Page 34 - Koi Net - On-Line Koi Magazine - Issue 12

MORAY KOI AND

EVOLVE FILTERS

Andy Ham of Moray Koi tells the story of
this Evolve bespoke filtration unit, known
as ‘The Beast’ and its installation.

Andy (Moray Koi) and Ian (Evolve) started discussions
about the best system for the largest pond at Moray
Koi which had been running on 2 × Nexus 200’s but
really needed upgrading, and a filter, the Evolve 15000,
fondly referred to as ‘The Beast’, was born.
Ian disappeared into his workshop. Nobody was
allowed to see any pictures until the filter was finished!
DUE TO THE Due to the size of ‘The Beast’ and the fact that it really
needed to be installed in one day, rather than send on a
SIZE OF courier, Ian personally delivered it and helped Andy with
the installation. He and his good lady arrived at
‘THE BEAST’, breakfast time, and, in his own words said, “I saw the
IT HAD TO size of the entrance to Moray Koi, and nearly got back
in the van!” Andy, of course, had a plan and plenty of
BE CARRIED hands to help as the filter had to go up over the roof of
the first fish house as it was far too big to go through
OVER THE the door! This custom-built filter measures 2m long,
FISH HOUSE 820mm wide and 820mm tall!

ROOF Then installation began! The window at the end of the
fish house had to been taken out and the 2 × Nexus
200’s removed earlier that morning ready for ‘The
Beast’ to go in. ‘The Beast’ was up and running by
the end of the day thanks to a lot of hard work by
Andy and Ian.
It is capable of filtering a 15,000 gallon pond, has 300
litres of K1, an extra size Jap Mat cassette and 400
litres of Crystal Bio in the shower. Maximum flow rate is
25,000 litres per hour, however, with a replacement 75
‘The Beast’ was created
under wraps in Ian’s micron screen available from Evolve, the flow rate can
workshop – upon arrival it be increased to 35,000 litres per hour. There is 20,000
was clear that access was litres of drum cleaned water per hour flowing through
limited, but a bit of careful the shower alone, supplied by a DM Vario 20000 pump
planning, plenty of energy,
and ‘The Beast’ was in which is concealed under the drum.
position and up and running.
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