koidaddy
karps house of koi
Hello to all. My name is Noel and I have been into ponds for about 3 years. I started with a small 1500 gallon pond and went up to 7000 gal a year later. Last year I killed my fish(25) due to a bonehead mistake. I was depressed for a week. Shut the pond down and and turned off pumps and filters. After a week I decided to drain it and when I got to the bottom my pleco(Nesse) was down there, I had forgotten about her. I thought she was dead. I went to net her out and she moved! I was so excited. It was a tiny bright moment in a bad tragedy. I netted her out and put in the rubbermaid 180 gal filter tub.
Well after 8 months I got tired of looking at a hole in the yard and decided to put the liner back in the ground. But I wanted to make things a little smaller. I eleminated the waterfall and went to @ 4000 gallons. Now I can have side bogs that are all one piece of liner(Firestone 45mil) so no leaks.
I have restocked to about 14 fish over the last 6 months. It is still a little green due to cycling, set up again 11/24/09.
I need to invest in a beter filter but fornow I am using a 180 gal R.M. stock tank to make a biological filter. I am using 3 Mag Drive 1800 pumps. 1 goes to the bio filter, 1 into the bog garden, and one to circulate the water with a 3 foot spray bar.(pond is 4' deep) I had a sand filter set up to the waterfall that drew from the very bottom but the pump was expensive to run(old pool pump). I also had a UV sterilizer but it stopped working.
I will post pics but would like to now what the protocal is here. I don't want to step on toes and post in the wrong areas.
Thanks for reading my long intro. I could go on but will save some stuff for future posts.
Well after 8 months I got tired of looking at a hole in the yard and decided to put the liner back in the ground. But I wanted to make things a little smaller. I eleminated the waterfall and went to @ 4000 gallons. Now I can have side bogs that are all one piece of liner(Firestone 45mil) so no leaks.
I have restocked to about 14 fish over the last 6 months. It is still a little green due to cycling, set up again 11/24/09.
I need to invest in a beter filter but fornow I am using a 180 gal R.M. stock tank to make a biological filter. I am using 3 Mag Drive 1800 pumps. 1 goes to the bio filter, 1 into the bog garden, and one to circulate the water with a 3 foot spray bar.(pond is 4' deep) I had a sand filter set up to the waterfall that drew from the very bottom but the pump was expensive to run(old pool pump). I also had a UV sterilizer but it stopped working.
I will post pics but would like to now what the protocal is here. I don't want to step on toes and post in the wrong areas.
Thanks for reading my long intro. I could go on but will save some stuff for future posts.
I will post some pics of the new ones soon.