Glad to be here.

[Dave 54]

Hi Dave and everyone. I've only had my pond for a year, it's 1000 gallons and I have 6 Koi and 2 turtles. And yes to answer your question, I have pictures lots of pictures and will post some as soon as I can. Thanks to all for the kind welcome.

Our own pond is 1,000 gallons too cant wait to see the photos nor can my partner Val

Dave

 

[Becky]

Welcome to the forum - you have a lovely pond!

 

[Lady Pugwash]

Welcome to the forum - you have a lovely pond!

Thank you Becky we love the pond and our fish sadly they all have names


Sue

 

[fishin4cars]

Welcome aboard, Glad to have met you on FB and found a new member here! Beautiful pond and yard.

 

[Gloria K.]

So now I can drive you all crazy on two websites.

 

[Gloria K.]

Welcome to the forum - you have a lovely pond!

Thank you. Sorry to be so late with the reply but I just saw your post.

 

[Mmathis]

@Gloria K. I know that you were in the process of having work done on your pond. How has that been going? Hopefully, it's been [or will be] a 100% improvement for you, and with a filtration system that make sense.

 

[Gloria K.]

The guys came out last week - completely emptied my pond of gravel, water, everything the way it should've been done in the first place, power washed the entire pond, washed the gravel before putting it back in, installed a real filter with a UV light and backwash, also installed a real auto fill instead of The Mickey Mouse one I had before which was nothing more than an emitter hose stuck in the rocks. That was about nine days ago and the water is crystal sparkling clear. Now I have a real koi pond.

 

[Mmathis]

The guys came out last week - completely emptied my pond of gravel, water, everything the way it should've been done in the first place, power washed the entire pond, washed the gravel before putting it back in, installed a real filter with a UV light and backwash, also installed a real auto fill instead of The Mickey Mouse one I had before which was nothing more than an emitter hose stuck in the rocks. That was about nine days ago and the water is crystal sparkling clear. Now I have a real koi pond.

Happy Dance for you! And so glad you were able to get this done!!! But be aware that you need to be checking your water parameters, especially if they powerwashed away all of your beneficial bacteria -- your pond will have to cycle all over again, and you need to stay on top of your ammonia, etc.. Do you have any pictures to share?

 

[Gloria K.]

I keep a very close check on my ammonia levels and all the other things like nitrites, phosphates etc. It has always registered zero so hopefully it will continue that way. I will have some pictures for you later today - maybe a video.
A few days ago I planted some water celery and floated some duckweed and Creeping Jenny in the pond. The fish have just about eaten the creeping Jenny completely ...they seem to love it. Am I going to have a problem with other plants? LOL.

 

[tengbells]

Welcome to the forum...your pond is very pretty! Look forward to seeing pics of your koi

 

[Gloria K.]

Having a very hard time trying to upload the video. Might be too long.

 

[Gloria K.]

Here are the pics.

 

[tengbells]

Beautiful pictures. Your landscaping and koi look lovely!

 

[Gloria K.]

Beautiful pictures. Your landscaping and koi look lovely!

Thank you. I love it. The koi got freaked out when I skimmed the pond a few minutes before taking the photos. They hate that so they huddled together.