Water Gardening: Need your imput and suggestions - new koi pond., 1 by Carolyn22

Carolyn22 wrote:
Paula

Glad you are finally getting your koi pond. I too am wondering about the questions FishKnees has asked - I am also wondering if there is an area from inside where one can sit and enjoy the pond? I know you have to pretty much be on my back deck to see my pond and there are times I often thought it would be nice to enjoy the pond from a window inside the house. One thing I do have is a screened in porch off my bedroom, so at night when we have the porch door open, one can hear the waterfalls. I truly love that sound....

I am wondering as well - what will the dimensions of your pond be? I see the schematic is close to the house, which is not a bad thing - just make sure that any run off from the roof does not end up going into the area you have mapped out for your pond.

I know you are looking for suggestions - probably one of the best suggestions I can offer is to read as much as you can get your hands on regarding the subject of koi ponds. When DH and I started 10-11 years ago with ours, I could not get over how much information there was out there and how much there was to learn.

In the meantime, you can figure out roughly how many gallons of water you will have in your pond by the dimensions of your pond and it would be a good idea to check out various pond filters to see what you want in a pond filter. You want to turn over at least half the gallons of your pond in an hour. This will help with both your filtration and oxygen in your pond.

There are a lot of really nice, knowledgeable people in this forum - so please feel free to ask any questions you have.

Carolyn