more I think about it, the more I think it's due to the metals in the water. I haven't heard of one person running an RO system being affected.
And yes same place Magnus. It's only 20 minutes from my house. They have a massive bog garden outside. It was fabulous. You can look it up, it's called Hampshire Carnivorous plants
kohaku with scales is a kohaku shusui cross bred
Hi, thank you for watching and commenting. I don't think the breeder would appreciate the word cross breed. 😁 Especially as he doesn't have Shusui at the farm. It comes from a normal Kohaku and Doitsu showa parents and Kohaku lineage. The Doitsu showa was from the same spawning.
Had to be done Lau 🤷🏼♂️
Yep, had to be done Stu. What a mess. But back to it's normal clarity. One of those things that you do and when you see it all brown and muky you just think, what have I done 😂
So glad to see someone else scrubbing that horrible black stuff. Do you find you have any issues after? Bacterial issues? Tatty fins/mouth rot? I’m wondering if my ocd sweep has caused me some issues. Good to see an upload 👍🏼👍🏼
@@edenkoipond always a danger Dave when doing this kind of things. I was saying to Stu the other day that I was actually tempted to put the koi in a pool and jet wash the pond as it was my concern. For now all I can do is treat with virkon weekly for a while then go back to SuperTab.