My basement pond project

Yikes! I saw an actual Kohaku today at the LFS (domestic of course or from Malaysia). Fish are new, and not for sale yet (this place has 5 day warranty on fish). They also have a yellow and gold one that i want too. I don't want it to get snatched. I didn't have time to buy, was late for work. Heading back out during lunch break.

meijers gives 10 days.

I just bought 15x20ft of pond liner from local pond shop... ran out of time... didn't go to Big Al's to buy the koi. I'll do it on the way home from work.

That gold and yellow one might be a Kigoi, is it gold on top and light yellow on the bottom?

Here's my new stock for today.

I didn't end up buying the yellow/gold. It's a pretty solid colour. But I ended up buying a solid white. Sorry for the lack of better names.

But here's the best Kohaku I've seen since I started hunting for koi.

All these guys are about 6".

Good eye DrDave ...Jameskoi your on the right track.

1. Tancho Sanke
2. Platinum Ogon
3. Kohaku
Nice score! How much were they?

Thanks! I bought them at my LFS 3 for $50CDN or it would have been $20 each. I just measured my blue bowl. It's actually 6". These guys are longer than 6".

I'm going to buy the barrels and wood tomorrow... and maybe the scrubby pads... I gave the ones a bought a good soaking and cleaning. While squeezing them and bouncing them up and down in the water... it did created some bubbles, like soapy water surface. Giving them a third bath and over night soaking. It's not as bad anymore. Not sure what it's giving off, but I can't imagine it being toxic. These pads are meant for scrubbing pots and pans.

I went to this place that sells 55G blue barrels, but the guy didn't know what was stored in there to begin with and he said he wouldn't take a chance either with fish.

I wanted 'em quick so he told me to try out his reference. It's a food processing plant near by and they had 6 blue barrels, talked to someone that lived on the property and he said take it all if you want. Same ones DrCase used (will have to cut the top off). I wanted to take my share and give that store the rest, but my wagon can only hold 4 barrels. Still, what a score!

Anyway, I found different scrubby pads at the dollar store. 15 for $1 and in different colours. Does not make the water bubbly after first wash. They look exactly the same as the first ones I bought, however if look closely, the colour is mixed into the fibers. The first ones I bought wasn't. It's sorta stuck onto clear fiber. I'm gonna scrap the first 5 bags and stick with these ones. The first bags I bought also had a 'clean' smell. After 3rd bath, it still has this 'clean' smell. Weird... on top of all things, the original ones I bought are made in Canada, these ones are made in China. LOL!

I've done a bunch of DIY stuff in the past with fish. Always little paranoid when it comes to finding products that goes in the water. These barrels are basically new and originally had sodium lactate in it.

Bought all the wood today too. I'm ready to build. Will start taking pictures soon (i hope my cameras don't run out of batteries). My chargers are MIA. I know, this thread is useless without pics. LOL!

Here are the pics. Pretty self explanatory...