Newbie, sort of....

[Sassygirl]

been lurking for a whole year! This is my pond that my son in law helped me build. Im in new mexico and its hot!

 

[Mmathis]

Hello and welcome to our group. Nice pond and l like all the little "things" you have all around. How big is it and are those koi or goldfish? It's hot here in Louisiana, too

 

[DutchMuch]

welcome, like your pond it looks nice @

 

[addy1]

Glad the lurker quit hiding in the shadows and posted!

Very nice build.

 

[MitchM]

Welcome!

 

[peter hillman]

I like it!

 

[cas]

Welcome. Very nice pond. I lurked for a year before I joined too.

 

[Sassygirl]

I am guessing it is somewhere around 1000 gallons. I started with a preform and my fish survived that for about 4 years and then my son in law said 'time for a real pond'! I now have 13 fish, 5 babies from last year, 2 koi that i got as babies last year (now huge!) and an assortment of other fish. I inherited a little baby fish with some tadpoles i bought and he is growing nicely. I have very hard water here, despite having a softener but the fish seem happy enough, they have spawned 6 times already this year but I think the koi had the babies for breakfast . Had to rebuild due to bio filter blowout, after one of the clips broke late at night. Fish almost died but we managed to save them all, rebuild and make pond bigger at the same time. Anyway, its a hobby that i love and its relaxing to sit and watch my lovely fish playing around. Couple more pics, first one is the devastation after filter blowout and how it looks now

 

[Sassygirl]

Sorry, 2nd one is the carnage pic

 

[Sassygirl]

A couple of fish pics

 

[sissy]

welcome and glad you decided to jump in and share your pond with us ,Great pond that son-in-law helped you build .Do you provide shade and do you know the temps. of your water

 

[j.w]

@Sassygirl

Very pretty pond and fish!

 

[Sassygirl]

welcome and glad you decided to jump in and share your pond with us ,Great pond that son-in-law helped you build .Do you provide shade and do you know the temps. of your water

Yes, i use a large umbrella over it during the sunniest part of the day. I tint the water too to give them some more shade. Daytime temp is usually consistent at around 80f. Shaded beautifully till around 1pm and then the brolly goes up fish usually hang out in the deepest part till the evening

 

[budgenator]

I'm jealous of your water clarity!

 

[Sassygirl]

I'm jealous of your water clarity!

Thank you!! All achieved with a $150 bio filter and 1210gph pump. I do use water clarifier and i only have 13 fish.