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FREE! KOI APP FOR PUMPS & PIPEWORK

YOUR PHONE NVN KOI APP PART 3

The Dutch Koi Association’s Koi App The Dutch Koi Association have developed
has a wealth of information which is an app for Koi keepers around the globe.
being constantly updated for Koi
keepers – and it’s FREE! Koen Gevers.

What is head height, pump efficiency and what is the
THE APP IS Koen Gevers launched his Koi App in Issue 9 of Koi Net, cost to run a pump in a Koi pond?
at that time he was developing the App and funding it
APPLE AND himself and offering it to Koi keepers at a minimal cost 1. What is the head height of my pump?

ANDROID to help him fund its development. Since then the Dutch 2. What diameter pipe should I use?
Koi Association have adopted the App and are helping
3. How many watts does a Koi pond pump use and
COMPATIBLE, with its content and continuous development. As a what does it cost to run per year?
result, the App is FREE!
AND IT’S The head height is simple to explain considering it is
FREE! Most of you will have seen Koen’s articles who bases every cm or inch that the water in your filter is above
the water surface in your pond, because that is the zero
many of his ideas of Koi keeping on scientific data, but
don’t think the App is all scientific data, that’s only just point. Every cm or inch that the water has to be
one aspect of the App. The App has been created for all pumped up by your pump to a (part of your) filter
Koi keepers, no matter their level of experience or container is the head height and the head loss. So not
interest. from where your pump is, which could be at the bottom
of the pond at a depth of 150cm, it still works at 0cm
You will see that the App gives you details and ideas (pond water level). When the level of the water in the
about feeding your Koi, types of filtration, terminology, filter is the same as the level of the water in the pond,
photos of Koi varieties to help you recognise them and the head height is 0cm.
much more. This is being continually updated.

But you can also add your own records, including
photos of your own Koi and record how much they have
grown, record the water parameters in your own pond
and include dates when readings were taken.
Head height =
Difference in water
In short, it is a wealth of constantly being updated
surface levels
information about your Koi and the Koi keeping hobby
all easily accessible, stored on your phone. The App is Filter
in three languages, English, Dutch and German, with
measurements in metric and imperial.
You can download the App to your phone or tablet
which is both Apple and Android compatible,
and it’s FREE!
Pump

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