Show us your pond

[Erns]

So we have koi lovers from all over the world on this forum. I subscribe to koi mags from 4 different continents and I've learned there is a lot of different ways that people are keeping koi. So I thought of doing a thread on ponds of memebers on this forum. I think it can be a resource for newbies. I'll try to keep the format simple, and if somebody has indepth questions they can ask them. So lets limit it to your main pond..

Pond volume: 11 000 USGal (37 000l)
Shape: Formal: 23 feet x 8 feet by 8 feet deep.
Constuction: Re-inforced bricks and fiblre glassed.
Pump: Pedrollo HFM4 pump: 12 600 US gal/hour
Filtration: Two 4' bottom drains with airdomes to gravity fed settlent chamber: 3 x 3 x 8 feet deep. Then pump fed via various maifolds to:
9 feet trickle tower with ceramic media.
2 Vortexes filled with 400l of aerated K1 media
1x 3 stage Bakki shower
1 Protien skimmer
2x 55Watt UV's
8 mid and high level pond returns.
Also have a surface skimmer
Small veggi filter with Waterfall.

Time to complete: 6 weeks

Currently 15 koi ranging from 15 to 32 inches

Pic 1: Constuction
Pic 2: Settlement Vortex
Pic 3: Preparing for fibreglass
Pic 4: Filtration Room
Pic 5: Settlement chamber with auto top up and two matala pre-filters.
Pic 6: Pond
Pic 7: Pond
Pic 8: Pond
Pic 9: Pond
Pic 10: Pump specs: This is an unbelievable work horse!!

[KoiCop]

Erns . . .

A very intelligent and elegant pond build. Really quite impressive.

Not wanting to follow right after your post, I'll just wait 'till later to put ours up.

[An Ly]

wow!!!!!!!, what a nice set up Erns, I'm amaze, awesome pumbing work, I will try to post some picture of my little tinny pond

[Moneypit]

Here is mine.

8'X10.5'X5.5' about 3300gal

270gal settling chamber with DIY Microstrainer to 100gal moving bed filter pumping about 4000gph back to pond through four TPR's.

skimmer gravity feed to pump flowing about 3800gph back to pond via waterfall and spitters or winter by-pass.

Pond heated with radiant tubing imbeded in concrete bottom and bond beam block in sides of pond.


Here is a link to the construction.

New Pond

[mstrseed]

Gettin there...........

About 8' x 21' x 19'

[Erns]

Is this all this forum has got to show? I thought we all shared a passion here.....

[Birdman]

Here's mine, 6,700 gal, 6 1/2 feet deep.
two 4" BDs to 500 gal vortex
vortex to two 200 gal fluid beb filters with 5 cubic feet bio flo 9 in each
Fluid beds to superfalls pump flowing 5,500 gph to DIY bead filter
bead filter back to pond through three 2" lines to three TPRs, two of which have 40 watt UVs, third will have propane inline heater

Skimmer to 6,000 gph pump to a 4 tray DIY shower with 16 cubic feet lava rock, this gravity flows back to pond to waterfall.

[Erns]

Nice setup! Good turnover rate as well. How many koi and what kinda growth are you getting?

[bimbo22]

so where is everyone's ponds? is someone trying to keep a "secret"???

[mojo]

patient brother Bim, here they come, 3 of them around the house each about 1500 gallon connect together with a pathway. on more on his way.