Hi Dave Sorry about the issues you have faced. I've had the same at this end. As far as Nexus go. I have one and don't think you could give me a drum .my little bit of advice. There is a Karcher drain clearing pipe you can buy around £70. It's a reverse jet clearing pipe. Self-propelled and fits on to the standard Karcher pressure washer gun. Clean and rinse your Nexus, then leave the drain open. Feed the start of the pipe down your Nexus inlet and pull the trigger. The pressure end will feed itself around all bends all the way to your bottom drain, and you will not believe how much crap has been sitting there. It will shock you because no filter really purges your bottom drain like this. Game changer, mate 👍
I am bias as a nexus user for 17 years, but I think a lot of nexus users over obsess over cleaning, it is just not needed, for the bio to work well it need some crap to feed on, all the surfaces of the filter should be left alone, so many destroy the bio film, I have never stripped my nexus 300 down for cleaning, I did strip it down once so I could raise it for a higher water level in the pond, I have pond problems the same as everyone, but I would not put it down to the nexus, best wishes😀
Hi Dave, Hope you get your pond problems sorted mate. I'm having problems with mine. Can't seem to stop the koi flashing, can't find any parasites, and all water parameters are spot on. I've never had anything like this before, it's driving me crackers. I won't use them pond bombs after finding them on the bottom of my moving bed after 3 years. They don't get any smaller than what you have there mate. Hope you soon get sorted, take care, Terry.
Ah no Terry, sorry to hear you are having issues. I really hope you get sorted. Such a frustrating hobby and leaves you feeling helpless at times! We should have taken up golf instead!!!!
Thanks mate. Your right about the golf, I'd probably be rubbish at that as well 😂😂😂I must admit, it's not quite the same, sitting down to relax and enjoy your koi and watching them flicking 🙄🙄I hope were both sorted soon mate, take care, Terry
@Wrighty Thanks Terry. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you. The only plus with golf, when it’s all going wrong you can Chuck the clubs in the cupboard and forget about them 😂😂
I might of missed something but didn’t you run the trident system on your Nexus? Personally the nexus is a great filter but if you have blanket weed issues it will struggle to keep clean you just have to step up your routine to be on top of the die off 👍
Thanks for sharing Dave that’s your answer with shops that have their setups inside the filter/s only have to deal with poo and food if outdoor they have Alge to deal with too 🤔
Hello mate, hope you're well. I must have missed when you swapped the trident? I've had a look and can't see the video where that happened? Did the trident not work in the end or was it an upgrade to a 320? Anyways I'm very interested as I've had a nexus 220 for a year and I love it but I'm not a little concerned lol.
Was surprised you enlarged the shed but didn't add to filtration, a seive in front of the Nexus will do wonders and save your credit card of the drum bud.
Thanks for your ever honest comments. I have one as well from EA bought 2 10,000 vari pumps one came with a 2 pin Germa style plug the other without. Well I mixed up the controllers and the up shot was the one without any plug wouldn't work with the controller that I cut the foreign plug off! But the other would work with either controller. So if I have a pump or controller failure I need to watch out! Pond balls, enough said 😂
a filter to think about is the oase 140000 screenmatic , i use one and think there fantastic , easy to clean , has a screen as first line of debris filter , then loads of sponges to filter rest , do bit research , some people love them , some people hate them , like any filter really , they have haters and lovers ,
Job worth doing mate..I took the easypod apart and surprised to see it was spotless under all the media, worth doing just to eliminate any potential issues! A drum would be great but like you say, it’s money money money! Might see you at the show 🙏🏻
The only issue i had with mine a few years ago was settlement in my outer chamber. Bacterial issues. I siphoned it out n installed a more powerful air pump. No issues since. I think as koi keepers we are going too clean people with drums still get lots of issues n this imo may be because koi immune systems are weak living in pristine water some amount of muck n bacteria may be neeed. I agree that nexus does have some design faults still. They might being out an even better model next instead of just updating the nexus sticker at the front 🤣👍🐟 or the media
I find keeping the out chamber full of water and taking the K1 out is easier. Plus you took the air pipe off the bottom of the easy. Why not take it off the top. Stops you bending down and less cuts. I have the same issue with the outer chamber and have taken the tape off as well. So far so good.
Dave could tell me have you ever had to treat for flukes since you've had your sturgeon what treatment did you use or did you remove sturgeon while treating
Fluke solve used to state it’s ok with sturgeon. Worth a look. Personally (after a scare) I just remove the sturgeon when I’m treating. A pain in The arse but best to be safe. 👍🏼
Just a thought, are you sure the crap is in the pockets of the outer chamber when it's running? When it's drained, it's the natural place for it to go, so may look worse than it is.
I empty mine once a year and vacuum the legs out. I allways leave the chamber full and just net it out. And allways put the media in water with airstone so I don't get the good bacteria die back. Good vid
Great videoDave, just a heads up ,even with drums you get crud build up around the diffuser on the bio side, I have a drum and know other people with different drums that have the same issue with the crud, Some people clean their bio side every 3 months
Sorry to see your still having issues day hopefully this deep clean will help 🤞 yeh I've found them pond balls don't dissolve as well until the fit through the grate and get chewed up by the pump 😂
@edenkoipond I dunno EA told me that if your bio doesn't need them they won't get used so from what I understand the longer they are there just shows your filters don't need them 👍
I had a 320. I now have a profi combi 30 😊😊😊. It's a great bit of kit. When you do a boil on a 320... I used a long reach hoselock watering hose. It was angled so could clean the underneath to a decent degree. I did use a few small air stones placed in the legs, sort of helped.
@@edenkoipondponds around 12000 litres. Feeding heavy at the moment so cleaning twice a week. I boil it twice, swill out the chamber and refill. That’s all I’ve ever done. Pushing about 6k litres an hour through
Like a brand new filter now Dave, you wont want a drum anymore 😅 I think the difficult part is preventing muck build up in the outer section, thats where you don't want it. Nitrifying bacteria dont like contaminated environments as it takes away from it being able to work as efficiently, All bacteria need is an ammonia source & oxygen. Looks like you've done a good job at it anyways, 🤞 you get the bacterial issue resolved.
Thanks for watching Si 👍🏼 The drum remains a huge want for me still. Be nice to spend more time enjoying the koi. Hopefully all is good your end. I have one of your videos to catch up on 😊
I don’t think the issue is the nexus, it’s getting clogged with the crap from that resolve shit. I had the same bacterial problems 10-12 years ago. I decided to leave it all alone I added a drum and a bakki shower about 7 years ago. I also added a permanent trickle in out without any filter. Touch wood I haven’t lost a fish in ten years.
I would love to get a drum…. Will keep saving 👍🏼 I was quite impressed with what I found when emptying the nexus. The let down is my maintenance regime I think. Need to up my game.
First things first have you thought about running a sieve before the nexus to pull out the bigger lumps secondly I think you're running too much media for your feeding level
@@edenkoipond you can pick up a second hand drum and connect it to the nexus. The only thing is you'd have to jack the drum up higher so the level in the drum is the same as the level in the nexus
if you are serious about a drum please please do not by a cheap pretender as you might as well KEEP your nexus give me a ring on office line and i will give you Honest advice as i have seen this routeen too many times before
And over part is we're center pip going in if bloanket weed gone down they want come out and sit they rota down tell me want drum u won't I give u price and I will bet the koi tax jp watergardens belive in service not just to sell
Hi Dave
Sorry about the issues you have faced. I've had the same at this end. As far as Nexus go. I have one and don't think you could give me a drum
.my little bit of advice. There is a Karcher drain clearing pipe you can buy around £70. It's a reverse jet clearing pipe. Self-propelled and fits on to the standard Karcher pressure washer gun.
Clean and rinse your Nexus, then leave the drain open. Feed the start of the pipe down your Nexus inlet and pull the trigger. The pressure end will feed itself around all bends all the way to your bottom drain, and you will not believe how much crap has been sitting there. It will shock you because no filter really purges your bottom drain like this.
Game changer, mate 👍
That's a nice clean Nexus Dave 👍
Looking forward to you Bakki Shower breakdown.
Hope you're all well.
See you at the weekend.
Thanks, you too! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I am bias as a nexus user for 17 years, but I think a lot of nexus users over obsess over cleaning, it is just not needed, for the bio to work well it need some crap to feed on, all the surfaces of the filter should be left alone, so many destroy the bio film, I have never stripped my nexus 300 down for cleaning, I did strip it down once so I could raise it for a higher water level in the pond, I have pond problems the same as everyone, but I would not put it down to the nexus, best wishes😀
The nexus is a great bit of kit. I was impressed by what I found. I need to clean the eazy more but like you say, leave the surfaces 👍🏼👍🏼
Nice update 👍 Dave. All clean and sparkling ✨. Hope you get the bacteria problems sorted soon 👍 👌
Thank you 👍🏼 Was great to meet you are the show 😊
Hi Dave, Hope you get your pond problems sorted mate. I'm having problems with mine. Can't seem to stop the koi flashing, can't find any parasites, and all water parameters are spot on. I've never had anything like this before, it's driving me crackers. I won't use them pond bombs after finding them on the bottom of my moving bed after 3 years. They don't get any smaller than what you have there mate. Hope you soon get sorted, take care, Terry.
Ah no Terry, sorry to hear you are having issues. I really hope you get sorted. Such a frustrating hobby and leaves you feeling helpless at times! We should have taken up golf instead!!!!
Thanks mate. Your right about the golf, I'd probably be rubbish at that as well 😂😂😂I must admit, it's not quite the same, sitting down to relax and enjoy your koi and watching them flicking 🙄🙄I hope were both sorted soon mate, take care, Terry
@Wrighty Thanks Terry. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you. The only plus with golf, when it’s all going wrong you can Chuck the clubs in the cupboard and forget about them 😂😂
I might of missed something but didn’t you run the trident system on your Nexus?
Personally the nexus is a great filter but if you have blanket weed issues it will struggle to keep clean you just have to step up your routine to be on top of the die off 👍
I did have a trident. It’s currently with a friend on his pond. I think you are right. Husbandry is the key and I need to step up my efforts. 👍🏼
Hi mate, it was nice to meet you Koi so hopefully I’ll see you again in another quiz show a good old chat from Sean
Deffo… I’ll be doing a few more shows this year so hopefully cross paths. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Sorry to hear you’ve been having these problems as well Dave 😔 hopefully you can get on top of it all 👍🏻
Fingers bloody crossed 😂
very in depth. i thought you installed a trident into your nexus?
I did…. It now resides in a friends pond…… long story 😂😂
Thanks for sharing Dave that’s your answer with shops that have their setups inside the filter/s only have to deal with poo and food if outdoor they have Alge to deal with too 🤔
Just need to pull my finger out and clean the darn thing more 🙄 Thanks for watching 👍🏼
Hello mate, hope you're well. I must have missed when you swapped the trident? I've had a look and can't see the video where that happened? Did the trident not work in the end or was it an upgrade to a 320? Anyways I'm very interested as I've had a nexus 220 for a year and I love it but I'm not a little concerned lol.
Hi ya 👍🏼 My trident is with a mate now. It certainly worked. I’m certainly noticing the water clarity without it this year. Thanks for watching 😊👍🏼
Was surprised you enlarged the shed but didn't add to filtration, a seive in front of the Nexus will do wonders and save your credit card of the drum bud.
Thanks for watching buddy. Hopefully you’ve seen my filter addition 👍🏼
I feel you. I cannot for the life of me get my eazypod to be anything less than crapola.
Are you not using there trident upflow any more ?
My friend has my trident now 👍🏼
Thanks for your ever honest comments. I have one as well from EA bought 2 10,000 vari pumps one came with a 2 pin Germa style plug the other without. Well I mixed up the controllers and the up shot was the one without any plug wouldn't work with the controller that I cut the foreign plug off! But the other would work with either controller. So if I have a pump or controller failure I need to watch out!
Pond balls, enough said 😂
Thanks for watching and for supporting the channel 👍🏼👍🏼
a filter to think about is the oase 140000 screenmatic , i use one and think there fantastic , easy to clean , has a screen as first line of debris filter , then loads of sponges to filter rest , do bit research , some people love them , some people hate them , like any filter really , they have haters and lovers ,
I vouch for the Screenmatic! Very good filters , I have an old style Screenmatic 18, going into a 300ltrs moving bed filter
Job worth doing mate..I took the easypod apart and surprised to see it was spotless under all the media, worth doing just to eliminate any potential issues! A drum would be great but like you say, it’s money money money! Might see you at the show 🙏🏻
The only issue i had with mine a few years ago was settlement in my outer chamber. Bacterial issues. I siphoned it out n installed a more powerful air pump. No issues since. I think as koi keepers we are going too clean people with drums still get lots of issues n this imo may be because koi immune systems are weak living in pristine water some amount of muck n bacteria may be neeed. I agree that nexus does have some design faults still. They might being out an even better model next instead of just updating the nexus sticker at the front 🤣👍🐟 or the media
Completely agree with you. Trying to keep them in pristine water I think does weaken immune systems. I need to back off a bit with the OCD cleaning 😬😂
@@edenkoipond Its easily done mate when you've had issues I've done the same 👍🐟
I find keeping the out chamber full of water and taking the K1 out is easier. Plus you took the air pipe off the bottom of the easy. Why not take it off the top. Stops you bending down and less cuts. I have the same issue with the outer chamber and have taken the tape off as well. So far so good.
Yep, I did that when I had my 320
I honestly have no idea why! I’ll have to take a look next time. No scummy arm and grazed knuckles. Thanks for the heads-up 👍🏼👍🏼
Dave could tell me have you ever had to treat for flukes since you've had your sturgeon what treatment did you use or did you remove sturgeon while treating
Fluke solve used to state it’s ok with sturgeon. Worth a look. Personally (after a scare) I just remove the sturgeon when I’m treating. A pain in The arse but best to be safe. 👍🏼
Cheers mate used lernox pro all ok with sturgeon 👍
You're making me want to deep clean my nexus now Dave 😂
Dooooooooo It! 😂😂😂
Just a thought, are you sure the crap is in the pockets of the outer chamber when it's running? When it's drained, it's the natural place for it to go, so may look worse than it is.
To be fair, what was in the legs wasn’t disastrous. The nexus surprised me and was much better than expected 👍🏼
I empty mine once a year and vacuum the legs out.
I allways leave the chamber full and just net it out. And allways put the media in water with airstone so I don't get the good bacteria die back. Good vid
A rookie error from me not putting the media in water. It was quite a quick turnaround but likely I lost some good bacteria 😬 Thanks for watching 👍🏼
Great videoDave, just a heads up ,even with drums you get crud build up around the diffuser on the bio side, I have a drum and know other people with different drums that have the same issue with the crud, Some people clean their bio side every 3 months
Sound advice - thank you. Thanks for tuning in and supporting the channel, it’s greatly appreciated 👍🏼👍🏼
Sorry to see your still having issues day hopefully this deep clean will help 🤞 yeh I've found them pond balls don't dissolve as well until the fit through the grate and get chewed up by the pump 😂
I wonder how effective they are a year later 😂
@edenkoipond I dunno EA told me that if your bio doesn't need them they won't get used so from what I understand the longer they are there just shows your filters don't need them 👍
Good update Dave. Hope you get your issues sorted soon mate. Seems to be the year for it 😢
Thanks Cashy 👍🏼
Hope youve got it sorted Dave 👍👍🚀🚀
Thanks buddy 👍🏼
I had a 320. I now have a profi combi 30 😊😊😊. It's a great bit of kit.
When you do a boil on a 320... I used a long reach hoselock watering hose. It was angled so could clean the underneath to a decent degree.
I did use a few small air stones placed in the legs, sort of helped.
I’m very jealous! Those profi drums are a great bit of kit 👍🏼😂
From what I am seeing Dave, the nexus is doing its job, trapping all that crap.
It was surprisingly spot on. I really had expected the worst! Thanks for watching 👍🏼👍🏼
Hi Mate.A lot of users use blue 50mm air stones in the bottom of the outer chamber instead of the ring and it stops all that build up.
Thanks for the top advice 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
And the media boils better.
Hope you get on top of the problems soon mate 👍
Thanks Buddy. Hopefully see you at the weekend 👍🏼
I took the air ring out and replaced with air stones in each of those depressions to help keep clearer
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very helpful. thank you
Thanks for watching 👍🏼👍🏼
I removed all the media by draining the nexus down and used good ole Henry
Good old Henry!!!
Hope you get all sorted. Just to add, I have a nexus and the pond runs great. Each pond is different I guess
I think it’s more my husbandry that’s the issue. Need to up my game. What size is your pond? Cleaning often?
@@edenkoipondponds around 12000 litres. Feeding heavy at the moment so cleaning twice a week. I boil it twice, swill out the chamber and refill. That’s all I’ve ever done. Pushing about 6k litres an hour through
I always give it three boils if I only do two it struggles to make it through the week. Nexus do work well but its finding that sweet spot.
I do mine twice so may give the 3 boils a try. Thanks for the good advice and for watching the video 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Hope you have sorted out the issues with that clean out Dave…… 🤞🏼
Thanks buddy 😊😊
Imagine how many times the drum will go into cleaning mode with all that crap coming through.
Very interesting 🤔. Hopefully that deep clean will help with ant bacterial issues🤞.
Thanks Phil 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
For the next time use a wet and dry vacuum for the k1 that’s what i do 👍
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Great video Dave, we have the same nexus as you & in this weather I have to clean it nearly every day dew to my koi eaten a lot 😂
It’s a great bit of kit but very labour intensive. Thankfully, I do enjoy cleaning it in the summer - the winter, not so much 👍🏼🙄
Good old pond vac
Like a brand new filter now Dave, you wont want a drum anymore 😅
I think the difficult part is preventing muck build up in the outer section, thats where you don't want it. Nitrifying bacteria dont like contaminated environments as it takes away from it being able to work as efficiently, All bacteria need is an ammonia source & oxygen.
Looks like you've done a good job at it anyways, 🤞 you get the bacterial issue resolved.
Thanks for watching Si 👍🏼 The drum remains a huge want for me still. Be nice to spend more time enjoying the koi. Hopefully all is good your end. I have one of your videos to catch up on 😊
Im having same proplems with my nexus dave and my koi its a nightmare im going down the drum rd
Sorry to hear you’ve had issues also ☹️ Hopefully you get on top of it. See you when we both join the drum gang 😬👍🏼
Had the same issue with Evo's balls
They are bloody rubbish 🙄
Use a shop vacuum. Ha!
I used my pond vac! 😬
You wouldn’t believe how much crap build up in the shower I cleaned mine out the other day 🤦🏽♂️
Did mine this weekend… I’ll upload the video next week. Wasn’t half as bad as I thought it would be.
Then listen to him
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I don’t think the issue is the nexus, it’s getting clogged with the crap from that resolve shit. I had the same bacterial problems 10-12 years ago. I decided to leave it all alone I added a drum and a bakki shower about 7 years ago. I also added a permanent trickle in out without any filter. Touch wood I haven’t lost a fish in ten years.
I would love to get a drum…. Will keep saving 👍🏼 I was quite impressed with what I found when emptying the nexus. The let down is my maintenance regime I think. Need to up my game.
There not made to take apart 😂
Do it when the media is floating
Dont drop the water and use a net 6:27
Thanks for the great advice - certainly a better way to do it 👍🏼👍🏼
First things first have you thought about running a sieve before the nexus to pull out the bigger lumps secondly I think you're running too much media for your feeding level
I think you are 100% right 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
If you had a drum before the nexus you'd be cooked on gas bud 👌
It’s such a shame the draco drop in gets such a bad review and is riddled with flaws. Be perfect for us Nexus owners.
@@edenkoipond you can pick up a second hand drum and connect it to the nexus. The only thing is you'd have to jack the drum up higher so the level in the drum is the same as the level in the nexus
And pond boms should go in the bin olny use live bio plus and some one one out they are best don't line ant think be hind m8
if you are serious about a drum please please do not by a cheap pretender as you might as well KEEP your nexus give me a ring on office line and i will give you Honest advice as i have seen this routeen too many times before
That would be great. Learning it’s quite the minefield in terms of drums! Many thanks 👍🏼
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Your not using it right m8
Easiest way to empty the outer ring is drain it .. and a pond vac
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And over part is we're center pip going in if bloanket weed gone down they want come out and sit they rota down tell me want drum u won't I give u price and I will bet the koi tax jp watergardens belive in service not just to sell
Pints is very American 😂😂😂 pints is quitisentionally English the Americans use quarts
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