| Agitated water observations
With all the interest in Bakki shower and discusion of "alive" water as described by Mr. M, I set up a test which was very easy to do with interesting results. I have an open system, fresh water is piped in via 3in pvc,with no thrashing waterfall feature. I turned the nozzle up with a 90 so that the force of the 60 gpm was gushing upwards to 4-5 feet and then pounding down onto the pond surface. My make-do shower for the day with a 20 thousand gal. tank and 45 koi or so. I returned to area 2 hours later and noticed all of the koi in the splash area, some playfully gameing with the current and others romping head above the water surface and charging into the stream as if they were salmon. I had never seen this behavior before but then I never supplied such an aggresive water flow before. So instead of lackadaisical lifeless koi, we now have enthsiastic frolicing rapid riders.
Gary
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