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[sissy]

good gosh they signed you up and did not tell you until after geeze .i guess they had good intentions and knew you were proud of your hard work and we all are .Ponders are a strange group me for one .I name all my fish aggie and bert are after a favorite aunt and uncle who have passed away but i keep them alive in my soul .Smile tomorrow is always a better day :razz: have a fishy good time . :goldfish: :goldfish:

 

[fishin4cars]

Wow, I can see why you might be a little upset after reading that. Someone signed you up and the first thing you read is a post like mine. I can completely understand the feedback. I can see that you have taken a lot of pride in your pond build and it shows.
Hopefully we didn't get off on a wrong foot. I do try to help others and for the most part this site is one of the friendliest sites/forums I have found. A lot of great people here that will try and put in feedback to help in so many ways. It's a forum and there will always be differences in opinions. That's just the nature of this hobby.
I do hope that you find this to be a overall good experience and find some good useful info to use, and possibly share some of your knowledge with some of us. Larkin

 

[epro38]

Larkin, Sissy- Thanks. Life, like our fish and Ponds sure do throw us curveballs. And although gardenpondforum found me before i could it, I've already received more positive feedback from here than even most my neighbors lol And i thank you'll for that greatly. I guess you really need to discover a passion for it to understand it. You'll offered alot of great advice, it just took some time to sink in. And without doubt I'm going to seek other info & help from the rest of the threads on this site. Thanks again

And j.w- Never know i may just have to pull back out that shovel come spring I think i just tweaked my back thinking about it lol

 

[sissy]

oh dear addicted bad .We all need therapy . :razz:

 

[CometKeith]

hey epro38, Hope you are now enjoying the forum a little more now. Are you going on the pond tours? We saw 5 ponds today and are going back out next weekend too. It's through the midwest koi and pond society. There are 67 ponds altogether.

 

[fishin4cars]

Keith, Maybe you can give as a virtual tour???

 

[CometKeith]

I posted a few pics on my goldfish pond thread, but this one was the most impressive The waterfall is very natural. The pond was built by a professional pond builder. The builder said all the rock was bought from a dealer in St Louis and it filled 4 semi's. I assume it is probably from the Ozarks. They had about 100 small koi in the pond. The front part is built like a beach front and the owners kids like to play in the water.

 

[epro38]

Hey Keith- I'm not really familiar with pond tours. I pass an aquascapes in Lisle that advertises 'pond tour' on their billboard, but everytime they've done it I was unavailable. I'm not sure if their just giving tours of their Ponds on location? Because they are always available for viewing. A traveling pond tour sounds awesome. I'm going to have to look more into this.

 

[Peggy]

This is a question for fishin. I notice your comment about pond size in relationship to koi. I have a 5000 gal pond, I would like to know how many koi, Goldie's, and shubies I can safely have in it? It has a 3900 flow master pump to the waterfall, I believe. I have some pictures on the introduction thread and would like some opinions as to some of the questions I have. I have basically cleaning and and trying to take better care of the by pond more recently. I built the smaller pond, copied from the larger pond design, when my Mom got to sick to sit on the porch and enjoy the bigger one. She would sit by the sliding doors and watch the little one then.. Since her death several years ago I have not really done much with them until now. Just did not have the heart for them. However, I am now trying to get them back in shape. The fish were very forgiving as they pretty much took care of themselves.. I have thinned the rushes, and the plants in the pond , had to basically sit and pull up by the roots, lol. I understand not many have rocks on the bottom of theirs o. Here, but since the fish have done well with them, I hesitate to change now. Any information or ideas are appreciated.

 

[CometKeith]

Hi Peggy, I would either make your own post or send Larkin a direct message. Not everyone has a reminder for all the threads they have posted on and he may not see your question. Epro this is the last weekend for the tour until next year. You have to buy a book for $15 and it entitles you and your guests to visit any of the ponds open on any day. It is not like aquascape where they are trying to sell you products or services. This weekend is the last one until next year. You can look up the tour on this site. http://www.mpks.org/calendar/pond_tour.htm I bought my book at Lurveys Garden Center but there are a lot of places to get one. MPKS must love me. I promote their tour and I'm not even a member. I should spring for the $25 membership fee next year!