• Koi pond - Where did all my money go?¿?¿
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Wow, you could bury a body in one of those holes. But instead you use it for fish. :frown: But on the bright side... Great job.
I want to build a koi pond, but I know that it could end up costing a huge amount of money and it may never get finished. Plus both my families gardens are too small and wouldn't suit a koi pond.
this lady i know has a pond. She uses a chicken wire net thing at night. it is 4 pieces of wood in a rectangle, with chicken wire simply stapled on. It keeps the animals from going in the water for the fishies.
I do wonder why they make the liner shiny black, surely a touch would be to adhese some kind of artificial moss around the perimeter to cover it up
[QUOTE=Fariun;28378534]Fun fact- You don't need to buy Koi fish. Koi are just glorified gold fish. Go buy a dozen 99cent feeder goldfish and they will become as big as Koi [b](Fish grow as big as their environment let them).[/b] They have the same unique colorations and are cheap as hell![/QUOTE] Wrong. But yes, Koi and Goldfish are both carps. They belong to the same family just slightly different. I invite you guys to look at Monsterfishkeepers outdoor pond forum. These guys build huge pods. Some have Arapaima gigas ponds. This guy has a pool/pond: [url]http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=232218[/url] Shark pool anyone? [url]http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=379990[/url] [editline]13th March 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=garry;28381772]Nice one, it seemed to have turned from a hole in thr ground into a fish pond really easily. Is laying the sheet all it takes?[/QUOTE] That all depends on how good of a pod you want. You can dig a hole, throw down a liner, put in a filter and call it a day or you could go all out with a 50+ thousand gallon concrete lined pool with a bigger filter and all sorts of fancy things. The bigger the pond, the bigger the fish. Some people have Arapaima gigas, Gars, redtail cats, if there's a fish you want to can have it if you build the pond big enough.
If you made sure to clean the rocks first (and make the pond bigger initially) could you pile a whole bunch up in the inside along the edges to hide the liner?
that looks really good op. Will look even better when the plants grow round it a bit. how deep is it? looks like a potential child capturing device if that's a problem to you
[QUOTE=joe588;28615688]that looks really good op. Will look even better when the plants grow round it a bit. how deep is it? looks like a potential child capturing device if that's a problem to you[/QUOTE] Assuming those clippers are the size I think they are, the pond is probably about a yard deep in that picture.
[QUOTE=joe588;28615688]that looks really good op. Will look even better when the plants grow round it a bit. how deep is it? looks like a potential child capturing device if that's a problem to you[/QUOTE] I'd say it looks about 3-4 feet deep.
Nice! Looks good. I've always wanted to do one. My neighbor has a really nice one that he's just been adding on to for years. I'll probably talk my parents into doing one this Summer. It would be cool to have some sort of like natural looking awning over the pond so leaves and the like stay out. I'm sure you could get a nice little project going for $500. It's not something you could or would want to do all at once like that dude on that Monster Fish Keepers link posted above.
Lay a small thin layer of hard flat rocks along the edge, move the tarps over that and pull tightly along the edges (Not so that it's like a trampoline, the water should be holding down the bottum segment), then cover with your bigger stones to hold it down. The tarp should be hardly visible except from the edge of the water, then just bury or cut off the excess. (Recommend burying it in case you need to adjust it or something) Also don't worry about covering up what you can see of the tarp from this point, it really shouldn't matter if you filled it correctly.
A big suggestion from me to vastly improve the aesthetics of your pond would be lay the liner then lay fiberglass in it, after that lay slabs around the pond, although this will cost more.
That was real nice of you to do that for your mom :v:
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