New Koi Pond Change in plans

[Dave 54]

Your advice has been great I am shooting for 2 weeks or less

A tip my friend dont rush if you do mistakes can and do get made, plan it through, think it through and get it right first time ,
You dont want to be filling the pond up stocking it etc only to find that something isnt right .
We had one chap in our club took a total of 9 years from start to finish and even though our pond is finished we still have the cosmetic stuff to take care of 5 years in.
One of the main mistkes we made was the inability to cut off the water to the pump so that it can b removed.
Another thought what electrics are you going to hook up to, a power out on your internal electrics lighting and sockets could rake your pond out so a seperate fuse from that would be advised i;e an external rather than house hold would stop this should you need to cut power to ligting and sockets for any reason {
A most important piece of kit for any koi or pond owner to buy in our view to have on permanent standby for the worst case senario"the Power cut", so buy yourself a small generator our is a clarks 700 and is capable of running the pond plus equipment and even one or two things in the house
It may never ever happen but at least then your mind is at peace knowing you can handle this problem should it happen.

Dave

 

[ZenZilla]

Yes 2 weeks is the goal to put liner in but cosmetic things will take longer for sure. Also I am still researching pumps and stuck with a brand new laguna max 2900 internal that they won't take back without charging a $25 restocking fee. As for electrics.... I have ran 4 outdoor gfi plugs and gave them there own 20 amp circuit just for the pond.

 

[sissy]

Ebay had a broken cage laguna pump was fine but cage was cracked it said 4200gph

 

[ZenZilla]

Ebay had a broken cage laguna pump was fine but cage was cracked it said 4200gph

Looking for external because an internal won't pull from a blue barrel filter,skimmer, and bottom drain then feed 2 tpr returns and a waterfall weir .... Sometimes we get ahead of things a little ....

 

[Dave 54]

Yes 2 weeks is the goal to put liner in but cosmetic things will take longer for sure. Also I am still researching pumps and stuck with a brand new laguna max 2900 internal that they won't take back without charging a $25 restocking fee. As for electrics.... I have ran 4 outdoor gfi plugs and gave them there own 20 amp circuit just for the pond.

Re stocking fee ,"what I'm totally amazed my friend as customer is always right" , do you have thing called trading standards where you are if so ring them and ask them to help?
Have you bought it within the last fourteen days, because in the UK your allowed that cooling off on any deal ?,
Did they suggest this pump for you , if so tell them you were given the wrong advice by them and that your correcting that mistake or threaten them wth trading standards ?,
Do you still have the reciept for the said item, this is proof of your purchase and is important
This whole thing stinks of a nasty way to extort more money out of the customer and is thus illegal..


Dave

 

[ZenZilla]

Re stocking fee ,"what I'm totally amazed my friend as customer is always right" , do you have thing called trading standards where you are if so ring them and ask them to help?
Have you bought it within the last fourteen days, because in the UK your allowed that cooling off on any deal ?,
Did they suggest this pump for you , if so tell them you were given the wrong advice by them and that your correcting that mistake or threaten them wth trading standards ?,
Do you still have the reciept for the said item, this is proof of your purchase and is important
This whole thing stinks of a nasty way to extort more money out of the customer and is thus illegal..


Dave

Yes I bought it through amazon and the retailer was webbs

Re stocking fee ,"what I'm totally amazed my friend as customer is always right" , do you have thing called trading standards where you are if so ring them and ask them to help?
Have you bought it within the last fourteen days, because in the UK your allowed that cooling off on any deal ?,
Did they suggest this pump for you , if so tell them you were given the wrong advice by them and that your correcting that mistake or threaten them wth trading standards ?,
Do you still have the reciept for the said item, this is proof of your purchase and is important
This whole thing stinks of a nasty way to extort more money out of the customer and is thus illegal..


Dave

Yes it was past 30 day policy

 

[ZenZilla]

 

[Dave 54]

Looking good my friend keep up the good work

Dave

 

[ZenZilla]

Looking good my friend keep up the good work

Dave

Thanks Dave now just trying to come up with the $ for an external pump lol or sell or trade the New laguna I have. The wife won't ok the additional funds till the other pump is gone

 

[Dave 54]

Oops perhaps the moral of that one would be to buy important stuff like that in person in future but when the Mamsaab speaks she must be obeyed

Dave

 

[ZenZilla]

lol so very true Life is full of so many lessons the key is just to learn from them haha

 

[ZenZilla]

Hey quick question I think I am going from skimmer then to 55 gallon biofilter the sequence external pump after filter pulling water and then thru UV and back to tpr but if my water flows in the filter at the bottom and out the top how the heck can I put the pump after the filter??? It will just suck air I'm confused and struggling here to grasp the concept? And sorry sketch is rough lol was in hurry to put on paper

 

[ZenZilla]

Well I'm hoping this will work out for me lol the barrel is 4" below water level. Any suggestions?

 

[ZenZilla]

12" water blade w/ white led all I need is water lol

 

[ZenZilla]

Let's see if anyone can please answer this thanks