My First Pond Build. 1yr + work in progress

[marscot]

Hi everyone I've been learning from you guys since I bought my first home and decided to get an aquarium. My wife loved the koi at the petstore and we got the biggest scolding about putting baby koi in a 75 gallon aquarium. I assured her I would build a pond for them later and my koi journey began. I have lurked on all my favorite koi forums and learned all I could and wanted to show some of the fruits of my labor. I also wanted to give a general thanks to everyone for all the great information.

 

[marscot]

Forgot to post pictures.

 

[marscot]

Here is my latest remodel of the pond. Its been a long process but I work on it a little at a time as funds are available lol.

 

[Mmathis]

Thanks for sharing! I love "lurkers!"

 

[marscot]

I never felt like I had anything to add to the forum. Now that I've been doing it for over a year I want to give back with my experience and maybe find some local koi ponders in my area

 

[addy1]

Your pond is looking great

 

[HTH]

We love pictures.

 

[marscot]

I wish I would have built it all below ground because it would have been a lot cheaper. I even built one for a coworker just for the love of it and I felt a little jealous.

 

[DrCase]

Dont Be

A raised pond is really hard to Beat

 

[sissy]

great job

 

[HTH]

Dont Be

A raised pond is realy hard to Beat

There is something special about standing next to one and being so close to the fish.

 

[sissy]

I did the block inside but did the retaining wall block out fr
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om it so on some of the sides U could put in plants .You could still do that also

 

[marscot]

sissy I was worried about putting too much between me and the pond but now i see i could probably add plants to the back corners. I'm not back there unless i'm screwing with the filter/waterfall. I wish I would have designed the waterfall better but I was on a tight budget at that point and wanted to be finished with it.

 

[addy1]

sissy I was worried about putting too much between me and the pond but now i see i could probably add plants to the back corners. I'm not back there unless i'm screwing with the filter/waterfall. I wish I would have designed the waterfall better but I was on a tight budget at that point and wanted to be finished with it.

You can always redo it! the waterfall that is., we are famous for redoing.

 

[marscot]

here's a picture of the goldfish pond I built for a coworker. its about 250 gallons I believe.