My recently built pond of 5000 gallons

extremekoi · 21-11-2005, 09:16 PM

Was busy earlier in the summer building this 5000 gallon pond as well as a conservatory, Ill post some photos shortly of it at different stages.

695pfk · 29-11-2005, 04:50 PM

Wow - that looks absolutely great !

What size and type of filter (and with what media) have you selected to use on this size of pond ? Additionally, what other devices have you fitted - heater U.V etc ?

Have you any more pictures ?

extremekoi · 30-11-2005, 07:14 PM

Thanks Phil....

Im using a nexus 300 easy filter with k1 (kaldness) media, 55W UV, and running a sequence pump, Ive still got alot of work to do around the pond as the spring draws nearer, patio area etc, which will make it look nicer.

Ill post some more pictures at the weekend when I can see it in daylight..... :

any pictures of your pond ?

lazarus · 30-11-2005, 11:20 PM

u will have the local kids arround swimming in it in the summer ;D

695pfk · 02-12-2005, 03:28 PM

Hi There,

Here are some pics of my pond (before and after) - its not a grand as yours but hopefully not too bad for a first attempt. When we moved to the house we inherited the pond as in the first picture which was full of Goldfish but was only 18 inches deep - we decided to keep Koi and the rest as they say is history ! We completed the pond in May, but to be honest it has been nothing but problems ever since. The Ammonia & Nitrite levels would not reduce even after 6 months of operations - I now believe this was due to an incorrect flow rate - this has now been corrected and I'm hoping to add more biological filter material in the spring to ensure these issues don't happen again. However, now two of my fish have developed this "cotton wool" issue which I have described on this forum - I'm beginning to think is it worth all the hassle.

Anyway - hope you like the new pond !

Cheers

Paul

extremekoi · 02-12-2005, 07:11 PM

Nice modification

Dont get put off by the problem you have, it may be nothing....but best to make sure.

martgads · 03-12-2005, 07:50 PM

very nice ponds . keep at it 695 I have only been keeping koi for a year now and I have had all the same problems you have had. Can anybody else posting pics of their ponds start a new thread rather than all posting in this 1 as it makes it easyer to view rather that going thru the same thread over and over. Thanks

695pfk · 04-12-2005, 10:20 AM

Thanks Martgads.

Can you tell me a bit more about the probelms you had ? Did you loose fish through this period and what action did you take ? Sorry for all the questions !

Many thanks

Paul.

essexkoi · 24-09-2006, 12:09 AM

hi ya!
sorry to hear about that! hope all is well now! dont get dis heartened it will all be worth it ! stick with it is all the advice i can offer! and the cotton wool! well that can be fungus! easily treatable ok then all the best! Mark