On May 6, 3:52 pm, Phyllis and Jim wrote:
Although people would like more depth, you can in fact keep koi in
your pond. The rule of thumb is 1,000 Gal for the first koi and 100
for each additional one. Your pond is something like 7,000 US
gallons. It is a bit on the shallow side, but if it will not freeze,
they will survive fine in it.

Cheers.

I am trying to imagine a metal grid for an 8 meter pond!

I'm going to see it on Saturday if everything works out ok..

A lot of us would want to encourage you to have your gardenr work out
some sort of veggie filter rather than only a mechanical one. Saves
work!

Yes, just like the plant aquarium keepers.. a bit late in my case and
I can't imagine plants looking right in this pond.

You can fit a bottom drain and have a waterfall, even if it is not
built in.

Excellent. I'll have to do some further reading up now that I know
that there might well be a point to it.

Keep us posted, or post some pics or drawings somewhere. Folks will
have lots of ideas for you.

Will do.

Our pond is 12 x 22 x 2 and has handled the koi fine for more than a
decade. You can see it on our google profile link.

I'll have a look now.

Thanks again.

On Tue, 6 May 2008 13:59:36 EDT, wrote:

Yes, just like the plant aquarium keepers.. a bit late in my case and
I can't imagine plants looking right in this pond.

We're not talking aquarium-type plants. See my webpages. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

~ jan wrote:

On Tue, 6 May 2008 13:59:36 EDT, wrote:

Yes, just like the plant aquarium keepers.. a bit late in my case and
I can't imagine plants looking right in this pond.

We're not talking aquarium-type plants. See my webpages. ~ jan

Well, he does have a glass wall, so he _could_ have aquarium type plants.

I understand (no, probably better to say "recognize" - I don't really
understand) the concept of formal, unplanted, ponds, but I just can't
imagine actually _doing_ it :-)
--
derek

On Wed, 7 May 2008 09:54:14 EDT, Derek Broughton
wrote:

I understand (no, probably better to say "recognize" - I don't really
understand) the concept of formal, unplanted, ponds, but I just can't
imagine actually _doing_ it :-)

Ditto. I'd still want a healthy growth of fuzz algae and a well planted
veggie filter as a back drop. Truthfully the coolest thing, imo, is seeing
the fish swimming in and out of the plants. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us