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The ammonia will get broken down by the bacteria then used as plant food. As you say a closed loop. All you need to do is provide a home for the bacteria.Normally found on the filter medium but in your case on your plants. By all means do some water checks but I would be amazed if you have a problem with amonia or nitrates considering size of your pond and fish Should be decorating but I hate it.
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I agree with all this but would like to add that with a natural pond expect parasites in the spring. One of my ponds is very similar to what you are doing except I have a pump and UV. I rely on natural filtration through plant roots. Algae was never was a problem even with no UV but sometimes the fish scratched because of parasites in the spring hence the UV. It is a matter of choice, as woodyguy says fish grew pretty well before UVs If you can keep the pond as natural as possible it will become a wildlife haven. Swallows drinking, damsal flies laying eggs, sparrows catching newly emerging damsals, grass snakes hunting the newts, frogs and tadpoles etc. Additionally my koi spawn naturally and have grown to 18lb so they must be reasonably happy. I would expect yours to do the same. Good luck with it
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Considering the size of your pond relative to your fish I would not worry about nitrates and ammonia for a year or two. Certainly check it but if you can grow some plants then they will act as a filter. The koi tend to grub around the roots and destroy/ uproot plants especially new additions so get any planting done when the fish are small. I planted the shallow areas of my koi/ ornamental pond with marigold, irises and lillies. These plants have fairly robust roots and once they are established then the fish should not be able to move them. If /when you go the pump route a smaller planted second pond to run the water through to act as a no maintenance filter works well. I have one that I pump water through and then enters the main pond via a waterfall. Or you could just exit some water through a planted area. If you fit a pump I would strongly recommend a UV to go with it.
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You're right normal clay is alkaline. Decaying plants and fish waste drop the pH so hopefully the two will balance out.
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That would be good. I have never known waxoyl to become brittle, fairly stiff over many years yes but any of the waxy coatings mentioned should be fine. Mathew you presumably meant thin it with white spirit. What ever you use it helps if it is warm as Treequip says. Warm day is best and stand the can in a bucket of hot water
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Get a waxoyl applicator you can use from a 5 Ltr can then. £20 or so
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Waxoyl
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Love the looks of the Aston but boring to drive on the track. Just a grand tourer Ferrari very precise, fair performance fun track car unless its 348 or older Not driven the rest but been on the same circuit as them. Lambo probably madder than the Ferrari. Audi very fast and has German efficiency Porsche I believe slightly slower than the audi but well sorted. My choice would be the Ferrari and Audi or if you want to be frightened lambo Hope this helps you decide. Have fun. Just saw the date so this is probably too late but how did it go and what cars
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Most of the lakes I fish at have a few ducks but of course they are a lot bigger.I don't think its recommended for small ponds. I imagine the duck dropping are not good for water quality, and they would add to the mud being stirred up. Probably depends on pond size, stocking level, number of ducks and water flow in and out.
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I built a second pond and bought a couple of koi about your size. Never saw them. After transfering some of my larger koi to this pond I found out it was full of parasites. Possibly frogs etc brought them when first commsioned which wiped out the small fish introduced. A lot of parsites verses a few small fish and they have no chance. Same pond grew koi to up to 18lb so good layout. Plenty of vegetation and plants. Might pay you to treat the pond with an anti parasite as a precation. Koi do tend to sit on the bottom if stressed so don't give up. Regarding over wintering the koi will need some body fat to live on so feed them well in the autumn if they need it. Most fry do not survive the first winter but ones your size should just about be OK.
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When you say carb and lines does that include the filter?
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Bit like a roller breaking down, you might expect it from a run of the mill car but not one you paid 4 times the norm for. Some MOD mechanics did a torque to destruction test between snap on and britool. The clue to the winner is in the names.
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Shows the value of PPE.
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I think its called the internet / mail order. If you saw that in your local shop what would you tell them to do with it ? Some people would not bother to return it so worth a go on the suppliers part.
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Hi Simon I would just like to point out that a new pump will only produce about 7 gpm. Are you sure that is enough? Before you spend money I would advise you to check the splitter speed empty if you havn't done so already to make sure you are happy with it. Its speed empty will not change dramatically with a new pump. For your comparison Small Massey's little bit less flow but higher pressure IH 574 double your flow with a little more pressure Electric splitter half the flow double the pressure
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The problem with those DB pumps is the aluminium body and the phosphor bronze bushes wear. Seen loads all the same. Long time logo now but I think they used to go down to 1000psi.
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battery operated chainsaws/strimmers/lawnmowers
cornish wood burner replied to id9801's topic in General chat
Remember that the batts will have a limit to the number of charges they will take. Not familiar with these but power tools normally are 500 or so. -
Hi Simon Did you buy the log splitter you were enquiring about? As I said on that thread DB hydraulics were not that good a long time ago. PTO driven pump would be better if it is not too late. To prepare you, most red DBs I came across had rubbish hydraulics ( possibly treequip used to send the wornout ones down to Cornwall) The other 20% had new pumps fitted which I expect is where you will end up. They are easy go work on but IMO even with a new pump you will be way behind where you could be.
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As treequip says 1700 is not so bad as some. Was that at tick over or with some revs. If fairly constant might be worth checking the relief valve. Presumably you have cleaned the pickup. Been out of that game for 20 years but I have a vague recollection of a split copper pipe on one tractor. With the lack of servicing sounds bad for the pump though.
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That's a clever trick. We do it the easy way. Scales that weigh 2000g in 2g increments. If you ever do this be carefull when you approach the fully dry state in the microwave. Little bursts, let the wood steam for a minute then repeat. Easy to end up with charcoal or a fire if too rash.
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MC 6012 £67 or so if still available We buy. Biomass chip and use it to measure MC. I have checked its accuracy many times .and I would recommend it.
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Maybe they pleaded not guilty /refused to pay the fixed penalty?
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Personally I see no difference between the two. What ever the legal situation I have seen too many near misses to undertake except in very slow moving congestion. My policy is have a little patience and wait for a gap to overtake on the right. I have seen many cars inconsiderately hogging the middle lane and holding up traffic suddenly decide to pull to the left when they are being or about to be undertaken. Undertaking is a dangerous game that other drivers do not expect, do not like and sometimes react stupidly to. Why buy PPE, work sensibly and carefully then kill yourself and others for a sake of a few seconds of travel time.
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My Mr Muppet was catching me fast in the inside lane. I was probably doing a little over 70 in the inside lane and as there was a slow car ahead I pulled into the middle lane to overtake. Mr m carried on up my inside then realised a slow car was blocking his path. Meanwhile the traffic in the middle lane slowed so the safe gap I had left closed up. Mr m then had a choice of either attempting to slow to 50, hit the slow car or wedge himself in the decreasing gap in the middle lane. He was lucky that my brakes and the cars brakes behind me were top notch. Would you say inconsiderate ?
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Just remember when you drink your tea keep your teeth together
