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[New 2 fish]

Very nice pond!!

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[dufus]

My pond isn't quite done yet, here's a pic.


it needs to be finished this weekend i geuss, but it's alot of work for me to do alone, darn lazy family

[gotcheaprice]

Wow, you guys all have beautiful ponds... My mom mentioned to start one so I did a bunch of research and planning but a few days later she said nevermind She didn't want to maintain them.

[adavisus]

One of the ponds

Regards, andy

[Koi_Luver]

Originally Posted by adamprice271

We did ours about 8 years ago and had goldfish in it, but about 3 years ago we did a makeover on the pond and it is now 1000g and holds 5 koi that started out small but are getting decent size.







Look in the last picture. See the big fake rock? That houses the electircal outlets for the lights around it. The flat "rock" panel to the right just behind the rock liner of the pond is where the skimmer is. The water goes in there, through a net and to a 4500gph pump that sends the water to the tower at the top which is filled with a BIIIIIG bag of carbon and a few large filter pads then overflows to a small pool, then runs to the left or right side back to the main pond. Circulation is great, it is ALWAYS clear and the only alge that grows is in the streams.

that second pic looks kinda like my pond

[dukydaf]

Hi, this is my pond as it were in may 2007



And this picture was taken in september 2007


This is my first year ponding. I have been growing aquatic plants and fish for some time now, but let me tell you , the pond has new challenges for me. I had a problem with green algae , due to lack of filter and bad soil in flower pots, and the echinodous amazonicus and bleheri were overwhelmed by algae.
I added 3zebras(danio frankei) at the beginning of the summer , and I managed to get about 150 before winter came.

Next year I plan to build a filter and give better thought to planting .If you know and articles on the web in reference to "spring cleaning" please let me know.

[edit] And today my pond was covered in snow, even in winter ponds bring points to the design of the garden

[Lia]

Do you bring the fish in for winter or they survive it ?

That looks cold

[Jeff Richard]

Hi ... this is my 1st posting to this section. We put an in-ground pool into a coner of our yard about 5 years ago ... I used pavers around the pool as a patio instead of cement. I needed to landscape a corner of the yard next to the pool that had a bit of a hill, so I created a 1200 gallon 3 tiered pond with a bog.


Here is a closer view


The attached bog


Another view of the waterfall


I have a breeding group of coments and shubunkins ... a whole bunch of irises, lilies and pickeral weed. I have a lot of trees, so I don't get as much sun as I'd like.

I used landscaping blocks to build a wall around the low end, and a whole bunch of flat rocks scavanged from house construction sites.

[studdlygoof]

Jeff...what did you do to secure your blocks together...Liquid Nails or something more?

[Jeff Richard]

Originally Posted by studdlygoof

Jeff...what did you do to secure your blocks together...Liquid Nails or something more?

Nothing beyond what is used to connect them (some sort of plastic spike) ... the weight of the blocks holds them in place. The liner goes up to the 2nd row of blocks, so only 2 rows have the weight of the water. The pond is 3 feet deep.

[studdlygoof]

Good to go...thanks

[Birdman]

There/s some very nice ponds here. I really enjoyed looking at them. My ponds are still a work in progress but you can see them at
www.highdesertkoi.com
click on "Our Ponds"