We have had a big few days as we approach the end of project.
The patio for a seating area around the main pond has been laid and all the edges cut into shape. Personally I think it looks fantastic and a bit of good dry weather would be appreciated.
The roof on the filter house has now been completed and the first two / three coats of the cuprinol shades burnt ash. Again very pleased with final colour.
There is a two week delay with the delivery of the windows (non standard RAL colour) so we will roll all the final completion of the filter house including stairs and handrail in one big final step.
The levelling of soil across the remainder of the garden has been completed. Its amazing to think that almost 235 tonnes has been added. The remaining five tonnes has become a feature on the front drive!
Finally and most importantly, the koi have now been moved from the holding vats into the main pond. In advance of the move we scraped all the koi to check for any parasites. Thankfully everything was ok. We added some filtration quick start boost into the Roto Concept Gravity Showers. We checked water temperatures between the vat and the main pond and there was a difference of about 3c which was just acceptable. After all the checks we transferred all the remaining koi in the vats into main pond. Within minutes any pinkness caused by stress of the move had gone and they were gracefully investigating the new home.
First test feed this morning went well. I was unsure if they would come up for food yet but they were very hungry. I need to be mindful to maintain a good balance between feeding and the maturity of the whole filtration so will be performing water checks every few days.
We have each flow friend set to be turning over water at around 25k litres per hour so therefore 50k per hour! The matsuri programmable unit is also proving to be a good success with the air off during the day.
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