Water Gardening: New koi ponds ... advice for setup, 1 by 2racingboys

2racingboys wrote:
ok folks, been to this amazing place in south Memphis today - Trees by Touliatos & got some stuff for the new pond. Neighborhood was SCARY but awesome nursery!
Dh was talking to some guy there & said he was ready to start on another one! lol Of course I want to get this one right first. Hopefully we are on the right track.

Here's what we got:
1 Hardy water lily (gosh, I didn't know these things were so expensive! $35!)
1 Horsetail Reed
1 Louisiana Iris - needs dividing I think. There is like 8 or 9 in one 1 gallon pot
4 Duckweed
2 oxygenator bundles - neat looking things
2 water lettuce
Salt level test kit
fish salts
microbe-lift
scottish barley bales
and the boys were excited to get 4 small sarassa comet fish (various colors) & a little snail they named "Slippy". lol

we got extra duckweed to grow ourselves in 5 gallon buckets.