A fun day at my pond

[koi2kichi]

I hired two professional divers to remove the waterlilies and bricks in my outdoor pond yesterday. I was out of the koi hobby for a few years. Changed to the hobby of orchids keeping with almost 300 plants with no greenhouse. Had to water each plants individually by hand in the sink. It sure was a lots of work. Planned to build a greenhouse but never did as I knew I might lose interest someday. During that period, my pond had nothing but water. So I turned the pond into waterlilies pond. Now I am back to koi since June of this year. Lucky I did not back fill my outdoor pond and my indoor pond is still in good conditions. As Pat Christenson said to me few months ago at the PNKCA convention that koi keeping was still in my blood.

Regards,
Derrick

[Russell Peters]

Quote: Originally Posted by koi2kichi I hired two professional divers to remove the waterlilies and bricks in my outdoor pond yesterday. I was out of the koi hobby for a few years. Changed to the hobby of orchids keeping with almost 300 plants with no greenhouse. Had to water each plants individually by hand in the sink. It sure was a lots of work. Planned to build a greenhouse but never did as I knew I might lose interest someday. During that period, my pond had nothing but water. So I turned the pond into waterlilies pond. Now I am back to koi since June of this year. Lucky I did not back fill my outdoor pond and my indoor pond is still in good conditions. As Pat Christenson said to me few months ago at the PNKCA convention that koi keeping was still in my blood. Regards, Derrick

Congratulations, and welcome back!

[RookieKoiGuy]

Very nice... Wise move

Good Luck with it,
Tom

[koi2kichi]

Quote: Originally Posted by Russell Peters Congratulations, and welcome back!

Thank you Russell! Will contact you someday for the matsunosuke koi. Real nice one but not too EXPENSIVE though.

Regards,
Derrick

[Birdman]

Neat idea Derrick, how come you didn't just drain the pond?

[koi2kichi]

Quote: Originally Posted by Birdman Neat idea Derrick, how come you didn't just drain the pond?

I don't swim, never mind diving. The pond is over 6 feet deep which hold 20,000 gallons of water (15,000 gallons for the pond and 5,000 gallons with multi chamber bio filters filled with all Japanese mats). In order for me to get down there to remove the waterlilies plus about 50 bricks, I have to drain a lots of water. I will not be able to run my filter if the water level is too low. It will take couple of days to refill the water. By then my filter will be dead for sure. I definitely do not want to kill my filter. In addition, there are still a dozen kois in the pond. If I kill even one koi which will be more expensive than paying for the two divers.

Regards,
Derrick

[MikeM]

What we do for koi never fails to amaze. Only kichi can understand this.

[smithvillemike]

It must be a bit cold in your pond if the divers are wearing dry suits

Mike

[Ian_&_Terri]

Welcome back to koi keeping

Is that your indoor pond pictured in your icon? Very nice, lovely effect.

Are you a member of one of the koi/pond clubs in BC?

Kind Regards,
Terri

[koi2kichi]

Quote: Originally Posted by smithvillemike It must be a bit cold in your pond if the divers are wearing dry suits Mike

The pond is heated. Therefore the temperature was not too bad. It was at 15 C. The divers said it was warmer than the ocean for sure. Will start to lower the temperature from now on. A pond cover is on order from England. Hopefully I don't have to move the fish indoor next year.

Derrick