Any help greatly appreciated

[Joeboyc]

Hi everyone,

I’ve inherited a pond when we moved house (I have attached pictures of as much as possible) I have estimated the pond to be around 5000 litres including the reed bank.

The pond was active until November when he took the pump with him, at this time I was told that due to it being winter to leave the pond and not to do anything.

What was left was two filter boxes biotec 10 and a bitron 25 plus a bitron 30?

I have purchased a pump capable of 5000 litres of a hour which I believe matches the biotec 10 And new filter media and UVC bulb.

I’m thinking of running just the biotec 10 and bitron 25 for the time being as I’m not planning on stocking for a little while just getting used to pond ownership.

On Tuesday I am putting in a new junction box and wiring up the pump, UVC and filter.

Is there anything I’m missing or not doing that I need to be aware of any advice is greatfully received

Thanks in advance

Joe (pond beginner)

 

[Magzire]

Fish
Sounds like your all set to be honest, enjoy.
Also you can probably jump start the filter cycle why using some pond waste

 

[Joeboyc]

Hi magazine,

Could you explain what you mean when you say jump start

 

[Magzire]

Filters don't just clear water, it's also does the nitrogen cycle, ammonia to nitrates. which makes it safe for fish. Which i assume a you know already. Since the pond was cycle before, the pond bottom will be living with beneficial bacteria.

Anyways the pump will do it

 

[Joeboyc]

So once it’s pumping this will do it automatically?

 

[Magzire]

Yep you'll fine. What fish you plan to get?

 

[Joeboyc]

I’d like to get koi, how long would I wait after pump and filters running to stock?

How many koi would you keep In a pond this size?

 

[sissy]

Welcome and sorry your pond is to small for koi .I figure your pond at around 1300 gallons or so and koi can get to be over 2 feet long

 

[Joeboyc]

Hi Sissy,

Prior to me buying the house the previous owner had around 7 koi in the pond

The pond is 15 feet long by 10 foot wide and 5 foot deep it also has a reed bank in a separate area the water flows through, did he overstock?

 

[sissy]

How big was his koi .My koi I got back in 2004 and they are now way over 2 feet long and my pond is 5000 U.S.gallons with 2 filters

 

[Joeboyc]

I’m not sure maybe a foot each? Would you advise me not to keep koi?

 

[sissy]

maybe 1 or 2 and remember they have babies .Last year I gave 20 babies away and removed lots of eggs .Then winter came and I found another 15 babies .Goldfish are worse ,they have more babies and breed more than koi

 

[EricV]

Something doesn't add up here. 15'x10'x5' is not 5000 L, more like 5000 gallons. If it was a box, it'd be 5600 gallons. With curves you are probably looking at more like 3000-4000.

 

[Magzire]

That looks plenty big for Koi

 

[sissy]

It sure looks big enough I think he had the liters wrong or I got it wrong .But remember no matter what you have to think about babies and overcrowding the pond in the future .Every year I have to plan around getting rid of eggs or getting rid of fish .The eggs that get lost in the pond can bring you lots of babies that are sometimes hard to get rid of .