[Fishbreeder]

6000 gallons and six feet deep, good size for a minimal koi pond. But, no EPDM!!! A proper koi pond is made out of gunnite and plaster, or maybe concrete and polyurea. I've waaay had my fill of fooling with pond liners. I can think of maybe four ponds with liners that work like they ought to. Otherwise, its leaks, folds with grunge in them, plumbing difficulties, and rocks on the bottom. A proper koi pond is not made out of EPDM, PVC, or other plastic liner material. A koi pond, maybe, a proper koi pond, no way. Liners are to be used on the bottom of landfills, not koi ponds.

I've seen some fiberglass ponds that work well and think that might well be a good material to work with.

In my area, a minimal koi pond would be about 2000 gallons, a minimum of 52 inches deep, have straight down sides, a bottom drain, a skimmer, a water pump, a filtration system, and at least partial shade. No rocks on the bottom. Anything less is a goldfish/lilly pond.

I've gotten difficult to contend with as I got older. Nowadays I ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES sell koi to somebody with an "Aquascapes" or similar type pond. Goes to something an early mentor told me when I worked in East Texas, "Son, don't hatch or otherwise acquire any animal you cannot properly care for." That was my then boss and pioneer fish culturist, Cecil Deauman.

Nobody can properly care for a koi in an Aquascapes pond. I don;t give a hoot how many salespeople tell you otherwise. You want a proper fish pond, talk to a biologist, then a salesperson. You want a proper koi pond, best to find some koikeepers, genuine ones, that can help you, as is going on here. You want a big, hard to keep up, costly, wet, leaky mess in your yard, go to Aquascapes. I've worked with enough of these ponds of late to find out how poorly designed and constructed they truly are.

Brett