Hello, just built my pond a little less than 2 years ago and have enjoyed it a lot. I had
hired a contractor to do it, but after a couple of days I realized he didn't know what he was
doing so a friend and myself decided to give it a go. I already had the hole dug about 7 years
ago when I had an excavator on site digging out tree stumps. We did some research and decided
to go with a rock lined bottom (I hear groans but it seems to be working so far). We got most of it together in
about 3 weeks but still have more to do. I bought a couple of small goldfish to make sure
fish could live in the pond, they did. I was lucky to have a friend with excess koi and he
gave me about 24 that were about 10 inches.What I didn't realize is that the goldfish would like it
so much that the next summer I would have hundreds of babies. I tried netting,trapping,and
using a seine net and gave away hundreds but knew I could never get rid of all of them.
Drained the pond a month ago and got rid of all the goldfish. Unfortunately I also got rid of
all my good bacteria and am now dealing with an algae bloom. Anyway I have enjoyed the site
and have found some good information. Looking forward to reading all the posts and articles.
Joe
hired a contractor to do it, but after a couple of days I realized he didn't know what he was
doing so a friend and myself decided to give it a go. I already had the hole dug about 7 years
ago when I had an excavator on site digging out tree stumps. We did some research and decided
to go with a rock lined bottom (I hear groans but it seems to be working so far). We got most of it together in
about 3 weeks but still have more to do. I bought a couple of small goldfish to make sure
fish could live in the pond, they did. I was lucky to have a friend with excess koi and he
gave me about 24 that were about 10 inches.What I didn't realize is that the goldfish would like it
so much that the next summer I would have hundreds of babies. I tried netting,trapping,and
using a seine net and gave away hundreds but knew I could never get rid of all of them.
Drained the pond a month ago and got rid of all the goldfish. Unfortunately I also got rid of
all my good bacteria and am now dealing with an algae bloom. Anyway I have enjoyed the site
and have found some good information. Looking forward to reading all the posts and articles.
Joe