Our new pond!

[icewaterdon]

Here are a few before and after pics of our koi pond project. We started May 10 around 8:00 am and finished on May 12 around 7:40 pm. This was a family affair. My wife, Son, Daughter and I.
The main pond is 17'x12'x4' and the header pond is 6'x5'x12" fed by a 100 gallon skippy filter. The pump runs on low speed with pletty of water flow. There are few finishing touches such as installing the Aqua Skim 40 skimmer, adding plants in the main and header pond and of course the fish. The fish are a few weeks out.

Thanks for all those on this forum as well as others for information sharing. That information sure can make a project like this go much smoother.

We thought it came out pretty darn nice for amateures.

icewaterdon

 

[addy1]

Very nice! and that was a fast build, you have a good crew.

 

[icewaterdon]

Thanks! Yes you are correct. I have a good crew. We are very satified with the results.

 

[sissy]

wow pool gone and what a great spot for the pond and easy to view from any where in the house or outside on the deck and fast build maybe if everyones not to sore you can hire them out for manual labor .lol

 

[sissy]

Just noticed looking back the filter cover really nice job there .

 

[Mucky_Waters]

Great job! You and your family must be extremely organized or something. We started our pond February 21 2011 9:46 am, and here it is May 14 2012 7:07 am and we still aren't quite finished.
Got any work in progress pictures???

 

[j.w]

Great job and looks terrific!

 

[icewaterdon]

Sorry for the delayed reply.Thanks for all the positive comments.
I had trouble loading pictures. SORE........oh yeah! I have been planning, researching etc this pond for almost a year. My family are very hard workers and I could not have done this without them helping me out. But let me tell you, It has been worth it already.
I would also like to thank all you folks for your input and responses to questions etc.

 

[icewaterdon]

I have since added waterfall foam. I will add more pics later.

 

[sissy]

great job and once they get sitting there looking at it ,I am sure you family will add decorative things to it .It will grow and grow .

 

[j.w]

Nice spot now to sit and relax your sore muscle's! Your hard work has paid off. Good job to your helpers also!

 

[pondlover]

Wow that looks fabulous!

 

[icewaterdon]

Thanks! We are really beginning to enjoy the pond. I have since installed a UV light, made some adjustments to the waterfall, added a weir built by koiguy1969 and added a few lilly pads. More plant life to come.

 

[icewaterdon]

Here is a short video of our pond.
icewaterdon

 

[JohnHuff]

Amazing build! If this was my family it would be more like "We started May 10, 2008 around 8:00 am and finished on May 12, 2012 around 7:40 pm."