Great video Tim - good reminder, I upgraded to a Cetus sieve after watching an earlier video - brilliant bit of kit, shame the don’t do lids 😂 I visited your shop and stole your idea to use a container lid 😉🤫👍. I must admit I wasn’t purging my backwash for long enough until I installed an inline clear pipe definitely helps and water clarity is spot ok 👍 🙏
Hi Tim, nice helpful upload! Be interesting to see the new equipment to replace the tempests. And would it be possible to see just how good the water is with the bead and sieve and the tempests are before they get change out? Thank you
Nexus 220 and Advanced bead working really well for me, supplied by you guys. Previous video mentioned experimenting with the flow rate through the 24 inch bead. Any advice please Tim. Maybe a bit slower than the manufacturers recommendation?
I’m running this exact set up but putting it back in the pond via bakki shower, I’ve also got two tempest in situ running from my skimmer, I’m really struggling with fines though. Any advice please Tim.
Been working fine for me. Similar size pond around 4kgallons. Running the cetus and 30"bead can't fault it really. Running a 220 on the skimmer and also a tempest and little shower. Water is spot on 6" down and no fines.
@Quality Nishikigoi Be interested to see what you go with on the skimmer line 👍. Quick question regarding the bead. What kind of feeding has it been able to handle. (Bio wise) As there's a fair amount of k+ in them (150 litres) on the 30".
@@TimWaddington okay cool so the 4000 gallon pond I wanna build with 1 bottom drain this system would work! Do I need to take into consideration that yours is inside and mine is outside so will get sunlight?
I chose this rig over a drum, purely from a reliability standpoint. So many potential points of failure in a drum and make no mistake, they will all fail eventually.
7:00 lol @ climax.......... Nice tutorial Tim, have a great week.
Great video Tim - good reminder, I upgraded to a Cetus sieve after watching an earlier video - brilliant bit of kit, shame the don’t do lids 😂 I visited your shop and stole your idea to use a container lid 😉🤫👍. I must admit I wasn’t purging my backwash for long enough until I installed an inline clear pipe definitely helps and water clarity is spot ok 👍 🙏
Thx for this. I'm setting up a the same two units as addl filtration and this will come in handy.
finally some real content lol!!!!
Hi Tim, nice helpful upload! Be interesting to see the new equipment to replace the tempests. And would it be possible to see just how good the water is with the bead and sieve and the tempests are before they get change out? Thank you
Erm… yeah I’ll do a short. It’s pretty crystal to be honest.
Thank you Tim.
Nexus 220 and Advanced bead working really well for me, supplied by you guys. Previous video mentioned experimenting with the flow rate through the 24 inch bead. Any advice please Tim. Maybe a bit slower than the manufacturers recommendation?
I did a video on it. However I do need to do a few tests on mine. Just with new fish etc it’s been hard
Is there any companies that eill install a filter system for you ?
Yes there are people all over the UK who do pond and filter installs.
Quick question. What causes air to build up in the top of the bead?
It can be air in the media or a leaking pipe sucking in air
Tim can you get lids for the Cetus sieve I see you have one cheers mate
They are storage container lids pal
Where do you get the lid for the Cetus sieve ?
I think it’s the lid off a storage box
Can you do a feeding koi video? I like seeing different content like this video. 👍
What like just feeding the Koi or a video on Koi Food?
Feeding the koi
I’m running this exact set up but putting it back in the pond via bakki shower, I’ve also got two tempest in situ running from my skimmer, I’m really struggling with fines though. Any advice please Tim.
Bypass the shower.
@@TimWaddington I’ll give this a try, should my perimeters stay ok
What flow rate are you getting through the bottom drain into the Cetus? What flow rate are you running your pump at pls?
20,000 pump at 80%
Been working fine for me.
Similar size pond around 4kgallons.
Running the cetus and 30"bead can't fault it really.
Running a 220 on the skimmer and also a tempest and little shower.
Water is spot on 6" down and no fines.
Yeah I’m seeing the same. I do think cleaning weekly is key. Will be trying something new on the skimmer lines shortly
@Quality Nishikigoi Be interested to see what you go with on the skimmer line 👍.
Quick question regarding the bead. What kind of feeding has it been able to handle. (Bio wise) As there's a fair amount of k+ in them (150 litres) on the 30".
@@adamrudge6480 with the new fish getting Quarantined in there we were feeding around 250 grams per day at a guess
@Quality Nishikigoi Thanks for the reply. That's a good amount, considering it's a static bed.
What size pond can you use the cetus sieve up too, so you would need a nexus?
I wouldn’t use them with a Nexus together.
@@TimWaddington okay so what size pond would you say to use the Cetus sieve and the k+ advanced filter combo up too?
@@LukesKoiChannel my pond is 4000 gallons on a single drain. It’s not so much the volume it’s how big the pond is per drain.
@@TimWaddington okay cool so the 4000 gallon pond I wanna build with 1 bottom drain this system would work! Do I need to take into consideration that yours is inside and mine is outside so will get sunlight?
@@LukesKoiChannel no it won’t make any difference
Those beads are a bacteria problem waiting to happen
Good job these aren’t beads then.
Looks a bit of a faff, bio chamber and a drum and I don’t have to touch anything for months at a time.
That’s great. Enjoy. The advanced filter, when mature will take out smaller particles than a drum. Which I am seeing now.
Wonderful! But just how many moving parts, pumps and motors are there in a drum that can go wrong, leaving the filter not working?
I chose this rig over a drum, purely from a reliability standpoint. So many potential points of failure in a drum and make no mistake, they will all fail eventually.
I get what you’re saying but my drum has been on for 3.5 years now and I’ve not touched it, never even had to clean the mesh.