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[Tai]

Hello all,

I just found this forum because I am starting a new pond soon and I need some advice, I will direct those questions to the ask section of the forum after this thread. I look forward to meeting many of you, and thanks for the help in advance.

 

[tbendl]

Hi Tai, welcome to the forum! What type of a pond are you thinking about building? Welcome to the group!!

 

[Tai]

Hi Tai, welcome to the forum! What type of a pond are you thinking about building? Welcome to the group!!

Hello, thank you very much! I plan on building a 9X14 foot pond with a maximum depth of 2 feet so that I can avoid the city bylaws haha. I am building it to house some beautiful koi and goldfish. I know that it is probably too shallow for koi but I am only putting a group of probably 5 koi and a few goldfish and also getting the koi quite small so I should be ok for a couple years.

 

[sissy]

Welcome and koi get very big fast and are fussy about water quality .Remember fish will have babies .My koi were only a couple of inch's long and less than 4 years later they were 8 inch's and now they are over 2 ft long

 

[Tai]

I have had fish for close to 15 years but only indoors, so I do have experience with keeping good water quality because I currently own a salt water aquarium and a 90 gallon fussy discus aquarium. But I do understand that putting them outside introduces a crap load of new influences and variables from sunlight, to rain, to things flying into the pond.

I am not too worried about babies, I highly doubt I would get any, from what I hear, they don't like breeding in my climate but I could be wrong. I think I can support a few 8 inch koi but at 2 feet, I would likely sell them off or expand the pond!

 

[Meyer Jordan]

Welcome!

 

[tbendl]

Is 2' the maximum depth you can do without violating the city laws? Would be nice to have at least 3.

 

[Big Lou]

Welcome Tai.

 

[Tai]

Welcome!

Thank you!

Is 2' the maximum depth you can do without violating the city laws? Would be nice to have at least 3.

Yes, because if I go deeper than that, it is then considered a pool and I have to follow a few more regulations and such that I would rather not follow (one of which I believe is to put an ugly 4 foot tall fence around the pond). I would prefer 3 feet deep myself, but keeping at 2 feet also avoids another $200 in permits + the other things.

Welcome Tai.

Thank you!

 

[teeemkay]

Hi there and welcome!

 

[j.w]

Tai

 

[Tai]

Hi there and welcome!

Hello, and thank you!

Tai

Thank you! and you know addy, I was waiting for your response especially, I love all your little emojis and stuff!

 

[mtpond]

Welcome Tai!

 

[RobAmy]

Welcome!

 

[addy1]

to our group!