| New member- new pond
Looking for some pointers on my new pond. It's about a week away from water.
Due to sandy soil laced w/ 200 lb boulders, I've had to build the pond from concrete block & formed concrete. Kept caving in & getting bigger & bigger!
I will list what I'm using, constructive advice gladly accepted.
Pond is 12' wide, 22 ft long w/ Savio Living ponds waterfall filter. I have hooked up the 2" drain to backwash. Pond is 24" deep at waterfall end & slopes to 4'6" at deep end. There is 1- 4" Rhino drain at deep end w/ 4" line.
Pond will have underlayment & 45 mil rubber liner. Skimmer is the large Savio w/ auto fill & 57 watt UV light. Main drain is plumbed to EA Pond Sieve & drain is connected for cleaning. From sieve, plumbed to a 3 way valve, skimmer attached to other port. Swing checks in all 3 lines. Pump is a Artesian 3534 GPH @ 6 ft. My pump is at water level. I wanted a Nexus too but ran out of money. Maybe later if I need it. I have another pond at other side of house that's under neighbor's overhanging pine tree (big mistake!). It's small at 500 gallons & is full of pond comets that breed like rabbits. This will be my 1st attempt at a few Koi. This pond has no trees. Will have lots of giant birds, Palms, etc for a tropical look. It gets sun nearly all day long.
So- fill in this Koi newbie. I know nothing about this.
Not new to fish, I have several 150 gallon salt water reef tanks, plus the old pond.
Probably a similar moneypit!
Which Koi are EZ, which are hard. What do I need to know? Is this pond ok size & equipment wise?
Thanks
Ok- before I forget.
No rock bottom in this pond, learned my lesson on the other pond. But- wife wants walls at water line to be smooth rock lined so no liner visible above water. She wants it 6-12" below water- on horizontal walls only. There's a slight shelf just below water line to support the rock- which will be secured to liner w/foam. On other pond- rock on walls is always void of detrus- it's the bottom that is the nightmare. Rocks are flat rounded granite- which came out of the hole.
Opinions on this idea? |