Yes I will be having Koi in my pond. I was able to catch 9 of 21 before I moved. They are in a water trough waiting for their new home.
We do have racoons so the pond will have a shallow plant shelf with a sharp drop off. I also took my large koi castle from the other house so they have a place to escape. I have not seen any snakes yet, and I hope i don't . Hate snakes. :(
Check out this BBC link I found today. These toads are so beautiful. Glad they were found.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14151541
The fun begins!
Belle that was an alocasia but at my old house & pond several years ago. Sorry do not remember the variety.
Plant shelf.
The underliner for the stream is laid down.
Getting the liner ready for transport to the back yard.
Liner arriving to the back yard.
Positioning the liner into place.
Spreading the liner on the stream bed is a four man job!
Moving some boulders into the stream bed.
Some of the boulders were place by hand by strong young men.My back hurt just watching them.
At the end of the day more digging of the pond began.
What a project. It is really fun to watch, although wish it were in MY back yard. I see the shed is on skids. so it will be moved and placed permanently later? How really exciting.
The shed will stay as is. The blocks were needed to level it. The existing slab that was there was not level so the shed could not be directly on it as planned. I now need to get some kind of metal wiring/netting to keep local critters from making a home underneath it. Oh Well!
Making good progress today. More pic's to come. :)
realsis
Jul 16, 2011
how wonderful! im envious! my pond is only 2,225 gallons! i always want to make it bigger! you will be very glad you made a big one! i also have koi. i have 10! ive raised them from babies now they are huge! you should join a watergarden and koi club! i just joined one in my area and its wonderful! ive learned so much about ponds, koi , and plants from them! we go on trips to different ponds and have a time for education and questions . its wonderful! perhaps you might be interested? you can find a club in your area or ican help you find one if your interested. im so glad i finally joined! we meet once a month on a saturday. we also go on trips to koi farms. ive learned so much about koi from the club and learned about water parameters, quartine, koi health, medications, pond care, trouble shooting, weekly care, and met others with the same intrests! i highly recomend you find a club in your area! you can show offyour new beautiful pond too! its a lot of fun! let me know if your interested and maybe i can help you find a club! keep the pictures comming! its comming along so nicely! congradulations! when you fill the water make sure and use a dechlorine agent in the water! you dont want to burn the kois gills! happy ponding :) write backand let me know if thats something you would be intrested in ok ? :)
realsis..thanks for your willingness to help me find a Koi club. I have so much going on right now..no time for social type events. I promise to look into it when the time is right. Your pond & koi look very nice. On top of what needs to be done with the pond before adding the fishes. They are anxious to get in there soon!
BeaHive, how long have the fishies been out of their pond and what is the estimate of their delivery to the new pond. Is the water going into the pond well water or city? Will it need to be de-chlorinated?
Mine is now clear as a bell and a lovely shade of green!! Two UV's and I can't keep the green down. Oh well, the fish like it. Really isn't much green on the rock or floor, so it must be floating in the pond itself Skimmer pad is always green and needs cleaning twice daily. maybe just too much sun -- bite my tongue.
The koi have been out of the Silverton pond for about three weeks. They are doing just fine in the 100 gal stock tank right now. Has a small filter and some floating plants. They arn't complaining yet!
Well Friday was a great day. The gang spent the early morning digging and perfecting the plant shelf getting ready for the underliner.
Just about ready...
Half the liner in..
Now the other side and bottom.
Now the top liner..one giant piece will do the trick
Yeah!! It fits with some to spare!
Now placing more boulders in the pond.
Jamison gets to have all the fun on the Bobcat!!
More rocks coming soon in all shapes and sizes. I found a beautiful Japanese maple tree today. Will be delivered on thursday.
Until monday...thats all for now
I waited all day to see pictures. so glad you posted them. Remind me again how many gallons. And the falls are to the left coming into the pond?
BeaHive
I am so excited for you! Great Pictures.
The pond and stream I calculate to be over 5400 gals. The stream goes off to the left and will have a fall to the pond. The pond will be city water and we will make sure to dechlorinate the water and let it run for several days before the koi will be released,
Wow, that Bobcat with a "thumb" looks like the perfect machine to gently place those big boulders without any damage to the liner, I will have to remember that when I build mine! What mil is the liner?
I know we will see shortly, but is there any gravel going into the pond? Or just big stones around the perimeter to hold down the lining
No gravel..river rocks of all sizes. I think delivery is today on some more rocks. :)
5400 gallons minus rock displacement equals 1200 gallons! (Just kidding)
I will know when the water bill comes after filling the pond.
Hey, be sure that your sanitary sewer rates aren't based on your city water usage. It is here. If we were going to fill a pond that big, we'd have to get the city to come get a meter reading before and after. They we'd just be paying water rates. Otherwise the neighbors have a company come fill their pool with truck water.
What a wonderful pond! I can't wait to see more. It's going to be GORGEOUS!
Despite the drizzle today the entire crew put in a very hard day moving more boulders and river rocks. Here they are hand placing a boulder just right.
1st load of many river rocks
Hand placing each river rock
More river rocks. They are so pretty.
Pond building is dirty work. He liked the weight of this rock as opposed to those boulders!
Now the mini river rocks are added to fill all the nooks and cranies.
