New DIY Bakki shower

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Well after the great resaults last year from my old bakki shower i have decided to go bigger and with better media as well, Where as last year i used alfarock which worked great this year im going to use Cryistal Bio media.

So to start i have got my self 3 stackable container made from food grade plastic which are 2foot x 1 and a half foot x 1 foot




Then it was out with the bottoms to alow the water to flow between crate and then in to the pond.




As you can see i have left a strip for exter suport as it will be holding some weight as i am hoping to use about 75 liters of Cryistal Bio, It was then a case of cutting the filter grid sheets to size to fit in the bottom,



Insted of a spray bar iv gone for a spray ring as the area was to wide for 1 bar to go across and give good water coverage over the media, I only have the pic of this so far so i will be updating as i go along,



I still havant worked out quite how it will return to the pond weather i cut the bottom out of the bottom creat and have it flow straight in or make a lip of some kind for the water to flow off in to the pond (Any ideas welcom ) will update once i get a bit more done.

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Well i have managed to do some more today and am nerly finished just need to cover the handle holes to stop water coming out of them and buy the Cryistal bio for the biological medai.
So hear are the pic's of my progres today.

I have decided to go with the same idea as the othe trays for the last one just cut the holes in the bottom a bit smaller so the water dosant run on the fram of the pond and just straight in to the water.



Then i made a frame for the whole shower system to sit on over the pond.



And as you see it sits there very nicely and the water flows thro great just need to cover the handles to stop water coming out



Once i have the media in there and up and running ill add a pic so you can see that or maybe a short video

And hear is a pic of how ther system works

[koimaster]

looking very good chap can you get any more of those boxes they look just the job

[Rising Sun Koi]

well done mate, that to be fair looks really good!!

its amazing what you can do with a few old crates and a bit of imagination.

John

[Ghost]

looking good be nice to see it working great job

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An update for you all i have had the shower up and running now for 4 weeks and the fish have been having 2 feeds a day and the pond temp is curently 16-18c on sunny days and 14-16c on cloudy days had a slight bit of ammonia when it started to kick in but that soon went and the fish are happy and always hungery and the water is cristal clear so i am happy Iv had the shower bubble wrapped to keep in as much heat as poss so hear is a pic

And 2 of the fish happy and looking for food