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Old 06-08-2007   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Nostaw84 View Post
OK. I'm not sure how old the pond is. It was here before I moved in. I do know that it is man made. Right now it is as low as I've seen it in 2 years and it's about 7'. I've seen it as deep as 10'. It has a small outflow when its high enough that goes into a treeline on my property. Its made it a nice mini swamp. I thought some bog plants would be interesting to try in that area. I have damed off the outflow because I was hoping to raise it a little. I'm not exactly sure of what I want to do. Im new at this but am getting very interested in the pond hobby. I was hoping to get ideas for koi or anything else. I would love to put a fountain in the middle if possible. I just got my camera back and will take some pics in the morning and post them as soon as I get a chance. I started loking into koi but it seems that they arent a new to the hobby type of fish. I may just keep what I have in there but am open to all ideas.
Based on this information I would not consider koi unless you first drained and dreged the pond and I would also drain every year so it could air out and lime could be put down . You can put in some low cost or discards for the fun of it . It is a good idea to read some books on koi as well .
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