Hello from Ottawa

[Bergenm]

Hi, I live in Ottawa, Ontario (Canada). I have been keeping fish for 35 year and started into ponds 15 years. Last year, my wife and I built our largest pond to date, its 10' x 20' and approximately 2500 gallons. It is home to 8 large koi and too many babies to count...

Michael

 

[DrDave]

Welcome to the Forum!

 

[blessedfamily]

Wow love your big fish..do you have rock on the bottom of your pond? Just curious if you do if you ever had any issues.

 

[j.w]

Michael
Beauty of a pond you have there and awesome fishes

 

[fishin4cars]

Welcome aboard, Nice looking pond!

 

[addy1]

Glad you joined, great looking pond, love the bridge.

Hey jw their hyacinths are going crazy!

 

[taherrmann4]

Nice looking Pond.

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Bergenm]

@blessedfamily - Yes the pond is completely rocked. We weighed the pros and the cons, and we felt that adding rocks was the best option for our setup. We have had a couple of minor scrapes when they are breeding but other than that, no major problems. We test the water on a regular basis - zero ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and phosphates. Ph steady at 8.0.

@addy1 - Most of the plants have gone crazy this year, we are throwing out buckets of hyacinths, water lettuce, creeping primrose and parrots feather on a regular basis

 

[addy1]

Mine are growing decently, but no need to toss them, i.e. not overgrown, they have not done that fantastic ..............lol

 

[j.w]

Wow throwing away plants? Yikes I bet some of the peeps who live in Canada on this forum would be glad to take some off your hands and pay your shipping costs.
I'm jealous of all your nice plants. Water Hyacinth does not like me or anyways my weather here. Same w/ Water Lettuce :sad:

 

[addy1]

Wow throwing away plants? Yikes I bet some of the peeps who live in Canada on this forum would be glad to take some off your hands and pay your shipping costs.
I'm jealous of all your nice plants. Water Hyacinth does not like me or anyways my weather here. Same w/ Water Lettuce :sad:

Bet they would too jw, summer is slowing down, but still need plants till it really gets cold.

 

[j.w]

Yep and primrose and parrots feather are good to go through winter too, don't know about Canada but here they do and where you are too addy right?

 

[addy1]

Yep and primrose and parrots feather are good to go through winter too, don't know about Canada but here they do and where you are too addy right?

yep they do here, I had some parrots feather come back after winter, the primrose is rated as cold tolerant too, and invasive if not controlled. I had some in arizona, it does spread, just need to yank it back off and on.

 

[blessedfamily]

M pond is rocked also and so far in 3 years no problems, I always have to ask,never know what you will learn

 

[CometKeith]

Hi Michael, Welcome! Really nice plants and fish. I like your bridge a lot too. I am also throwing away about 5 or 10 plants everyday and have been doing this for the last month.