Great video Martyn as always, it’s good to see how much power others are using. It is a bit of a worry how much the pond is going to cost this summer. You are always welcome at mine mate. Have a great weekend, happy ponding 👍🏻
Pond and koi are looking excellent mate. This power usage is going to be an eye waterer this year lol. Spring's about here, so feeling a bit better. All the best for this season, have a good one mate, Terry.
Cracking day hear as well Terry took the cover off the veg now for the summer and had the pond covers open all day but it will be a week or two yet down hear but is been nice in the days hear and a light frost over night all week
Covers won’t be long coming off mate nice blue skys today You have got me thinking on what wattage I could be using when the rebuild is completed Have a great weekend mate 👍🏼👍🏼
Fish are looking mint as always bud 👌 loving your electric talks can't wait to start dabbling with mine and although I'm miles away from you your more than welcome to visit my pond when it's done I'm in Peterborough same as Steve from catandeye koi so you could visit both of us in one day 👍
As i said on you video mate send me some art work for you channel mates rates !00% apply. thanks for watching. A new solar setup is on its way in the post to me I will be going into it in full and how easy it is to fit and how it will save you £2000 over its life time
@@boxtriker sent it on messenger mate 👍 Solar is definitely the way to go I'd love to set one up and I'm guessing you can keep adding on batteries and panels as money allows 👌
If you can get a k1 upflow type filter in it or build one it will cut your cleaning times and take out most of the crap without you getting wet cleaning it. have a good week
Fish are looking real good. How much can you use on a tie in before it needs certifying. Plus where can you get the panels, I have 1.4kw but would like more. Just not using them to power anything other than batteries in my man cave, to tie in would be great
I will be going in to the what you can put in and what you cant but the electric people say not one single watt un certified so its a bit of a no no but the wiring your side of the meter is yours so splitting hairs you can do what you want your side of it i have not seen any report of anyone in trouble over it. As i only have 480w at the moment i never get to the point of pushing power back past the meter but I'm now adding 480w more so i can push power out if i wanted. The wiring control setup i have is a bit beyond me as a mate did the switching box's and he will sort the new 480w into it as well so both 480w panel banks will charge the battery bank i have and feed my ring day time giving me after sunset time i can run off the battery's and should they fall below a charge mark then take power from the main. This should give me most of the summer running full time off the panels and battery's and a good a mount of time the rest of the year. There is far more knowledgeable people out there on this stuff but battery storage is the way to go what you make save and use night time. heat your hot water with it day time electric heaters and so on its never worth putting it into the grid for the pay in tariff amount
@@boxtriker thank you. Its good you are highlighting this, I'm even looking at air lift pumps after you mentioned it in your last video, there is lots of stuff out there to try
The power and fuel costs will start to hit everything. From now on everything is going to rocket in price to fill tank of fuel in a lorry has jumped over £170 more in 2 weeks its the end of the chain that takes the hit with a rise in cost on everything. Have a good weekend Oliver next week i take a look at saving £2000 on you koi pond sounds nuts but you can do it
Hello Martyn, going to start the new 3-4 gallon pond soon, do most people usually keep all males in the pond so there is no spawning? Or what is best in your opinion.
Most of my fish are males but it don't matter either way they bash themselves around spawning but that's life if you have expensive fish then people tend to keep the girls but this can lead to problems as well as fish that don't spawn can become egg bound if the eggs are not reabsorbed by the female koi this is a problem that is more common than people think so i would go for a mix of boys/girls and brace yourself for the spawning its not bad when they are small but when they hit 60cm and over it can be a hand full on the day that you need to keep an eye on
@@boxtriker thanks for the info do you ever end up the small ones swimming around? I understand that they just end up eating the eggs, do you take them out some how, and is it best to run to skimmers fir when the mess the water up ?
So small ones yes i have fish that were born hear but in near 18 years only 3 fish from thousands you have to take the spawning brush's out leave them in the the rest of the koi eat the eggs. one of the born hear is over 60cm now and i had two more that made it 2 years back they are about 30cm now. keeping and growing on fish fry is a game i don't want to get into they are not as easy to pass on or sell as people think and with the hobby getting more expensive this will get even harder
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The fish are looking good Martyn. Nice update. Have a nice weekend.
And you have a good one too Lau
Japan is still cold.You have inspired me to think about the wattage available when we add filtration equipment.
Just a watt or two saved hear and there can save you lots of money over the year happy ponding have a good weekend
Great video Martyn as always, it’s good to see how much power others are using. It is a bit of a worry how much the pond is going to cost this summer. You are always welcome at mine mate. Have a great weekend, happy ponding 👍🏻
Thanks mate catch the next video or two on how to save yourself £2000 plus on you power use over the years to come. Happy ponding
No doubt all of us are going to be all over the consumption this year Buddy👍
Coming in the next video how to save money big time have a good weekend Paul
Pond and koi are looking excellent mate. This power usage is going to be an eye waterer this year lol. Spring's about here, so feeling a bit better. All the best for this season, have a good one mate, Terry.
Cracking day hear as well Terry took the cover off the veg now for the summer and had the pond covers open all day but it will be a week or two yet down hear but is been nice in the days hear and a light frost over night all week
Covers won’t be long coming off mate nice blue skys today
You have got me thinking on what wattage I could be using when the rebuild is completed
Have a great weekend mate 👍🏼👍🏼
And you mate Happy ponding
Nice update Martyn welcome here anytime mate 👌🐟🐟👌
Might hold you to that over the summer mate have a good weekend
@@boxtriker no problem you too 👌👍
Fish are looking mint as always bud 👌 loving your electric talks can't wait to start dabbling with mine and although I'm miles away from you your more than welcome to visit my pond when it's done I'm in Peterborough same as Steve from catandeye koi so you could visit both of us in one day 👍
Will hold you to that if i get up that way have a good weekend
@@boxtriker thanks bud you too and you'd be more than welcome 👍
Ready to get those covers off Martyn, fish looking good and yes power supply will be a big topic this year. Stay safe mate
And you mate have a good one
The fish are looking awesome mate 👌
Be great adding so more solar panels definitely the way forward 👍
As i said on you video mate send me some art work for you channel mates rates !00% apply. thanks for watching. A new solar setup is on its way in the post to me I will be going into it in full and how easy it is to fit and how it will save you £2000 over its life time
@@boxtriker sent it on messenger mate 👍
Solar is definitely the way to go I'd love to set one up and I'm guessing you can keep adding on batteries and panels as money allows 👌
Adding 480w more mate 4 x 120w panels you will see in the weeks to come how easy it is to do and the saving you make
@@boxtriker awesome mate 👌
Great video again, if you or James are visiting down in Cornwall you are both welcome to visit my pond I’m between truro and Falmouth
Will hold you to that if I'm ever down your way thanks for watching have a good week and happy ponding
looking good roll on summer
Its been cracking down hear today and most of the week as well cold over night but sunny days have a good weekend
@@boxtriker you too have you seen my video of the big chargoi I'm trying to rehome,??
i just jet washed my diy filters wish i had enough for a proper filter so much muckk 13foot by 8foot pond
If you can get a k1 upflow type filter in it or build one it will cut your cleaning times and take out most of the crap without you getting wet cleaning it. have a good week
Fish are looking real good. How much can you use on a tie in before it needs certifying. Plus where can you get the panels, I have 1.4kw but would like more. Just not using them to power anything other than batteries in my man cave, to tie in would be great
I will be going in to the what you can put in and what you cant but the electric people say not one single watt un certified so its a bit of a no no but the wiring your side of the meter is yours so splitting hairs you can do what you want your side of it i have not seen any report of anyone in trouble over it. As i only have 480w at the moment i never get to the point of pushing power back past the meter but I'm now adding 480w more so i can push power out if i wanted. The wiring control setup i have is a bit beyond me as a mate did the switching box's and he will sort the new 480w into it as well so both 480w panel banks will charge the battery bank i have and feed my ring day time giving me after sunset time i can run off the battery's and should they fall below a charge mark then take power from the main. This should give me most of the summer running full time off the panels and battery's and a good a mount of time the rest of the year. There is far more knowledgeable people out there on this stuff but battery storage is the way to go what you make save and use night time. heat your hot water with it day time electric heaters and so on its never worth putting it into the grid for the pay in tariff amount
@@boxtriker thank you. Its good you are highlighting this, I'm even looking at air lift pumps after you mentioned it in your last video, there is lots of stuff out there to try
Have a good weekend
Koi shops and farms are going to feel it more than us though aren't they ? 😢
The power and fuel costs will start to hit everything. From now on everything is going to rocket in price to fill tank of fuel in a lorry has jumped over £170 more in 2 weeks its the end of the chain that takes the hit with a rise in cost on everything. Have a good weekend Oliver next week i take a look at saving £2000 on you koi pond sounds nuts but you can do it
Hello Martyn, going to start the new 3-4 gallon pond soon, do most people usually keep all males in the pond so there is no spawning? Or what is best in your opinion.
Most of my fish are males but it don't matter either way they bash themselves around spawning but that's life if you have expensive fish then people tend to keep the girls but this can lead to problems as well as fish that don't spawn can become egg bound if the eggs are not reabsorbed by the female koi this is a problem that is more common than people think so i would go for a mix of boys/girls and brace yourself for the spawning its not bad when they are small but when they hit 60cm and over it can be a hand full on the day that you need to keep an eye on
@@boxtriker thanks for the info do you ever end up the small ones swimming around? I understand that they just end up eating the eggs, do you take them out some how, and is it best to run to skimmers fir when the mess the water up ?
So small ones yes i have fish that were born hear but in near 18 years only 3 fish from thousands you have to take the spawning brush's out leave them in the the rest of the koi eat the eggs. one of the born hear is over 60cm now and i had two more that made it 2 years back they are about 30cm now. keeping and growing on fish fry is a game i don't want to get into they are not as easy to pass on or sell as people think and with the hobby getting more expensive this will get even harder