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I used to have a pond about 10 years ago. I dug it by hand and built a skippy filter and kept Koi and lilies in it. I loved it but had to move and turned my home into a rental property so the pond had to go. Since then I have not installed another pond. I am looking at a home which has an established pond with Koi and plants.
It looks like a decent setup with a bog filter and a stream running down a hill into the pond feature. The current owner has some large koi over 2 ft in the pond and a few smaller ones as well. To my eyes it looks over stocked but the fish look healthy and happy. I believe the long stream and large bog are effectively filtering the system. All told it has a huge amount of surface area for filtration.
I might have to rework the pump system because it has an in pond pump and it does not look to be an efficient one. Intially I will leave it alone because you shouldn't fix what isn't broken.
If I purchase the home I will most likely look to re-home some of the fish in order to keep the bio load down and make the pond less crowded. Here is a few pics of my old pond.
It looks like a decent setup with a bog filter and a stream running down a hill into the pond feature. The current owner has some large koi over 2 ft in the pond and a few smaller ones as well. To my eyes it looks over stocked but the fish look healthy and happy. I believe the long stream and large bog are effectively filtering the system. All told it has a huge amount of surface area for filtration.
I might have to rework the pump system because it has an in pond pump and it does not look to be an efficient one. Intially I will leave it alone because you shouldn't fix what isn't broken.
If I purchase the home I will most likely look to re-home some of the fish in order to keep the bio load down and make the pond less crowded. Here is a few pics of my old pond.