Monscine, Oriental Koi always be referred to me as the source for K1, I guess they are the only supplier and I just have to get it from them. I have tried to make some communication with BCN-009 (K9, a media like K1 with bigger surface area) supplier expecting for a cheaper solution. K9 cost cheaper but the shipment cost double than the media cost
so at the end getting K1 locally is still cheaper.
Like you, my pond I currently build will rely only on K1 (static & moving bead) + TT filtration only. I'm confident that it will work good, easy to maintain, and take less space. Still try to figure out a few issues like:
- from static bead chamber, better to moving bead then TT then back to pond or better to TT then to moving bead then back to pond?
- minimum / ideal chamber depth for moving bead/K1? Due to some technicality, I will have chamber with total depth of only 40cm and another chamber with depth of 65cm. the 40cm depth chamber, i will try to experiment with bio-ball as the media (the smallest bio-ball available). i will also experiment with the chamber shape. instead of the typical vortex like shape, I will instead build a long-rectangular shape chamber like a narow canal (only 45cm width). on both side of the canal i will install a few series of 1m perforrated hose to supply the air to churn the media.
- I understand the media filled should be 2/3 of the chamber depth
- if we use moving bead filtration, does the 30% filtration rule still apply? or we use the new formula based on the number of litres of K1 media that we use
and still some more questions. hope I can get some feedbacks from everyone
