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Chit Chat / Re: Pondpals in England

« on: December 26, 2008, 01:44:24 PM »

thanks for that richard......the members there are scattered about all over england and use different dealers at the moment the biggest one over there is Richdon koi who seems to have taken over the market importing from japan..my personal dealer was Alan levington from Watercolours koi who sadly died a couple of years ago i struggle to find anyone else to put my faith into after trading with him for  some time

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Chit Chat / Re: Pondpals in England

« on: December 26, 2008, 12:54:03 PM »

crikey your fast ..its a little quiet on their tonight  christmas i guess but normally its non stop chat........

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Chit Chat / Re: Pondpals in England

« on: December 26, 2008, 12:39:14 PM »

your in just opened the door for you
jools

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Chit Chat / Re: Pondpals in England

« on: December 26, 2008, 12:33:41 PM »

course you can we welcome all the more the merrier

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Chit Chat / Pondpals in England

« on: December 26, 2008, 12:29:07 PM »

Good evening all
pondpals forum in England would like to invite koi and pond fanatics to join in on their forum it has been running for one month and has had over 17,000 posts pop over for a quick look and the odd natter now and again on  all aquatic subjecs and the general chit chat we have a lot of fun on there
regards Jools http://pondpals.lefora.com/forum/

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Pond Chat / Re: Some pics of my plants.

« on: July 25, 2007, 01:43:30 PM »

happy looking dog does he have the blue tongue we have just lost our chow last Friday she was 15  :'(
jools

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Koi Corner / Re: latest fry pictures

« on: July 25, 2007, 01:40:35 PM »

some more

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Koi Corner / latest fry pictures

« on: July 25, 2007, 01:39:20 PM »

took these yesterday looks like the majority of them are going to be kohakus see the hi coming through on lots of them plus quite a few with tancho markings moving some of them into their new tanks tommorow which I am dreading they seem so fragile little things..
jools

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Koi Corner / Re: More Bradygoi coming!

« on: July 24, 2007, 02:24:13 AM »

you must know my favourite koi is a kohaku sat here drooling over those you have... I especially like the first one..
jools

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Pond Chat / Re: PUMP WENT OUT..I THINK

« on: July 24, 2007, 02:21:36 AM »

is it an air pump  because you mention airation if so it might just be a split diaphragm..if its a diaphragm pump of course
jools

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Pond Chat / Re: Video out of the past....

« on: July 24, 2007, 02:18:42 AM »

wow
you should certainly be proud of your beautiful garden a credit to you
jools

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Pond Chat / Re: Some bee pictures.

« on: July 24, 2007, 02:16:27 AM »

great pictures I like number seven the best
jools

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Pond Chat / Re: Some bee pictures.

« on: July 23, 2007, 06:46:02 AM »

nice pics I have one on a passion flpwer growing up the pergola

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Pond Chat / Re: picture of koi and lily

« on: July 23, 2007, 06:37:21 AM »

here she is again cant even give her away

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Pond Chat / picture of koi and lily

« on: July 23, 2007, 06:34:44 AM »

this the most ugliest fish I have ever owned she is as  wide as she is long (kujaku) and has a swimbladder problem she has to come inside in the winter but she struggles on reminds me  of the mother - in-law a bit my lillies come no where near up to your standards we only have the very hardy type  but I think they look nice and the koi love to swim in and out of them

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Koi Corner / Re: yummy prawns

« on: July 22, 2007, 12:54:56 PM »

thats what my hubby says when he walks past some large prawns defrosting thinking he is going to be getting a prawn cocktail for starters at dinner time just as he is about to sample one slapped wrist  oyy there for the koi...
jools

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Koi Corner / Re: A few pics today

« on: July 21, 2007, 12:00:58 PM »

I thought the answer was the first bit of kit brought out to fit onto a vortex befroe the nexus was designed they then brought out the nexus and foam then brought out the eazy to replace both I suppose you get the added extra bio filtration with the eazy

so what do you reckon of the EA POD all that is is an eazy with  no fluidised at all ..
jools

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Koi Corner / Re: A few pics today

« on: July 21, 2007, 09:53:21 AM »

i wouldnt class it as a downgrade to be honest every one over here have ditched the answer and gone for the easy but each to their own I guess i dont have either
jools

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Koi Corner / Re: A few pics today

« on: July 21, 2007, 08:23:18 AM »

thats why the water looks great good piece of kit the nexus and answer but have you thought about converting it to take the Eazy for mechanical filtration cheaper to run and easy to keep clean ..
jools

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Koi Corner / Re: A few pics today

« on: July 21, 2007, 02:29:37 AM »

I reall like the tancho in the picture do you add anything to the water like virasure or virkon or is it purely your water changes that keep the water sparkling what filtration system do you have on the pond?
jools

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Koi Corner / Re: Wife's New Baby... 6" Platinum Ogon

« on: July 21, 2007, 02:27:55 AM »

is she a gin rin or is that the sunshine reflecting on her scales she is a little cracker bet your really pleased with her..
jools

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Koi Corner / Re: yummy prawns

« on: July 21, 2007, 02:26:25 AM »

they do get a little spoilt they have prawns one night then mussels the next then silkworm ,brown bread and honey, melon ,lettuce ,sliced oranges they love them all
jools

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Koi Corner / Re: yummy prawns

« on: July 20, 2007, 01:30:54 PM »

heres another one of her attempts she will eventually get it right

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Koi Corner / yummy prawns

« on: July 20, 2007, 11:09:00 AM »

just thought I would share this picture with you of my hariwake learning to hand feed as you can see she hasnt wquite got the hang of it yet

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Pond Chat / Re: Critters around the Pond

« on: July 20, 2007, 04:37:59 AM »

another

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Pond Chat / Re: Critters around the Pond

« on: July 20, 2007, 04:33:54 AM »

not much in my inside pond but the small outside one sees some life......
 

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Pond Chat / Re: How Do You Catch Fish? - Please Read New Question Below

« on: July 19, 2007, 11:25:44 PM »

I use a big pan net to net mine ..one thing to try is leave the net in the pond overnight the fish do get used to it and are not scared by it the next day I have seen fish just sat in them next morning.....
jools

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Pond Chat / Re: Sweaty Fish - Deodorant? Help!!

« on: July 19, 2007, 11:20:43 PM »

as  already menioned it is definately a lack of oxygen you need an air pump and airstones going in the pond all the time I have 4 airpumps giving out 250 liters of air a minute into my pond and filters 24/7.......also dont forget for those filtering the pond the filter bacteria need to use oxygen too so they too may be suffering
jools

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Pond Chat / Re: EA ONE FOOD

« on: July 19, 2007, 12:23:02 PM »

i wondered why the lack of response i thought it was available world wide
jools

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Pond Chat / EA ONE FOOD

« on: July 19, 2007, 10:31:11 AM »

hi anyone out there using the new Evolution aqua one food for their koi it claims to have terrific growth rates bought 10 kilos of it at the BKKS National show Englands biggest Koi show   fish love it  even the fry love it ground up but its not the cheapest of foods......
jools