My goldfish pond

[cas]

Nice fish @brokensword . My favorites are the last two.

 

[callingcolleen1]

Looking awesome Keith! Nice koi too. I Glad everybody made it out over the winter pretty good. Now that your hooked on koi you will soon need a bigger pond as they grow so big!

 

[CometKeith]

Hmmm ...... so many interesting posts! I love reading my goldfish pond thread!,

Looking awesome Keith! Nice koi too. I Glad everybody made it out over the winter pretty good. Now that your hooked on koi you will soon need a bigger pond as they grow so big!

Thanks Colleen. I’m thinking of getting some more pea gravel and filling my bog almost up to the top with stone so I can plant more bog plants. I think it will filter better. Lol no more Koi for me and my pond is not going to get any larger either!

Very nice!

Addy I don’t know how you do it. Minimal fish and a large pond so easy to care for...you are probably the smartest person here!

@cas , but, but, that would mean I'm...I'm, I'm BORING! wouldn't it? I mean, we ALL have our lil traps and hazards, right? Can't a guy feel addicted without so much scrutiny???? Geez!

Brokensword.. I love your pond and fish but maybe you need an intervention??

That's what happened to my Sanke, aside from two spots on one side, she lost all her beni and is on her way to become a Shiro Becco
and that's why I prefer metallic koi...would love a Showa, but no I'm not getting one.


Done that, it's not helping!View attachment 137941


I did too!
.. but then I found myself at a greenhouse looking for PLANTS, and that's where Lucifer had placed the koi in need of rehomingView attachment 137942View attachment 137943

Thanks Gemma. That sounds nice about your new fish but maybe stop buying fish? Re Showas that lose their color ...I really feel for Showa, Sanke, and Utsuri the best quality fish are from Japan. I think if you had bought an imported Showa you would not have had that problem. I have read that out of a million fry they only end up keeping a few thousand fish so they are really picky. I could never be a breeder! I would hate culling the fish. So my go to source is Champion Koi. I really love their jumbos but have bought their 5-6 inch tosais for $100 also. I still get their emails about new fish a few times a week but don’t have the itch to buy any more. I’m probably overstocked already and it’s just a ticking time bomb until I have trouble

 

[CometKeith]

Usually I don’t post vacation pics but we snuck in a trip not too long ago to the 50th state and I think this picture came out nice.

 

[brokensword]

Brokensword.. I love your pond and fish but maybe you need an intervention??

Intervention? Hell, my pond IS an intervention. Care to guess how many hockey jerseys I managed to collect???

Like you, I started with goldfish...now I'm knee deep in MFS, LPS, and BCA not to mention I should be going to weekly meetings at the local FAA. I think I'm in stage 2; denial!!!!


The only thing I got on you is I didn't go looking for 'jumbo' anything! I figure I can squeeze more room out this way!

And, you'll appreciate the extra bog plants if you raise the gravel level up; there's nothing like adding more plant filters as well as texture and color re flowers. I realized I'd miss any of the ingredients to ponding, be it fish, frogs, turtles, plants, waterfalls and rocks--they ALL have to be there for me to enjoy the pond.

Thanks for taking a looksee!

 

[addy1]

Addy I don’t know how you do it. Minimal fish and a large pond so easy to care for...you are probably the smartest person here!

I let nature takes it course, no feeding when spawning starts, actually minimal feeding all summer. I do net the pond due to the herons they fly over almost every day. They have a rockery to the west of us. I do loose some fish now and then, we have snakes and who knows what else snacking on them now and then.

The pond has nicely balanced out. The bog keeps the water perfect and clean. I do very little to the pond except mess with the plants now and then.

 

[CometKeith]

So still lightly feeding and taking time with my pond and fish. Temps have ranged this spring from 30-80 degrees but mostly 40’s and 50’s. So far all the fish are doing extremely well ... yay! and I hope it stays that way. We found a few babies in the bog. They seem to like it there as there is a small opening between that and the main pond. I did spot a few really interesting 2 inch babies. One has dark black spots running down its back and white sides with small red spots. I’m guessing it’s not a goldfish and is either a Showa or Sanke! Hmmm my first Koi baby... should I be happy? Anyway it’s going to be hot this weekend and I’m planning to work on the bog and raise the stone level up so there is less water and algae. I’m going to add some bog plants too!

 

[CometKeith]

Hmmm... 43 and raining! It’s been such a cold spring! My fish are all doing well. I recently put in 400 lbs of pea gravel in the bog. I’m going to add one more bag to fill some spots up and do some more plantings.

 

[Tula]

Keith, I'm so happy to hear how well your pond is doing

 

[CometKeith]

Keith, I'm so happy to hear how well your pond is doing

Thanks Tula. I had such a major problem last year and have tried avoiding anything that might have caused an issue. I had a huge ammonia spike last year and I’m being super careful about over feeding. It’s hard sometimes when you have a new pump and filter knowing what to expect. I just found out two people in my tennis class have ponds! We are going to show off pictures next week! How is your pond doing?

 

[Tula]

Thanks Tula. I had such a major problem last year and have tried avoiding anything that might have caused an issue. I had a huge ammonia spike last year and I’m being super careful about over feeding. It’s hard sometimes when you have a new pump and filter knowing what to expect. I just found out two people in my tennis class have ponds! We are going to show off pictures next we have some week! How is your pond doing?

Well.....I seem to have bumper crop of gloriously green string algae! Aside from the algae, all is well, fish look wonderful, lots of toads and frogs. Water lilies have broken the surface and bog plants are popping up . My Forget Me Nots are blooming now

What fun to meet some fellow pond peeps !

 

[CometKeith]

Well.....I seem to have bumper crop of gloriously green string algae! Aside from the algae, all is well, fish look wonderful, lots of toads and frogs. Water lilies have broken the surface and bog plants are popping up . My Forget Me Nots are blooming now

What fun to meet some fellow pond peeps !

Hi Tula that’s nice to hear. It looks we finally broke out of the 40’s and are expecting some warmer weather here. So last year I didn’t really have any string algae and I assumed my pond had cycled. Having a new biofilter I didn’t know exactly what was going on.. then with way too much spring feeding I had a huge ammonia spike and lost about a dozen fish. Fortunately the treatments I used worked and the rest recovered. This year I’m not taking any chances. I haven’t see much string algae but not taking for granted it’s really cycled. I’m going very slow with feeding and will not increase it until we get a few weeks of decent weather. So as an added note my wife really likes the bog as I have filled it higher with pea gravel. She is helping me with planting ideas for the bog and even went looking for plants for it today. We were outside this afternoon and a mourning dove took a little bath in our miniature “wetland” as we were gardening. I think I’m finally winning her over to liking my pond!

 

[Tula]

That's wonderful to hear and I'm sure it'll be a beautiful wetland !

I'm feeding but lightly.

 

[CometKeith]

The doves hanging out by them”wetland”

 

[Tula]

It looks beautiful......mine has a lot of algae