"Sean Dinh" wrote in message
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That's true. My original 5 gallons TT has little capacity. The plants and
the TT
couldn't handle the job. That's why the pond cleared once I doubled the
TT.

Reel McKoi wrote:

## I read that ammonia spikes are due to insufficient filtering
material or
just too small a filter..
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Now that my koi are getting so large I may have to add another filter to my
2000 gallon pond. There's plenty of plants and pots for the good bacteria
to cling to and a 40 gallon settling thank full of plants.... but I know
sooner or later another filter is in my future. The large koi take some
large,...er,... dumps.
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McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
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