koi vs. garden pond

[Denis S]

I was thinking about geting. Only a Koi pond with rocks only the top foot of the.pond and rest the liner. But I was wondering how the the liner will look after.a.while? Does it turn green? I like how the rocks.look even with a little algae but I don't want it to be bad for the.Koi, and I've seen some liners and they seem to turn green after a while and I don't like the.folds you see in there? What would you recoment and any pictures.would be.helpfully.

 

[addy1]

The folds over time begin to look like a rock bottom with a little algae and dirt on it.

This is about 5 feet deep water,

 

[adavisus]

There are allsorts of algae, its pot luck which your location might favour. You might get any combination of pea green water, filamentous algae (blanketweed) surface coating algaes. Koi will graze on these, silts, sediments, mulm will collect where it can settle.

When conditions go from cool waters to warm, you will find the bubbles of oxygen forming among the algaes will make swathes and gobs of surface coating algaes float about, creating a striking sludge that sometimes floats, sometimes settles after rain bumps the oxygen bubbles out of it

Assuming its the unbalanced pond of water with just fish and rocks in it...

Oh, the herons and predators will have a field day, brightly coloured sushi in plain sight, with no cover or shelter will mean your algae and rocks will be the only thing left to look at

Though, if the algae is prolific and dense, you won't see the fish or the rocks, or the folds...

Regards, andy
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