[Akai-San]

Quote: Originally Posted by B.Scott Ah Plants... Years ago when I was just starting my koi pond I read an article by a Dutchman named Hugo Smal. Of all the things I read in the beginning, his words made the deepest impression on me. What he basically said was there are two kinds of Koi ponds... Proper Koi Ponds & Ponds with Koi. A proper koi pond was specifically built and designed to keep and grow koi in, A pond with koi is a pond that was built and where the owners have at some stage decided to introduce koi. The first is an environment where fish have chance to thrive and develop the other is a pit of sorrow doomed to failure. B.Scott

B.Scott,
Its funny you should mention this. I got into a huge debate with my father (a one time show koi keeper, 30 years ago). Trying to explain to him what I have learned and what koi ponds are today, and how plants (IMHO) really was not needed for addressing biological filtration anymore. It was like talking to a wall! Chuck that baby up and I just hope I get my pond up before he starts trying to convert his swimming pool. We both sit around the table and trash each others designs...kind of fun in father/son way.