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OT....WAY OT.....Koi ponds and hot tubs....

As some might have known, we just bought a house....(explaining the lack of cheap Ebay finds being posted).....and after scouring the 'net and 'groups for help.....I realized I should have just tried RAMVA first.....anyway..... ....number 1......got a koi pond with the house.....approx 1000 USgal....and I don't know squat about how to take care of the damn thing.....and there isn't a koi NG....go figure....any one out there have experience?....

.....number 2.....it also has a wood-fired cedar hot tub.....one solitary jet with a filter....no skimmer......circulates from the bottom to top....and now has a "film" or something on the surface.....drained it and scrubbed it out......next day....film back....any ideas?....

Sneaks

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Sneaks
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Doh... I was looking into putting in a koi pond a couple of years ago. There is all kinds of message boards on the net about koi. At least there was... Here are some active links to get you started:

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KOIUSA MAGAZINE
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KOI HEALTH
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MIDWEST POND & KOI SOC.http://www.koi.com.my/index.html KOI MESSAGE BOARD
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A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO KOI

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> .....number 2.....it also has a wood-fired cedar hot tub.....one solitary> jet with a filter....no skimmer......circulates from the bottom to> top....and now has a "film" or something on the surface.....drained it and> scrubbed it out......next day....film back....any ideas?....>
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How much chlorine did you use in the H2O? Adding an ozonater (sp?) might help?

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Gazza

try chlorine?

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Gregg H

Tried chlorine (hot tub...not koi pond!)....all is fine but this weird film.....guess I will have someone for the local pool shop look at it.....

Thanks for the koi links.....tried a few of them before posting here.....got a ton of attitude on several for being a newbie and not for building my own pond.....sucks being a newbie......and got some very conflicting answers....and since I don't know who is an expert and who is a moron trying to be an expert....I thought I'd take a shot here since I already know who tosses BS and who doesn't:)

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Sneaks

first.....anyway.....

USgal....and

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tecwhiz

Are you running a multistage mechanical filter system or a bio\trickle system? I'm building a TT now to try to clear up the algae issue I have, the nitrate levels are ok and I'd like to keep them that way without chems. Adding some water cabbage and a few more lillies....wish me luck! Thanks for the imput

Sneaks

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Sneaks

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