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Admin Admin
Posts : 2330 Reputation : 46 Join date : 2007-07-25 Age : 62 Location : Cape Town
| Subject: Always prevent a pond from accidentally draining completely Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:43 am | |
| I always advise that your system should never be capable of draining completely if a pipe or connection goes. However, I did not practice what I preached, and one of my ponds drained completely yesterday after a pipe from my bakki shower came loose, leaving devastation. I could revive 13 fish after hours of TLC , some almost revived from "death", but I still lost 13 including Supreme Champ and former show winners. Some of the dead ones: (Photo's this morning after they already lost their great shiroji) |
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Benman
Posts : 7 Reputation : 0 Join date : 2011-12-28 Age : 45 Location : Bloemfontein
| Subject: That is very tragic! Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:18 am | |
| Hi Paul
I am new to the koi scene. I have read a couple of books already and spoken to some guys like Servaas de kock, Louis Kruger, Jaco vorster about koi and keeping them in ponds.... I am building a 62000lt pond. This is a first for me to see. Thisis a very sad sight indeed!
I wanted to contact you to find out where I can get some quality koi for my collection. I am looking for ood kohaku, Gin rin chagoi, asagi and kumonryu.
Very sad to see, sorry for your loss!
Kind regards Benman |
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Miya Oki Koi
Posts : 510 Reputation : 41 Join date : 2011-03-06 Age : 46 Location : Cape St Francis
| Subject: Re: Always prevent a pond from accidentally draining completely Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:23 pm | |
| Sorry to see this Paul. Heart breaking. |
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Neli
Posts : 950 Reputation : 50 Join date : 2011-04-03 Age : 108 Location : Lusaka Zambia
| Subject: Re: Always prevent a pond from accidentally draining completely Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:14 am | |
| Sorry Paul. I can have a heart attack if it happens to me... |
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PhilipV
Posts : 56 Reputation : 3 Join date : 2011-07-29 Location : Freestate
| Subject: Re: Always prevent a pond from accidentally draining completely Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:08 pm | |
| Baie,baie jammer oor jou groot verlies,Paul. Ek het empatie met jou-laat dit ook vir ons ander outjies 'n oogoopmaker wees. Sal mens 'n tipe balklep met afsnyskakelaar na die pomp gebruik? Wat stel julle voor? Philip |
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Admin Admin
Posts : 2330 Reputation : 46 Join date : 2007-07-25 Age : 62 Location : Cape Town
| Subject: Re: Always prevent a pond from accidentally draining completely Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:00 pm | |
| If you suck water directly from a settlement chamber it normally creates no problems because your settlement chamber is normally above a safe level of your pond. If you suck directly from your bottom drain or from a pipe in the pond, you should have something like this: If you suck with a submersible, you can lift the pump a bit from your pond floor, although it is not ideal because you get better results if the pump is at the deepest level. On the other hand, you should never pump directly from a pond with a submersible. |
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pierrea
Posts : 19 Reputation : 0 Join date : 2010-01-27 Age : 55 Location : Centurion
| Subject: Re: Always prevent a pond from accidentally draining completely Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:00 pm | |
| Dit is darem maar bitter jammer om van so 'n verlies te moet hoor. Ek het so 2 weke terug ook basies al my vis verloor. my dam het 'n lek opgetel wat ek wou herstel. Ek het al die koi's in 'n kwarentyn dam gesit met die nodige suurstof in die dam. Die pomp het deur die nag afgegaan en die volgende oggend toe my seun by die dam kom is 33 van die 38 visse reeds dood. Dis nou nie skoukwaliteit nie, maar ek is nogsteeds nie oor die skok nie.
Die dam lê nou nogsteeds droog en ek moet eers moed bymekaarskraap om weer van voor af te begin.
Sterkte vir jou. |
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Admin Admin
Posts : 2330 Reputation : 46 Join date : 2007-07-25 Age : 62 Location : Cape Town
| Subject: Re: Always prevent a pond from accidentally draining completely Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:27 am | |
| - pierrea wrote:
- Dit is darem maar bitter jammer om van so 'n verlies te moet hoor. Ek het so 2 weke terug ook basies al my vis verloor. my dam het 'n lek opgetel wat ek wou herstel. Ek het al die koi's in 'n kwarentyn dam gesit met die nodige suurstof in die dam. Die pomp het deur die nag afgegaan en die volgende oggend toe my seun by die dam kom is 33 van die 38 visse reeds dood. Dis nou nie skoukwaliteit nie, maar ek is nogsteeds nie oor die skok nie.
Die dam lê nou nogsteeds droog en ek moet eers moed bymekaarskraap om weer van voor af te begin.
Sterkte vir jou. Dit breek 'n mens se moed maar dit is die moeite werd om weer te begin. Jammer om van jou verlies te hoor. |
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