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nice pond sir.. by the way, ganda ng shiru utsuri mo sir.. how old na po yan sir?

Thanks ryan and nomam.

@nomam: Bought the shiro last Sunday. Don't know the age. Paging ryan.

ah galing pala kay utol.. nice catch sir.. congrats..

Nice Pond Sir. :-)

@ msc - younger bro ko pala yan c nonam sir.. regarding sa age ng shiro, tanong ko muna, kinuha ko ksi yan kasi dat fish gt the attention of misis dun sa main pond eh.

wow nice pond set-up and inhabitants!

Thanks all for appreciating.

Upgrades are now done and I've been filling the pond with water - 9 hours na di pa tapos. will test it as soon as it gets filled.

Pumps used are 1 5000L/h for the TPRs, 1 3000L/h for the skimmer. Will buy another one for the waterfall. This on I think will have to wait until tomorrow. Recommendation as to its size is welcome.

Hoping that the water circulation will be as planned.

Update pics.



Showing part of Chambers 1 & 3. Chamber 2 is with engineering plastic ribbons.


Chamber 3 is filled with bags of gravel and topped with pebbles. Showing part of chamber 4 with a 5000lph pump for the TPRs and a 700lph pump for the waterfall.


Finished skimmer with a 3000lph pump


Finished waterfall

With the set-up, I think its the skimmer that feeds the filter chambers most and not the bottom drains. Is this a concern?

The fishes likes the TPRs most.

very nice sir, ala na ba exhaustion sa pump chmber sir? try mo lagyan ng extension ang skimmer sir to check kung fully functional ba ang BD. but i think function yang bd sir, lakas pressure ng water going down eh... hehehe but ganda tlaga ng pond mo sir...

thats the nature of koi sir, cge laro sa current.

already update q last sunday.. hehe very nice mini waterfall... i know sir ater a couple of days the clear water na na xa... as per advice nako sa imo.. hehe

After 5 days the following were observed:

1. Di kaya i-full ang valve ng 5000lph na pump kasi na uubos ang tubig after 2 days. Pag di fully open, yung current ng 2 TPRs di na malakas.

2. Ang solid waste malapit sa dulo ng pond di na kaya kunin ng bottom drain. Pero yung within the"vicinity" ng drain malinis naman.

3. NEW PROBLEM!! Pond leak. Papa-settle ko muna para malaman saan lumalabas ang tubig. Minor lang naman ang mga ginawa at ipina-epoxy ko rin kaya nakakapagtaka. Worst case scenario is to SEAL the whole pond.

WISH List:

1. Sana ma-improve yung circulation ng tubig at a higher rate at

2. Sana makuha rin ang solids sa dulo ng pond.

sir i guess okey na ang bd as to solid waste not necessary lahat makuha as long mature na ang pond ky himo pod way pinaagi swimming motion sa kois and current padala lng sa bd

if okey pa back job mo sir.. better to reduce the connections ng mga chamber into at least 65% lining

we will try to work for the 5000lph... if kung ano dagdag natin ung isang pump sa ss then add vavle for the mini waterfalls...

try also to check if the elbow sa pinakadulo ng pipe for each chamber.. baka restricted ang flow kasi walang elbow... plain dowbward ang direction...

daan aq bukas para matulungan kita... thanks

Thanks Vic. La ako masyado schedule so pwedeng pwede to drop by. Text lang.