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baddiesel1 · 03-07-2008

'Scuse the terrible diction. Guess I wasn't clear in the aforementioned paragraph. My temporary pond IS a "300 gallon" polyethylene horse trough. I have "3 koi", approx sizes: 12 incher, 13 incher and an 8 incher. The skippy filter has its water supplied via a "950 gph" submersible pump"; Therefore I believe the turnover rate is a hair over 3 times per hour. No bottom drain, no skimmer, I'm waiting on the pondmaster 20 watt UV light to arrive in the next day or two. The tank has been operational for about 30 days. Water temps have been above 50 degrees F for the last 3 weeks. Just got back from Wash D.C. and performed another "weekly" partial water change. My lawn was mowed, and the water was trashed with floating grass & debris. I thought beneficial bacteria required stable temps above 60 degrees F in order to propagate? I would like to construct a better & more efficient filtration system, just don't know the best design route to take for implementation. My wife actually talks to these fish, pets and hand feeds one of them. I cannot start building the new pond until early fall, so I really need to install a decent & reliable filtration system; possibly one that I could adapt for a larger pond.

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baddiesel1 Tosai Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Beaufort, NC Posts: 17	'Scuse the terrible diction. Guess I wasn't clear in the aforementioned paragraph. My temporary pond IS a "300 gallon" polyethylene horse trough. I have "3 koi", approx sizes: 12 incher, 13 incher and an 8 incher. The skippy filter has its water supplied via a "950 gph" submersible pump"; Therefore I believe the turnover rate is a hair over 3 times per hour. No bottom drain, no skimmer, I'm waiting on the pondmaster 20 watt UV light to arrive in the next day or two. The tank has been operational for about 30 days. Water temps have been above 50 degrees F for the last 3 weeks. Just got back from Wash D.C. and performed another "weekly" partial water change. My lawn was mowed, and the water was trashed with floating grass & debris. I thought beneficial bacteria required stable temps above 60 degrees F in order to propagate? I would like to construct a better & more efficient filtration system, just don't know the best design route to take for implementation. My wife actually talks to these fish, pets and hand feeds one of them. I cannot start building the new pond until early fall, so I really need to install a decent & reliable filtration system; possibly one that I could adapt for a larger pond.