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Thank you all for your replies. The basics I can give so are these, but I don't know all the amonia parts because the people at the store test that for me once a month based on a sample I bring in to them ( should I check it more than that?)
I currently have a 400 gallon pond made with a liner set in the ground (depth between 14 land 20 inches) with a two 400 gallon/per hour pumps one gores through a filter box and comes down a lilttle 5 inch waterfall the other is split between a spitting frog and ceramic planting pot with rocks and sand that I was told would somewhat act as a filter of course now most of my plants are still dead from winter but I have to lilly pads a bunch of parrot feather, another underwater leafy tube shapped stalks which survived the winter whos name escapes me at the moment, an aquatic elephant ear, a white globe, and a texas star. Wife likes that plants so we get a lot and I was told that aslong as it isn't completely covered more plants is a good thing. I have 6 koi around 10 inches long and two 2 inch gold fish that made it through the worst of times and I haven't been able to take them out yet. I did get a lot of leaves in the pond because there are a lot of trees but I get most of them out on my weekends. I will go get a test kit today for the ammonia and nitrates I have a PH tester and it stays in the lower 7s area. But now I have to get to work hopefully I will be ale to give you more information when I get back.
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