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jaspa · Joined: 06 Apr 2008 Posts: 1 Location: hull,england

hi i'm new to koi but ive done my best with what money i had,i bought a kf 5000 4bay with votex for my 2500 gallon pond with a aquamax 3000l/p/h pump,ive got before all this a 25w uv clarifier,4 airstones in the pond with a water fall to one end,its been running ok for 1 n half years but ive always had problem with blanket weed,ive been told to use cloverleaf answer,but ca'nt get any,would adding a protein skimmer before my water fall be any good and a skimmerin the pond,i know these should have been in at beginning but had to build pond quick due to getting the fish through a death in family,i feed them wheatgerm once every other day in winter and twice a day in summer,the pond is 14ft longx 10ftw x4ftd with only 12 koi in it 1 weather loach,can any body help with advice i live in hull england,many thanks jaspa

PREMIERKOI · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:44 am Post subject:

Hi Jaspa,

We use to sell Cloverleaf at Premier Koi but recently have had some bad reports about it, we have had great sucess with EA Blanket Weed remover, we know that it is not harmful to fish.

A skimmer is always a good add to your pond as is a protein skimmer, but they both provide different services, the best way for free advice is to pop into the shop over the weekend, we will help you the best we can.

Cheers

Martin

andybos0 · Joined: 19 Aug 2006 Posts: 8 Location: WITHERNSEA

hi jaspa,

welcome to the site, if you listen to martin you wont go far wrong,he will give you a lot of very good advice on all aspects of koi keeping, and help with any problems you may have.

As for the cloverleaf i heard a lot of good reports about it as well,BUT martin had some very usefull information on it when i went in for some and now i still use the EA blanket weed inhibitor, which i still find very effective. 3 weeks ago i had a load of the dreaded weed, now it's allmost gone again.

hope this helps

Regards Andy