Steve is building a pond!

http://www.geocities.com/erviservy/pond/ThePond.htm

Hi everybody, I hang out on "the freshwater aquarium" every now and
again, less since I've become a pond nut. I still have my planted
aquariums in the house, but they don't get quite as much attention as
they used to. I did spring for some new amazon swords for the big
discus tank. They look happy.

Anyway, here's a quickie web page I put together to show my pond
build.
http://www.geocities.com/erviservy/pond/ThePond.htm

I found a forum called "Koiphen" a while back and got all the help and
hints I could before I started. They really are a nice bunch there. If
you're thinking about building a pond, or re-doing one you already
have, I recommend dropping by there for a visit. The "pond
construction and filtration" forum has everything you'd ever want to
know about building a koi pond.

enjoy!
steve



Pond, James Pond

Welcome Steve!
That's some project!
We're glad you found us and look
forward to hearing more about your pond.
Koishack www.koishack.com is another
great reference for serious koi ponders.
(You can never see enough ponds...)

k :-)
http://tinyurl.com/6bguh ~ new pond keeper info
http://tinyurl.com/yp64db ~ slide show of pond

On Jun 27, 1:02 pm, "Pond, James Pond" <halfarock2...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> http://www.geocities.com/erviservy/pond/ThePond.htm
>
> Hi everybody, I hang out on "the freshwater aquarium" every now and
> again, less since I've become a pond nut. I still have my planted
> aquariums in the house, but they don't get quite as much attention as
> they used to. I did spring for some new amazon swords for the big
> discus tank. They look happy.
>
> Anyway, here's a quickie web page I put together to show my pond
> build.http://www.geocities.com/erviservy/pond/ThePond.htm
>
> I found a forum called "Koiphen" a while back and got all the help and
> hints I could before I started. They really are a nice bunch there. If
> you're thinking about building a pond, or re-doing one you already
> have, I recommend dropping by there for a visit. The "pond
> construction and filtration" forum has everything you'd ever want to
> know about building a koi pond.
>
> enjoy!
> steve

Kudos to you Steve and welcome to the "Club" (or the obsessed! :-P )
I know what you mean about the aquarium. Mine has been languishing
for about a year now... Still has water and fish in it, some good
algae for them to eat, but talk about neglect! I will remedy that in
a couple of weeks.
Thanks for the tip on the Koiphen group. Will take a look as I am
contemplating expanding my pond just a little bit and could use some
advice on fusing liners or just purchasing a new one (Arrg! That
would be about $800).
Take care and keep up posted!
W Dale

Looking good so far - wish we could get a digger round the back and I
wasn't having to dig by hand with a spade......

Can't wait to see more pics as the work progresses :-)

Gill

PS the indoor tanks don't need to suffer - just a little more work and
I've got my maintenance down to 20 mins per tank.....

Hey Steve (Southern greeting!),

Thanks for sharing the great photos of your pond. Keep us posted.

Lots of hard work there!.

Our pond is cement also, but unlined.

Welcome to rpm.

Jim

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:02:51 CST, "Pond, James Pond"
<> wrote:

>http://www.geocities.com/erviservy/pond/ThePond.htm

Wow, Steve, you've got a lot done already.

>I found a forum called "Koiphen" a while back and got all the help and
>The "pond construction and filtration" forum has everything you'd ever want to
>know about building a koi pond.

Darn, I thought for a moment I could take credit for the idea of using the
barrels. ;-) ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

Pond, James Pond;725081 Wrote:
> http://tinyurl.com/28m5yx
>
> Hi everybody, I hang out on "the freshwater aquarium" every now and
> again, less since I've become a pond nut. I still have my planted
> aquariums in the house, but they don't get quite as much attention as
> they used to. I did spring for some new amazon swords for the big
> discus tank. They look happy.
>
> Anyway, here's a quickie web page I put together to show my pond
> build.
> http://tinyurl.com/28m5yx
>
> I found a forum called "Koiphen" a while back and got all the help and
> hints I could before I started. They really are a nice bunch there. If
> you're thinking about building a pond, or re-doing one you already
> have, I recommend dropping by there for a visit. The "pond
> construction and filtration" forum has everything you'd ever want to
> know about building a koi pond.
>
> enjoy!
> steve

I have built serveral ponds, but I must admit that I have not built one
for quite a while. I have created a web sites
http://www.gardenfishpond.co.uk and have including some information
about planning a building a pond. Take a look it may be usefull to you.
If there are any errors then please let me know.

Thanks




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bromster

On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:20:14 CST, bromster
<> wrote:

>I have built serveral ponds, but I must admit that I have not built one
>for quite a while. I have created a web sites
>http://www.gardenfishpond.co.uk and have including some information
>about planning a building a pond. Take a look it may be usefull to you.
>If there are any errors then please let me know.

Hi Bromster,

You do have some nice information there, but to title it: The Complete
Garden Fish Pond Guide seemed a bit pretentious? There is nothing about
skimmers, bottom drains, or filters. Nor dealing with the many problems of
a garden pond, from green water to predators.

As you've mentioned you haven't built one for a long time, so you might
want to provide a link to the AKCA website www.akca.com and inform people
to click on Koi Health Advisor where they'll get a menu on detailed pond
construction. Granted it is over the top for most small garden ponds....
but how many think small and it gets bigger & bigger?

I know I always find it interesting that when a person gets friend
interested in a pond the non-ponding friend often ends up with a much
bigger pond. ;-) A possible maintenance nightmare without a skimmer &
bottom drain. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

~ jan wrote:
to the AKCA website www.akca.com and
> inform people to click on Koi Health Advisor where they'll get a menu
> on detailed pond construction. Granted it is over the top for most
>

BTW that's .org ha a heck of a time getting there, grin

Barbara(OR)

>~ jan wrote:
> to the AKCA website www.akca.com and
>>
>
>BTW that's .org ha a heck of a time getting there, grin
>Barbara(OR)

Ooops, thanks for the correction: www.akca.org ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us