Hello,
We bought a house with a koi pond and are trying to figure out how to maintain it, since previous owners did not leave instructions.
We have about 6-8 large Koi (20 inches) and around 8 small Koi (8 inches). The pond has a water fall that is fed from a pump in skimmer and small airator. There are filter pads in the water fall and a bag of stones to hold it down.
We bought a 4000 gph pump and a pressurized filter with uv light to clean it. We also got a larger airator.
Where should we put the 4000 gph pump? I’m worried that fish or frogs will get in it. Currently we use the pump that was in the skimmer before to go into pressure filter and then into water fall but we will change this since the waterfall flow is reduced with the addition of pressure filter.
There is also an area to the right side of waterfall that is separate from the pond and has nothing in it, about 2 inches of water. What could that be for?
I tested water with a drop kit and the phosphate was 2.0 and ph 9.0, ammonia and nitrate were at the lowest level of test kit.
One of the larger koi was swimming on its side on Saturday. We added more water and treated with the water conditioner and now it is swimming normal again but a little less active compared to the other koi. It also started eating again.
We feed the sticks for fall winter 1x per day and only as much as they eat in a few minutes. They come up to the surface and open their mouths and swim around with mouths open and closed and also eat the roots of plants. Not sure if we feed enough/not enough/too much.
Temperature in water was 68 but not sure if thermometer works correctly. We are in Delaware.
It would be great if you could help with pump placement and if we have enough filtration etc. We clean the pads with a water hose a few times per week. Pond was off until March because we could not figure out how to turn it on initially. There was a heater in it which we took out when we turned pumps on - the heater might have increased water temperatures, not sure. It was meant to keep surface ice free.
Thank you,
Regina
We bought a house with a koi pond and are trying to figure out how to maintain it, since previous owners did not leave instructions.
We have about 6-8 large Koi (20 inches) and around 8 small Koi (8 inches). The pond has a water fall that is fed from a pump in skimmer and small airator. There are filter pads in the water fall and a bag of stones to hold it down.
We bought a 4000 gph pump and a pressurized filter with uv light to clean it. We also got a larger airator.
Where should we put the 4000 gph pump? I’m worried that fish or frogs will get in it. Currently we use the pump that was in the skimmer before to go into pressure filter and then into water fall but we will change this since the waterfall flow is reduced with the addition of pressure filter.
There is also an area to the right side of waterfall that is separate from the pond and has nothing in it, about 2 inches of water. What could that be for?
I tested water with a drop kit and the phosphate was 2.0 and ph 9.0, ammonia and nitrate were at the lowest level of test kit.
One of the larger koi was swimming on its side on Saturday. We added more water and treated with the water conditioner and now it is swimming normal again but a little less active compared to the other koi. It also started eating again.
We feed the sticks for fall winter 1x per day and only as much as they eat in a few minutes. They come up to the surface and open their mouths and swim around with mouths open and closed and also eat the roots of plants. Not sure if we feed enough/not enough/too much.
Temperature in water was 68 but not sure if thermometer works correctly. We are in Delaware.
It would be great if you could help with pump placement and if we have enough filtration etc. We clean the pads with a water hose a few times per week. Pond was off until March because we could not figure out how to turn it on initially. There was a heater in it which we took out when we turned pumps on - the heater might have increased water temperatures, not sure. It was meant to keep surface ice free.
Thank you,
Regina
