sept- 10 -2011 pond video

[koiguy1969]

1200 gals of crystal clear water, happy healthy koi... five 17" - 20".. one 20" pieco, one 6" koi, and 50+ 2" -3" fry/ juveniles.

 

[baeya]

Awsome video!! Can't wait to try and post one of my pond when it clears up! It IS clearing up! So excited!!

 

[taherrmann4]

That is some clear water. Does your pleco stay hidden most of the time?

 

[DrDave]

Still looking good! How deep is your pond?

 

[koiguy1969]

Still looking good! How deep is your pond?

28".
tmann.......no he or she is usually in plain sight.

 

[blessedfamily]

Beautiful..are all your plants in pots? What is on the bottom of your pond? bare bottom liner?

 

[koiguy1969]

That is some clear water. Does your pleco stay hidden most of the time?

tmann.......no he or she is usually in plain sight.

 

[koiguy1969]

Beautiful..are all your plants in pots? What is on the bottom of your pond? bare bottom liner?

YES .it is bare bottomed, except the gravel my fish have managed to make a mess with...my plants are in pots ($1.79 oil pans from Meijers) with peagravel and 1" - 1&1/2" river rock. my iris are bareroot in a milk crate, with 1 large stone on the bottom for weight, i cut some 1' long 1/2" stakes from polyethelene stock that are pushed into its root ball thru the openings in the milkcrate to secure them.
if your asking what i think you are, its a tetrapond biofilter that i converted to a "pull thru" mechanical filter, or large prefilter..meaning its before the pump.or as koikeepr calls it a retro bottm drain....lol

 

[j.w]

Nice video w/ all your neat big and little fishes koiguy and sounds like the kids were having fun in the background..............in the pool or playing some kind of game

 

[addy1]

very nice koiguy

 

[koiguy1969]

j.w....that would have been my neighbors. they just got a pool installed. 18' x 42' inground, heated, 10' high water slide, waterfall (faux stone), and 2 sheer decents mounted in 6' long planter boxes. very nice!!

 

[koiguy1969]

I took some pics as well...might as well share them..

 

[CliffandJoann]

Gorgeous Koiguy. I see you manage to have nice lilies in with the big boys, not
an easy feat.

 

[koiguy1969]

CLIFFANDJOANN....i'm going to try planting my lillies in lava rock...the highly pourous, extremely rough, texture should keep them safe. the rough texture wont be comfortable on their lips and even if they can handle that, they wont likely be able to get any suction on them to lift them out. but your idea looks like a good one as well. you can see one in your pics you posted in baeyas thread on the subject.

 

[blessedfamily]

Yes I was wondering what that retro bottom drain thing was lol....your pond looks very nice and I love your big Koi.