Blogs FAQ Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
 


Welcome to Koi Forum - Koi-Bito Magazine
Go Back   Koi Forum - Koi-Bito Magazine > Hobbyist Koi Forums > General Koi Forum

General Koi Forum The main koi forum. Most posts should be made here.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes

Old 12-15-2006   #11 (permalink)
Oyagoi
 
PapaBear's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Davenport, Oklahoma
Posts: 2,291
Points to ponder

Your water went from brown (dead algae from the UV) to green (no UV). That makes me suspect that you have always had a high nitrite/nitrate load feeding algae just as you do now, as well as other algae feeding minerals in your water supply.
It would be helpful if you tested ph/kh numbers as well. Ph morning and evening would be helpful as it will tell us how much the algae cycle is swinging from day to night. You will probably have ph reading 1 full point lower in the morning than you do in late afternoon.
Kh matters too since you are running a bead filter. They eat carbonates like mad and if your readings are low it will never mature without help.
Mickeys suggestion on splitting your bead filter outflow so part of the water also goes through the old filter is a good one. The UV will start killing off algae again, improve your solids removal and biofiltration.
Since it is winter the process will be painfully slow and I'm also betting you'll need to start adding Koi Clay to help remove nutrients from the algae.
__________________
Larry Iles
Oklahoma
PapaBear is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 12-16-2006   #12 (permalink)
Honmei
 
KoiCop's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Southern California
Posts: 2,675
julia22 . . .

Mickey (Mitten) is correct -- splitting the flow after the bead and plumbing the old filter back into the loop will sustantially improve your filtration. Best,
KoiCop is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Responsible Water Recycling John Russell General Koi Forum 58 08-30-2008 12:12 PM
The influence this board can have dick benbow General Koi Forum 86 08-30-2008 12:10 PM
Salt . . . KoiCop General Koi Forum 51 01-28-2008 08:01 AM
question on winter Koiamania General Koi Forum 23 01-04-2008 05:43 PM
Toshio Sakai's "Clean Water System" (US Patent No. 6,318,292) xiaohuang7 General Koi Forum 41 09-28-2006 12:39 PM



©2008 Koi-Bito Magazine