He dumps one unit to waste daily and the other the next day & so on. It takes less than 90

seconds per day to do and the constant trickle replaces the small amount of water thrown from the ‘lavatories’.

Sorry for late update but things have not been exactly quiet since last update.

Here’s a better weather shot of the 2,000-gallon system shown in the snow with landscaping almost completed. Two small, concrete Eric units are running the system and are nicely concealed.

He dumps one unit to waste daily and the other the next day & so on. It takes less than 90 seconds per day to do and the constant trickle replaces the small amount of water thrown from the ‘lavatories’.

Lars from Edo Koi in Denmark is handling Eric units for Denmark. The guys in Denmark have seen them before the guys in the UK! The shot below was taken in the room next to where my lecture and lectures from others took place.

The reaction to the Eric Four unit here was excellent when they realised just how quickly the internal parts could be removed and replaced. As expected the Ericmat media also caused a little excitement after the guys could also feel it for themselves.

Last week five units were delivered by road to Lars. The moment they were off-loaded the new owners drove them away. Another delivery is required now!

Next followed the significant journey from Manchester to Penang via Dubai in order to check out the new pond there. My customer there spoke no English at all and nor did his staff. Thankfully my long-time friend – also a noted Koi keeper stepped in to assist with translation

This shot above shows the guys positioning the surface skimmers. It has to be said that the humidity was right off the scale as it was high summer there. After all the guys were happy with my installation instructions, the owner Mr. Tan took me to see a Malaysian Koi outlet which looked very similar to several Japanese breeder’s outlets in Yamakoshi.

The first thing that hit me was a huge banner stretched over the office that prompted me to get my camera out and take this shot.

The owner’s son came over and asked if I liked the Koi to which I replied ‘Of course – she’s superb’. The reply came back ‘Ah yes, Momotaro Koi are the best, most of my Koi here are from Taiwan or Momotaro!’

We went to the ponds to look at the Koi and the first thing I look for is ‘condition’; the first thing I thought was ‘Condition is superb’ – and it was. Of course, the heat was free from charge!

My friend asked why I had taken a shot of the Sanke and I told him it was one of my Koi and certainly had not come from Momotaro. It was a famous Matsunosuke Sanke purchased from Toshio Sakai and sold to Bill Oakley in the UK – her name? Nellie! I asked him not to point it out but he could not resist, the owner was shocked when he explained and then the owner’s son recognised me!

Cameras came out again.

Malaysia was wonderful but when I return it will not be in high summer!

As to current UK systems these next two are still ongoing. Excavation commences on this one in a few days.

It is quite a large project that will hold some 23,000 gallons (105,000 litres) and will be filtered by six Eric Four units.

This is the base for four Eric Four units on another pond below – delays have been caused by getting it dry enough to laminate the pond with fibreglass.

The connection to the four drain lines will be simplicity itself.