On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:37:36 CST, Al wrote:

Hi to all. I'm Al. Nice to meet you all. Glad to find this group.
I inherited my koi pond when I bought our house in 2004. It's 3500
gallons and I have 7 Koi and a few commets. It's been a great learning
experience. I've experienced much success and challenges from snakes
to herons. I've built from scratch a skippy style homemade filter with
a prefilter that work great. Water quality is great and clear; well
oxygenated. And for safety a float switch. I'm constantly looking for
ways to improve my pond and improve ways to enjoy it. I'm currently
designing a secondary smaller pond for Shubunkins and fancy gold fish.

Hi Al, I lived in the Decatur, area some years ago, but I escaped.
Now I'm retired and live in Warner Robins and it is becoming
overpopulated too.

I like shubunkin too, but I don't have room for another pond and am
considering giving them up to make room for more koi this year. Some
of the shubunkin are hearty critters, I can't keep them out of the
filter barrels, but they are the ones that grow much faster than
others.
I wish you well with your new pond.

Regards,

Hal