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Quote: Originally Posted by lildude Ok guys, do you want to see the hoopty pond that got me started? I didnt do exactly the greatest job installing it, but it definetly got my passion started, after all I was only 12 or 13, lol. I was rereading a lot my posts to see how my koi hobby has gone to. I almost broke my jaw from it hitting the ground. All I can say is, I was a pretty immature kid back then, and I am still now. ok back to why I posted this thread. I look back and say...wow. My poor koi. Another statistic of that pond, every single koi that ever lived in that pond, died. I can never thank those koi enough for being the brave little guinea pigs that they were. Thank you my little koi. Does anyone else have stories about their first ponds, whether it be really good, or really bad. Thank god I am getting a new pond again.

Yep, my first pond wasn't too much bigger than that, which I still keep stocked with goldfish. It is by a concrete wall that is covered with ivy that we built a large waterfall behind. Too bad I didn't engineer the waterfall properly for the splash to fit the pond or inversely too bad I havn't expanded the size of that pond to accomodate the splash. Everything is a work in process it seems.
I'm curious lildude if you have any other friends in school who keep koi and if you know of any effort in any area schools to start an in-school koi club that might possibly be affiliated with an existing AKCA or ZNA club?

Merry Christmas