my pond.

[dingle]

hi guys, i have a question about my pond (in middle of building at the min.)
my input was goin to have a stainless steel waterfall. as my pond is raised up.
but nw having second thought about it. was wondering if ther anymore ideas what i can and cant do?
many thanks dingle

 

[addy1]

Welcome to our group!

How big, what kind of fish, what kind of weather do you have, what kind of filtration are you thinking of?

 

[dingle]

cnt rememeber measurements length and width. but its gunna b 10 bricks high, gunna av a mix of koi i think. mixed weather tbh mostly rubbish weather, and cant rememeber the name of me filter. any ideas how i can have my input to my pond?

 

[JBtheExplorer]

make sure the pond is big enough for koi. I learned the hard way. they grow fast and something they fit in now, they may not fit in two years.

 

[sissy]

true I did not know and now almost 10 years later i have koi over 2 feet long .Wish someone had told me .

 

[slakker]

I used 1 inch PVC piping to make a outlet for my waterfall... The outlet then spilled onto a large sheet of sandstone that is the waterfall... I wanted to have as little "man made" material visible as possible to make it look more natural.

 

[addy1]

I used 2 2inch pvc pipes, that spill the water back into the big pond. Stack rocks around the pipe, looks like the water is coming out under the rocks



The other waterfall is one 2 inch pvc, like slakker has, spilling onto a flat rock, once again rocks stacked around so you can't see the pvc.



The fishing line was a quick anti heron fix, now replaced.

 

[sissy]

I still have to melt my pipes and flatten the ones coming out of the tank ,one of these days it WILL get done ,one of these days . :cheerful:

 

[dingle]

is it true u can have the input actually in the pond itself? cumin through the wall at the side but underwater? n ye it is gunna be big enough for me koi (well i hope lol) the pond liner is 4.5m by 5m n thats with a bit overhanging at each side.i cnt really remember my measurement as i am gettin a friend/builder to do the wall.

 

[dieselplower]

You want at least 1000 gallons for Koi. And that's just one. Many people say each additional Koi should have another 250 gallons each. If you use your liner to the max length, width, and depth your pond will have around 950 gallons. So realistically you won't have enough room for a full grown Koi to thrive.