Koi pond update - No 7 - Skimmer leaking into wall?!

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Videos back to back - You lucky lot! Went out this morning, noticed that the skimmer had been leaking into the back of the wall. Or at least, that's what it appeared. Pain!!
So I've made some adjustments/lots of silicone to try and rectify it. Also changed across from a 50lpm to 70lpm air pump for my moving bed/bio side in the profi. Hopefully we'll see if that solves.
If not, I guess I'll have to call the fibreglassers back to rectify it as we can't have it leaking into the pond wall :/.
Enjoy, and any questions as always, please ask :)
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@DansKoiPond 3 года назад

Love your pond man, it's looking amazing. You have taken your time and built something top notch.

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

Been thanks to the help of all you lads in the discord group!

@KoiRun50 3 года назад

Glad you're back. So nicely done. Can't wait to see the koi.

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

Glad to be back! Lots more to come 😁

@thepeoplespond 3 года назад

Great video mate 👍 Pond is absolutely smashing!! 👍👍👍

@chrisgreen1331 3 года назад

New subscriber. Cracking pond. Just put the kettle on and will now binge watch all your other videos. 😁

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

Hope you enjoyed! Tea, 2 sugars rosy red please 😉☕

@djbanger 3 года назад

You can see a lot of time and £££ has gone into this build...looking siccckk mate!

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

Thanks! You're right, it has! Nice to see it all coming to fruition

@dwed1234 3 года назад

Fantastic. Looks great already but you have got a few bits to do yet so will look even better. Amazing. 👍

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

That's it! Cladding and coping stones next. Measuring today and get them on order on the morrow. Entire garden needs renovating too lol. Not looking forward to that!

@patricksheringham5965 3 года назад

Looking good, the bakki shower looks fab but it probably won't stay shiny! You can't trust the joint between the wide mouth and the skimmer body, those seals are known to leak! I know its a bit late now but its a good idea to put a smear / thin bead of sealent on both sides of the seal when screwing together. Hopefully a smear of CT1 or similar over the join will solve the issue. Pond looks great from the end window, bet you can't wait till the summer when you can sit out with a beer and watch the fish!

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

I'll be on me ands and knees shining it up lol. They came put together by Darren at absolute, so figured they'd have already been done, but I probably should've done that myself. I've done that with the ct1 now on pretty much everything to do with it. Will see in the coming days. Summer time I'm gonna have a rubber dingy on top with me sat in and a beer 😎

@andrewmoorhouse1665 3 года назад

They always leak on that gasket, best to smear with silicone when you install those ones.

@johnclipperton3774 3 года назад

I'm due to fit one of these skimmers soon and noticed that there are 8 screws that hold the gaskets together. The 2 screws on the bottom edge are quite hard to see. With the widemouth attachment fitted you have to look through the bottom edge to see them. Given this, if water is somehow trickling along the underside of the widemouth, it could be escaping via these holes... if the screws arent in that is. Personally I'd silicone the outside of that entire joint too, to be sure.

@johnclipperton3774 3 года назад

Just to follow-up... I've now fitted my skimmer and no leaks. I did silicone around the outside of the join between the standard and widemouth parts before I put the unit in place. Seems to have worked.

@dannycurrie1 3 года назад

Ponds looking good. Leaks can be such a pain, I got pretty lucky with mine, not too many. Silicone fixes everything though. Won't be long untill you can get some fish in 👍

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

If in doubt, ct1 it out!

@daleshelton7981 3 года назад

Wow that’s looking brilliant pal

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

Thanks man. Really appreciated 😁

@garrywilson662 3 года назад

Stunning pond.😍

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

Thanks! Glad you think so :)

@Tom_Prendiville 3 года назад

Olly mate a second upload so soon!!!! Shit the bed or what?!? 🤣 Have you just put a 13amp plug on the control box for the profidrum (some people hard wire it). Little bit annoying when things don't go perfectly well but the ct1 should solve it. Queni koi are running a showa grow and show so maybe that's a great starter for the first fish? Take a look on their website in the koi section. You do realise you now need to do another update in a day or so about the leaking skimmer 😉 Take it easy man 👍🏼

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

Something wrong! Last video was 4 months haha. I've got a 13 amp plug for the control box yeah. Didn't think it was necessary to hard wire it tbh. I hope the ct1 solved it. Few days time will tell. I'll probably see how it goes over the next week. If it doesn't try out, drain down and refibreglass into the skimmer and resin it or something!

@Tom_Prendiville 3 года назад

@@NishikigoiwithOliver spot on pal 👌

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

@@Tom_Prendiville re queni, unfortunately they're all sold out!

@gwatsongw 3 года назад

Just subscribed and watched all your videos...Congratulations on a fantastic pond build 👏 as with all builds there are bound to be a few teething problems but I'm sure you'll soon have them sorted out...take care and stay safe mate 🙏

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

Blimey! That's a long time to listen to me ramble on haha. Thank you so much! That's it, always something else to go wrong, but part of the hobby isn't it! Thanks bud, you too. Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed 😁

@gwatsongw 3 года назад

@@NishikigoiwithOliver It gave me something to do on an otherwise boring Sunday morning. Also joined the Discord group under (RedKite) 👍

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

@@gwatsongw ah, you're red kite! Awesome. Hope you enjoy the group

@gwatsongw 3 года назад

@@NishikigoiwithOliver Already enjoying it 👍 plenty of chatter

@asterixborden-koi6881 3 года назад

New Subscriber M8 loving the pond and setup 👍

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

Thanks bud! Hope you've enjoyed them so far 😁

@asterixborden-koi6881 3 года назад

@@NishikigoiwithOliver I will catch up with your videos during the week 👍

@yorkshirekoi2246 4 месяца назад

I had the same issue what I did was to tighten the gasket 4x screws. then put silicone on the join.

@w.k.pitsallaboutthefish6460 3 года назад

Awesome set up.... All ponds come with teething problems belive me I know lol Wayne

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

Haha, there's always something else it seems!

@2010wembley 3 года назад

Fibreglass doesnt stick very well to pvc. It needs a paste making up with talc resin and hardner then siliconing.

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

Ahh. So either way, silicone would've probably been needed anyway. We'll see if what I did makes any difference over the coming days I guess!

@2010wembley 3 года назад

@@NishikigoiwithOliver its hard to explain in a comment. Check out GRP lining services videos on youtube. He has specific videos on how to terminate GRP on skimmers, returns and bottom drains.

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

@@2010wembley ah yeah I see. Uses some form of resin for the gaps it looks like

@2010wembley 3 года назад

@@NishikigoiwithOliver standard resin and hardener. He just makes a paste using talc. It seems to seal it better than just grp

@CATANDEYEKOI 3 года назад

I had a similar issue where water was trapped underneath the fibreglass and the sheer weight of water squeezed the residual water through the blocks. Fibreglass was perfect and after a few days it dried.

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

I was thinking it might perhaps be that. Will keep an eye over next week or so!

@JamesTHEKOIwhisperer123 3 года назад

Pond is look very very nice mate top job looking at that drum myself

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

Thanks bud! Drum seems phenomenal. I don't have much waste yet, so only see it cleaning off the crap from the build and things, but it seems to be running nicely. I think Darren at absolute does both the drum by itself, or with the bio side. Only thing to bear in mind is they are seriously huge!

@JamesTHEKOIwhisperer123 3 года назад

@@NishikigoiwithOliver nice one mate yea they are huge and pipe work that is needed takes up even more space that adds to problems when not much room to work with lol 😂 you have done a brilliant job on your pond mate well impressed and I would be buzzing about it like you are as well

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

You're telling me! Barely have room in me filter house for all my other bits, it's nuts lol. Worth it though! Gorgeous piece of kit

@yorkshirekoi2246 4 месяца назад

the problem with fibreglass is the fibreglass does not stick to plastic with out a glue to bind to plastic.

@Technologyadvisor1 2 года назад

So I am just about to install a kockney koi skimmer box on my pond just wondering how best to install it. The skimmer box is around 1 inch above the main water level on my pond. well I hope it is the pond seems to be level know. So what advise would you give about fitting a skimmer ? the skimmer seems to be a 1/4 above what will be the water level. I in vision the water level of the pond will be about 1 inch below the top of the sleepers. Above that will be a capping piece of wood which is about 50mm in thickness.

@progressivepondkeeping 3 года назад

Wow that's awesome 👌👍

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

Thanks bud! Seen you on a few of my videos. Hope you've been enjoying! Love your vids 😁

@progressivepondkeeping 3 года назад

@@NishikigoiwithOliver yes mate I've been waiting for an update , it's looking really smart can't wait to see fish swimming past the glass 👌👍

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

@@progressivepondkeeping put in a few small shubunkins and tench I had. Looks fantastic through that window, but can't wait for the gorgeous koi to start being put in!

@maisiedillon3748 2 года назад

Hi can I ask where you got that shower from please and how much

@anthonyjackson4034 2 года назад

What skimmer are you using?

@albynoob8485 2 года назад

u paint the concrite briks?

@anthonyjackson4034 2 года назад

Thanks

@shaunleonard8146 3 года назад

Hope You sorted Mate.

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

Here's hoping. Hopefully see in the next few days perhaps.

@wills1206 3 года назад

Beautiful looking pond! Love the shower 👍 how thick are your windows? Did you make a recess with the foam insulation?

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

Thanks! Windows are 31.5mm. 15mm each laminated. Recess is made from foam then fibreglass over the top. 9 tubes of silicon for each window. 140kg each!!

@wills1206 3 года назад

Thanks for the reply. Some serious weight on those windows! Hope you fix the leak issue.

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

@@wills1206 not a problem! You're telling me. Moving them from the van into the garden wasn't a joke. They completely transform how you look at the pond though. I don't even care that the top is difficult to see through from the bottom drain spindrifters. Only ever want to look through the window.

@neilp3406 3 года назад

Hi! Gorgeous pond mate! Hopefully building mine soon! One quick question! the wide mouth skimmer! Do you need a extension on it to fit over the block on there side? Cheers neil

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

Hey Neil - Nope, not needed on the ones I got (From Absolute koi). They do only sit about half way in the block, but you then fibreglass into it. I had to remove the skimmer guard from the face plate though, and instead siliconed it onto the side (100% needed!)

@neilp3406 3 года назад

@@NishikigoiwithOliver brilliant thank you!

@ronaldevans4709 3 года назад

Do they come with top's? If so put the tops on them . Very very nice pound looking good

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

They did. Unfortunately I think I accidentally threw them away so trying to source spares still!

@iainbusbridge9585 3 года назад

Where did you get the shower from? Looks mint

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

Karl in the discord group makes them! Join the group and drop him a message @Karl

@douglasbannister9517 5 месяцев назад

Can I ask how you converted the drain pipe to a 4” outlet? Thanks

@NishikigoiwithOliver 5 месяцев назад

Hey bud, not sure what you quite mean. Do you mean for the skimmers? If so, they're 3 inch, and so it just pushed on and was welded. Other end for the input onto the drum, was a 4 inch to 3 inch reducer boot. 0

@yorkshirekoi2246 2 года назад

Hello I have a request if you have any spare screws left over after you have installed you kockney koi skimmer. Would you be willing to sell them to me as I have lost a few and the seller said he does not know where to get them from. They seem to be unique screws not easily found. If you can send me some let me know thanks. I will be asking a few pond owners many thanks.

@Technologyadvisor1 2 года назад

i need help I have so many folds in the liner when trying to put the liner in it does not help the liner has 2 seems in it making an issue for my pipe connectors any advise ? so many folds any advise it feels like its almost impossible. if you need to see the space check my channel out for videos.

@johnmartin-dd1zr 3 года назад

Those skimmers are rubbish and always leak.You have to run them at the correct water level which means lower than you have them set.I have had a lot of probs in the past.I now use floating skimmers .

@NishikigoiwithOliver 3 года назад

I've lowered the water level now, and all appears ok. Definitely needed siliconing still though.

@ronaldevans4709 3 года назад

Please do not over crowd the fish pond with fish