5,000 gallon outdoor aquarium

[rbarn]

If you saw my 300 gallon indoor project, I also just finished a 5,000 gallon Koi pond as part of a pool install.

7' deep - 6' X 20' apx.
Pictured sand filter is filled with sinking K1 bio media.

So far maintenance consists of back washing the filter once a week.

Fish are still babies at 8-10" long. Cant wait until they are 2'+ monsters. Nothing special on fish quality. just "pond koi" not "show koi"

Water quality pics speak for themselves I think. Pond was built last summer, cycled empty for 6 months and had fish in it for about 3 months now.
Still need to get working on the landscaping around it now.

I'll update as the fish get bigger and I finish the landscaping.

Just after water put in for first time

Filtration with massive 4' tall UV light

Vortex poop separator

Construction

 

[ScrewTape]

sick

 

[CrazyLegz]

That is awesome!!!

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[aldiaz33]

Very nice! Can you share pix of the pool and spa too?

Looks like you have all your water features covered (Aquarium, pond, spa & pool).

 

[gangster]

Very nice pond!
SOme sweet filtration as well.
THanks for sharing.

 

[archers]

Weird shape but that looks really cool

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[rbarn]

Very nice! Can you share pix of the pool and spa too?

It's still a work in progress with LOTS of landscaping and low voltage lighting to do

Pool has a very cool auto clean system that use pop-up jets all long the bottom and sides that sweep all debris down into a central drain with a catch bag up by the skimmers. Zero work and no silly robot swimming around in the pool and getting broken.

 

[turkeyboy85]

Increadable!

 

[rbarn]

Weird shape but that looks really cool

Wasnt exactly what I was shooting for, but close enough.

 

[CrazyLegz]

So you plan on just keeping koi in your pond?

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