Hi all
New here but not to ponds or forums. Looking for someplace new with maybe a smaller friendly feel.
I live in the state of WI. We put in our first pond 7 yrs ago, we now have 5. All our ponds have been DIY. Our first pond was put in the summer of 2004...is mainly Koi, but I do have a few male goldfish in there this pond is odd shaped (kind of kidney) and maybe at the narrowest 12' wide and 24' long about 2500 gals, we have a pump in the skimmer that feeds up to a small upper pond about 100gals and is used as a nursery/Qt and limited veggie filter, it gravitates the water back down through the waterfall of the koi pond.
Next we built a Lily/goldfish pond in the spring of 2007. it is about 13'x18' with a 10' channel that makes it look kind of like it is attatched to the koi pond, it is also about 2500gals. I now have about 30 named variety of lilies (maybe more).
In 2009 I put in a Lotus pond, not big...about 6'x4', it has one large unknown white lotus in it, my other lotus are in pots which I have to take in for the winter, this year I may try to overwinter one in the lily pond.
Last year I was given a medium size preform from my daughters neighbor, they no longer wanted it, so I put this one in the front for a little white noise, mainly plants, but I did put in a few goldfish fry.
I am also an avid gardner, with large gardens around all ponds and throughout the yard, front, back and sides. When not gardening or ponding, I enjoy spending my time with family, I have 4 kids and 6 grandkids most live out of state :lol: so I don't get to see them often.
Looking forward to navigating the forum and learning new things, because there is always things to learn.
New here but not to ponds or forums. Looking for someplace new with maybe a smaller friendly feel.
I live in the state of WI. We put in our first pond 7 yrs ago, we now have 5. All our ponds have been DIY. Our first pond was put in the summer of 2004...is mainly Koi, but I do have a few male goldfish in there this pond is odd shaped (kind of kidney) and maybe at the narrowest 12' wide and 24' long about 2500 gals, we have a pump in the skimmer that feeds up to a small upper pond about 100gals and is used as a nursery/Qt and limited veggie filter, it gravitates the water back down through the waterfall of the koi pond.
Next we built a Lily/goldfish pond in the spring of 2007. it is about 13'x18' with a 10' channel that makes it look kind of like it is attatched to the koi pond, it is also about 2500gals. I now have about 30 named variety of lilies (maybe more).
In 2009 I put in a Lotus pond, not big...about 6'x4', it has one large unknown white lotus in it, my other lotus are in pots which I have to take in for the winter, this year I may try to overwinter one in the lily pond.
Last year I was given a medium size preform from my daughters neighbor, they no longer wanted it, so I put this one in the front for a little white noise, mainly plants, but I did put in a few goldfish fry.
I am also an avid gardner, with large gardens around all ponds and throughout the yard, front, back and sides. When not gardening or ponding, I enjoy spending my time with family, I have 4 kids and 6 grandkids most live out of state :lol: so I don't get to see them often.
Looking forward to navigating the forum and learning new things, because there is always things to learn.
