ididntdoit99
ididntdoit99
Hey everyone! I don't think I've checked in or posted any updates since last spring. Last fall/winter was a disaster for my pond. Things at home and work were just so crazy that I completely neglected everything that needed to be done and I lost every one of my fish this winter. Not to mention the cold of the winter, which many people around us had frozen pipes and went without water, the freeze much much deeper than normal. So, I learned some very important lessons, too bad that it came at the expense of losing some very nice koi, some of which were 5 years old now.
So this spring come new beginnings, I added a bog to the pond last year, but then never got to use it because there was a leak in the liner (used liner and rock I got for free for helping someone tear out a pond)
This weekend I drained the entire pond, dug all of the rock out of the bog, replaced that liner, and refilled everything. (and was smart enough to fill the bog with water and let it run a few days to check for leaks before putting all the rock in, something that sure would have saved me a lot of time the first time)
Very soon I hope to start checking out koi at the local stores and breeders, and find some decent looking pond quality koi (nothing too expensive for me, I'm not made of money) This time we are going with all koi, as before we had a mixture.
Here is a couple of pictures from this weekend, the teardown, and i'll see if i can post a video here in a minute i took last night after I finally finished.
I was telling the guys at work that this tracker is like haveing a John Deere Gator i can drive to work. Its so small i came in the yard, maneuvered around all the stuff in my yard no problem, wrapped a chain around the end of my liner and closed up the other side with a tow strap and just yanked it right out. Sure helped my back not having to dig as much.
Here I had the bog filled up with some water, and had just drained the pond.
So this spring come new beginnings, I added a bog to the pond last year, but then never got to use it because there was a leak in the liner (used liner and rock I got for free for helping someone tear out a pond)
This weekend I drained the entire pond, dug all of the rock out of the bog, replaced that liner, and refilled everything. (and was smart enough to fill the bog with water and let it run a few days to check for leaks before putting all the rock in, something that sure would have saved me a lot of time the first time)
Very soon I hope to start checking out koi at the local stores and breeders, and find some decent looking pond quality koi (nothing too expensive for me, I'm not made of money) This time we are going with all koi, as before we had a mixture.
Here is a couple of pictures from this weekend, the teardown, and i'll see if i can post a video here in a minute i took last night after I finally finished.
I was telling the guys at work that this tracker is like haveing a John Deere Gator i can drive to work. Its so small i came in the yard, maneuvered around all the stuff in my yard no problem, wrapped a chain around the end of my liner and closed up the other side with a tow strap and just yanked it right out. Sure helped my back not having to dig as much.
Here I had the bog filled up with some water, and had just drained the pond.