a quick question about my first pond

[steor1234]

I started digging my first pond today it will be 9ft x 5ft and 4 ft deep i want to keep koi carp. i have done a quick drawing of how its will look can you please have a look and see if it will be good for koi carp at the 2ft end i will be puting a rock waterfall

thanks

 

[addy1]

That is around 1300 gallons, you can keep koi, but not many. You will need to make sure you have good filtration and cleaning.

The koi would do better in a bigger pond. They get big, 2 foot plus, need room to swim. Those that keep koi will chime in. I don't have koi, but have read a lot of threads about them. They are beautiful fish, but are also fussy about their water.

Nice drawing, that pond will look nice.

 

[sissy]

welcome and addy is right my koi were a couple of inches long in 2004 and they are now over 2 feet long and they need a lot of filtering in there water and it needs tested more often .I have 2 filters going one on each end of the pond and 2 pumps going also .They are very fussy about water quality and take a lot more work and time .

 

[steor1234]

another quick one is this setup i have done right or does the pump pipe need to go in abit lower down or could i spilt it as i do want a waterfall??? or is it another pump job???

sorry its a lot a questions but now i have started digging the pond i have thought about nothing else

thanks alot

View attachment pond.bmp

 

[sissy]

I use one pump with high enough gph and two hoses ,one goes to the waterfall and the other goes to the filter and I have a valve on it to reduce the amount of water going to the filter .It works great on the 2900 gph pump but on the 940 gph I just divert the water to 2 hoses

 

[sissy]

My pond is a little over 4 feet but may take it to 5 feet by building up the sides of the pond more.Keeps the fish cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter

 

[addy1]

I have just one pump that has split flow. Mine is an external pump