Hi all, I know many of you are seeing the new forum but can not post or make a thread, so let me explain. This area will be read only when finished, we have too many help stickeys and some of the same ones in more than one place to help new members understand how to use the forum if they never...
This Bottom Drain is being installed in an indoor plywood tank, but the procedure is the same for an outside concrete bedded Bottom Drain. Start by cutting the circle out of your liner to fit the BD.
Every one please share your tips and help explanations on how to post pictures and re-size them also, and the programs that you use to re-size. This should help many of our Junior members, that come to Koiphen when Constructing a pond and are not familiar with other parts of the forum, or how to...
The main reason many Koiphen members discourage rocks in ponds and the aquascape type watergardens, is simply because most of us have already experienced it ourselves or had to help others clean or re-build such types of systems. They are beautiful at first to look at but not at all very good for...
With the Members Help I created this Sticky to help new and old members in understanding Abbreviations/Terms/Slang used through-out this Forum. If you see any not in a list that are used on Koiphen often and have you confused, send me a PM and I will find the meaning and add to the proper list....
The question of proper gluing techniques for PVC was recently brought up in another thread, so as not to highjack that thread, I've started a new one. A good solvent weld begins with a properly cut pipe, doesn't really matter how you achieve the cut, could be by a ratchet style cutter, hand...
Filtration Basics In any good Koi Pond we need two different kinds of filtration. Mechanical, for us humans to keep the water clean and clear for our viewing pleasure, and biological to culture the Aerobic Bacteria that break down and consume the waste the fish produce. (Ammonia). Let’s...
I have worked for over two years at putting together a line of air-lift components that would simplify the use. When I first started my quest to use air-lifts I could only find one airlift available and it wasn't very useful when it arrived. What I wanted was a system of components that could be...
Here are some link's to some winter covers for the ponds.. http://www.koiphen.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103289 http://www.koiphen.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102496&highlight=winter+covers
EDIT - See below link for a thread featuring another indoor koi spa by Karl: http://www.koiphen.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101931 I built this indoor prototype koi tank in 2004. Since then I've built nine more. Each time there have been improvements in design and usability. So it was...
For those of you wanting more information about pond plumbing download the PDF below. Lots of useful info and you can print out the charts for doing the calculations. Garrett Pond Plumbing Booklet Version 2.1 PDF (http://www.koiphen.com/members/harveythekoi/plumbing-2-1.pdf)
welcome to world wide koi club / koiphen! this place, is like a open school. were there are many folks that are teachers, teacher/students, students. the class room is normally your thread. in example of a thread title "new pond planning", "redoing my pond planning". normally, for you...
This thread is composed of some of the best threads/posts found on Koiphen about bottom drains and how they work and why most of us have learned they are the #1 component a pond should have. Their main purpose is to have less pond maintenance and remove debris from the bottom of our ponds that can...
an attempt to place varying diagrams and explanations into one thread. index / table of context (( this post )) difference between gravity flow of water and pressurized flow of water. (http://www.koiphen.com/forums/showpost.php?p=847557&postcount=2) animated diagrams show gravity flow of...
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