Hey all- very new to both the forum and ponds. We basically moved into our house a month ago and with it came a pond which the past owner kept koi in. They obviously took the Koi and most of the equipment but have left a handful of bits- so now we’re a bit more settled we’re trying to work out what it is that’s been left and whether it is still usable of whether we need to replace before we can look to get our own fish (probably just a few koi but I know from this forum they do need a lot of filtration, etc.). I’ve spent quite a bit now reading up on ponds and slowly piecing things together but where we’re trying to work around the existing equipment (don’t want to throw it if it’s worth keeping) we’re having a bit of trouble so would really appreciate any help.
So the pond is around 5.25 metres x 2.3 metres, depth I’ve now misplaced the measurement but think was about a metre giving a total of 13,000 litres.
Connected by some pipes is then three boxes which I believe are box filters.
One pipe comes off of these into our shed where I believe was/ should be an external pump. And then another pipes leads off to this box:
But I’m really not sure what this is. When I look it just appears to be a box of water. Can anyone enlighten me? This then has a further pipe that goes under our concrete so not sure where that goes.
I know probably hard to tell from photos but any thoughts on whether we’d be better keeping this and just buying the pump and any other bits and any recommendations on these would be much appreciated. I’ve looked into pressurised filters but I see from the forum that there’s some mixed feelings on these.
Thanks in advance for any help.
So the pond is around 5.25 metres x 2.3 metres, depth I’ve now misplaced the measurement but think was about a metre giving a total of 13,000 litres.
Connected by some pipes is then three boxes which I believe are box filters.
One pipe comes off of these into our shed where I believe was/ should be an external pump. And then another pipes leads off to this box:
But I’m really not sure what this is. When I look it just appears to be a box of water. Can anyone enlighten me? This then has a further pipe that goes under our concrete so not sure where that goes.
I know probably hard to tell from photos but any thoughts on whether we’d be better keeping this and just buying the pump and any other bits and any recommendations on these would be much appreciated. I’ve looked into pressurised filters but I see from the forum that there’s some mixed feelings on these.
Thanks in advance for any help.
