Hi All

I bought a house last year with an existing Koi Pond. Long story short, there is a leak somewhere and after much deliberation and a few quotes to fix/cement/repair, have decided to fill in the pond and sell the equipment.

So I have a Speck Aquadrive 1500 Porpoise 90/22 pump. Have done some searching on the net and found someone selling this for around R1000. Make me an offer?

Then, there are 2 x Collins Fibreglass P30 filter's. Also did some research, they apparently take 5 bags. I see they cost between R6400 (http://www.poolnpaintshop.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_73&products_id=390) and R8100 (http://www.swemgat.co.za/component/virtuemart/?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=131&category_id=21)).

Make me an offer for 1 or both?

Can send pics if you wish.

Thanks
PM me for details. Am in the Johannesburg area

Hi All

I would welcome some feedback from the members of this forum, and those that know a bit about this equipment and the relative costs to similar equipment.

What are reasonable prices to sell this stuff? Am I being unrealistic in selling the stuff at the prices mentioned?

I don't want to give the stuff away, but would like to offer it at a reasonable price that would help someone out.

Cheers

Hi Dawson, the problem with your sand filters might be that it is the top of the range and actually for large(commercial) pools and not really for koi ponds although you can adapt the fingers.

There is also a tendency to move away from pressurized systems.

It is fantastic filters, but because it is the top of the range, your market is much smaller. Maybe you should also advertise on Bid or Buy and Gumtree. The pool industry is much larger than the koi industry. Rather focus on the pool owners.

The pump is very reasonably priced although people with koi ponds prefer the lower wattage pumps and the 1.1 KW might put koi hobbyists off. Once again, this is a very nice pump for a large pool although quite a few peoplee run 1.1 kw pumps on their ponds. Koi ponds run 24/7, pools only run a few hours, and the high wattage would not be a big problem for the pool owner.

Where are you situated?

Hi Dawson

Could you please mail me some photo's of the filters. ngbhome@icu.za.net

Thanks.