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Hello, This is my Mom & Dads pond. I know they put
such hard work into it that they dont know how to show it off to the
world so I thought I would do it for them. They live in Southcentral
Kansas. Although I am not sure how many gallons it is I know it is
over 900. My dad dug it out with a Bobcat.
It is about 5 feet deep and slopes up to about 2.5 feet at the
edges. They have installed a skimmer in the middle which is lifted
out by a pole. The pump is kept behind the fence and does a great
job. As far as Algae growth, Mom has controlled this with chemicals.
She had used Barley Bails but found that they did not work as well
as thought, and they also made a mess as well as ruined the view of
the waterfall (which is where your suppoed to put them. Mom has
added about 15 Koi to the pond, the largest is about 2 feet in
length. They are fed in the morning and at night. It has taken about
3 years for this pond to develop with the grass and perennial growth
around it. They are very proud of this place, and I look forward to
escaping back to the country away from the big city. Hope you all
enjoy the view.
Steven
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Note from one of our visitors:
Hi this is my pond about 900 gallons it has 12 koi 4 ghost koi and
several gold fish,
patrick bermingham age 12
cheltenham uk
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Note from one of our visitors:
Hi my name is Barbara Windham
and I live in Northwest Florida. My husband and I started a
pond last year, our first! I'm sending a picture. I had
always wanted one in the middle of my flower garden. We did
not put a liner under the waterfall. I never thought about the
water running else where. Our fish also died during the winter
this year also. Is there something we should be doing to
protect them in the winter months? We have no problem with
deer but our dog likes to get in the pond in the summer months so we
put an electric fence around it to keep her out. The other
problem we came across is building it under trees. We had a
lot of leaves to pick up after the winter. We also had to
cover the pond with wire mesh to keep the leaves out of the
pond. I would like to build another one but need some advise
on keeping my fish alive. Please help. By the way the
fish we had were Koei's, not sure if the spelling is right.
Thanks,
Barbara Windham s&bwindham@cyou.com |
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Note from one of our visitors:
Here are some pictures of my pond project. I live in southern
Ontario Canada and wintered my koi with no problem. The pond is 3.5
feet deep. I put a bubbler in the pond to keep an opening in the
ice. I also covered the pond in the fall to keep the leaves out.
P.S. Make sure you do not feed your fish when the water temp is
below 50 f.
The fish can't digest at this temp. shawnandtheresa@sympatico.ca |
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Note from one of our visitors: Hello there ,Just wanted to say friend told me about your sight .
i just couldn't resist dropping pic of some of the pond with fish in
it ...hope you enjoy ,,,we live in pa, north of pittsburgh and the
fish stay in the pond year round ,,thanks Betty
Email: NightStarScape@aol.com |
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Okay, Now the plants are in, Now she wants grass! Will this
project ever end?
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Well it works, the pond is operational. A few rocks, grass and
plants and its done.
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Building a pond has been quite a experience. One thing we have
learned about waterfalls. Place a liner under the waterfall before
you build it. Water loss will be reduced since water will soak into
your rocks and cement and then into the ground. Now if I could just
keep the deer out of mine.
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| Also we are building a new
two stage pond, once again we would love to see and hear
about folks out there that have built a pond, to share this information
with everyone. Thanks! Email
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By Tom Stevenson of Pittsburgh, PA.
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This is Tom , from Pittsburgh. Sending a picture of this summer's labor, or
should I say fun. Increased the size ,with a flexible liner and a new
waterfall. I wanted the more natural looking rock.. did the waterfall on
labor day. But spend a few weekends before gathering rocks.. hope you like
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By Tom Stevenson of Pittsburgh, PA.
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Your pond looks great. Nice job ! sending you a pic of my humble
pond. I put
it in during my vacation last year.. guess what I did this year ? .. well
I
put a bigger pond in. My first was a preformed liner. ( small ). Well I've
been bitten.. This year I used the flexible liner and made it 25"
deep ,
about 10' by almost 5' . Now I'm itching to re-do my waterfall..
with more
natural rock. Sending you a pic of my first pond.. I'll send you a
pic of my
updated pond ,when I get my film developed.. its my continuing project..
keeps me out of trouble.. great relaxation for those who can't sit
too
long.. Thanks for the pic of your pond ,its really nice. Hope mine
could
look so good.. take care.. |
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| Built by Jay Powell of Oregon:
Jay's pond has a very beautiful water fall custom designed pumping
about 1400 gallon per hour. He has wonder plant life around it along
with fish too!.
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