first time pond build

[paulm]

hi all going to build my first pond this sping any advice about hardware design plans ect would be great many thanks P:highfive:
im planning to build a 12ft by 6ft by 4ft deep koi pond

 

[DoDad]

Is this a koi pond or water garden?

 

[paulm]

its gonna be a koi pond

 

[DoDad]

Any drawings would help.

 

[paulm]

im looking for ideas

 

[koiguy1969]

well a dedicated koi pond is different than a garden pond with koi or other fish.

 

[DoDad]

We can't help you if you don't help us.
If it were a rectangle it would be about 2150 U.S. gallons.
Pond surface 72 sq feet.
Suggested pump size 3232 gph
No-more than 6 koi. Here I'm suggesting that in a couple of years these fish would be over 20 inches,

 

[paulm]

i want this to look informal 2000gallons is about right i was toying with a kidney shaped pond

 

[paulm]

what size is an average koi pond?

 

[DrDave]

There is no average for Koi ponds. I would say that less than a 1000 gallons is much harder to maintain. I have 2 ponds, joined by a stream that total 1500 gallons.

 

[paulm]

:shocking:koi are new to me have been keeping tropical fish for years im trying to find out as much as possible to avoid any pitfalls

 

[DoDad]

I have two ponds. The 13,000 gallon pond will be much easier to maintain. I'm figuring about half the time of the 4200gal pond. I guess you could say that I am a serious koi keeper.
The 4,00 gallon is a little more work.
I'm on my way out to clean filters an do a 10% water change.

 

[paulm]

if the weather gods allow im going to clear my back garden saturday next must take swings ect belonging to the kids down they have outgrown them then i can messure up the area i have planned for the pond

 

[koiguy1969]

are you going under or above ground or semi-above?

 

[paulm]

im going underground
cant wait to get my hands dirty