Russell Watergardens & Koi

Ahi Series 8'x8'x3' Small Hybrid Pond™ Kit

$4,437.99
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Russell Watergardens & Koi

Ahi Series 8'x8'x3' Small Hybrid Pond™ Kit

$4,437.99
  • Ahi Series 8'x8'x3' Small Hybrid Pond Kit

    Easy to Clean Hybrid Pond™ Kits are Part Water Garden Pond - Part Koi Pond

    Hybrid Pond by Russell WatergardensWhat is a Hybrid Pond™? A Hybrid Pond™ is safer for koi than a water garden pond, but is more natural looking than a koi Pond in the landscape. A "hybrid" of the two, only made possible by the Patented Hydro Vortex™ backwashable Waterfall Filter. If you don't have a backwashable waterfall filter, a remote installation capable pond skimmer, a bottom drain, and a bottom drain pre-filter, a UV, or external aeration - you don't have a Hybrid Pond™.

    Ahi Series Hybrid Pond Kit Includes:

    • Ahi Hydro Vortex™ easy to clean backwashable waterfall filter with 16″ wide waterfalls, filter cleanout kit with 10′ of heavy duty black 1½” flexible PVC pipe, and 1½” stainless steel lever shut-off valve, 1.83 cubic feet of Hydro FilterSilk™ easy to clean filtration media with 677 SSA
    • HydroFlush™ backwash system with 1½” flex PVC pipe, 3-way diverter valve and 10" round valve box
    • Seagull HydroClean™ Pond Skimmer with stainless steel and nylon leaf net, Black Knight Filter Brush Rack, 4″ inlet pipe, three 1½” dual female threaded outlet ports, and one ½” auto water fill valve port. Remote installation capable and fish safe.
    • Hybrid Pond Diagram by Russell Watergardens3" Bottom Drain
    • HydroSieve™-PF compact pond sieve filter for bottom drain
    • 3-way control valve between pond skimmer and pond sieve filter with 10" round valve box
    • PA-3000 pond aeration kit
    • 36 watt UV clarifier with fittings and 1½” ball valve
    • Standard valve box for UV and air pump
    • 20' of heavy duty black 1½” flexible PVC pipe
    • Choice of external pumps with leaf trap/primer port: C-2100, C-2520
    • 1½” Cam-lock check valve assembly with intake strainer
    • 1½” Union Spring Check Valve for HydroSieve™
    • 15' x 15' 45 ml EPDM fish-safe rubber pond liner for pond
    • 5' x 5' 45 ml EPDM fish-safe rubber pond liner for waterfalls
    • 250² ft. 15 ml geotextile underlayment
    • Additional pipe, liner, and underlay for optional Stream Kits
    • PVC glue and primer
    • Tube of 100% silicone sealant
    • 16 oz. can of HydroFoam™ waterfall foam sealant
    • All required PVC fittings
    • Stainless steel hardware
    • Choice of Auto Water Fill Kits
    • 4″ skimmer remote installation pipe NOT included
    • Choice of Pumps:
    C-2100-B External Pond Pump

    C-2100-B
    Energy Efficient External Pond Pump
    2,100 gph max, ⅛ Horsepower, 1.25 amps, 144 watts
    $8.29 Monthly Operating Cost ($.08/Kw) 
    $99.48 Annual Operation Cost (24/7)
    3 Year Warranty

    C-2520-B External Pond Pump

    C-2500-B&
    Energy Efficient External Pond Pump
    2,520 gph, ⅛ Horsepower, 1.45 amps, 167 watts
    $9.61 Monthly Operating Cost ($.08/Kw) 
    $115.32 Annual Operation Cost (24/7)
    3 Year Warranty

    Our Exclusive Hybrid Pond™ Kits make Beautiful ponds
    That are Part Water Garden Pond and Part Koi Pond

    8'x8' Hybrid PondFor years there have been just two types of ponds - a water garden pond, or a koi pond. Many companies falsely market their water garden pond kits as koi pond kits online. Ask any prominent koi club member anywhere, and they will tell you that a water garden pond is in no way the same, or even similar to a koi pond. Find a local koi club in your community and ask them yourself by clicking this link: www.akca.org

    Over the years, we have known several contractors that were sued by their customers because their customer wanted a koi pond, and then the contractor installed a water garden pond for them instead - to the customer's dissatisfaction. Koi ponds have smooth, bare liner bottoms with no gravel. Water garden pond bottoms are covered with gravel. A koi pond's structure is behind the liner. A water garden's structure is rock inside the liner.

    This is what led John Russell, the CEO, Company Founder, and product design engineer of Russell Watergardens to invent the Hybrid Pond™ concept. With the Patented Hydro Vortex™ backwashable waterfall filter, also invented by John Russell, the Hybrid Pond™ concept became a reality. Koi ponds all had similar things in common, such as a backwashable biological filter, a bottom drain, a bottom drain pre-filter, a pond skimmer, UV system, external pump and aeration, with NO rocks or gravel in the pond. So it dawned on John to combine a water garden pond kit with a koi pond kit and the Hybrid Pond™ was created. Simple as that. A koi pond is the safest form of pond for raising and growing koi. A water garden pond is intended to look more natural than a koi pond in the landscape, but is not the best choice for raising and growing koi. The Hybrid™ Pond is the best of both worlds in one pond. See How to Build a Hybrid Pond™ by clicking this link.

    An Easy to Clean Hybrid Pond™ Kit is Much Less Expensive to Own and Maintain.
    Long After Price has been Forgotten, Value and Piece of Mind are Not.

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