Pond/fish pictures

[MrsE88]

It's been so nice since my husband and I got our new pond up and running. It's not compete yet, but we got enough done to get the fish moved in.
I've really missed having my fish outside

Not the best quality pictures, but they show part of the herd
The goldfish will be gone as soon as I find them a home, as well as two koi I'm not fond of.
The stock will be 8 koi, 2 shubunkins, and 2 ryukins once the others are rehomed.

A couple of my favorites. The black and orange is Big O and the yellow one is Sunshine

 

[MrsE88]

More pictures.
My daughter and I were enjoying some time at the pond this morning.
Our koi aren't anything special, just pond quality, but they are very friendly

Please excuse the diy pre filter. I just needed something to keep the tree seeds from getting stuck in the pump.

 

[J. H.]

They eat the sweat and dead skin of your feet. they like the taste. goldfish do the same. Very few fish can truly be "friendly" like a GG.

 

[MrsE88]

They eat the sweat and dead skin of your feet. they like the taste. goldfish do the same. Very few fish can truly be "friendly" like a GG.

I'm sure that's what they are doing here, kinda gross to think about. Lol
But they are friendly in terms of eating from anyone's hands, following me around the pond, and hanging around me whenever I am in the water.

Not the same as a GG from what I've seen. Their kinda "friendly" is gladly being pet. My koi havent gotten comfortable enough to have a hand come at them to be pet.
They just always want to be fed. Haha

 

[krichardson]

Nice looking koi,were you keeping them in a large tank inside the house and,could you get us some full pond shots?

 

[MrsE88]

Nice looking koi,were you keeping them in a large tank inside the house and,could you get us some full pond shots?

Thanks.
They were being kept in a kiddy pool in the basement. Before that a small water garden. My husband and I underestimated how fast they would grow. I was just getting into keeping fish at the time. They have been through alot while I've been learning as I go.
The new pond is 11' x 11' the main part of the pond is 9x9x4'.4". The foot shelf going around the pond is 4"-6" deep. If that makes sense.
I still have to do the landscaping around the pond.

 

[krichardson]

Love the pond and that is a serious flow looking flow coming from that water fall, really nicely done.Thanks for posting.

 

[MrsE88]

Haha, yes. It is coming out with a lot of force. It's a diy flow-through filter.

It's hard to see but I have all kinds of media stuffed in there. Then I have a bag of bio balls in the second to last compartment before the falls. The three outputs for the falls are the same size (1 1/2") as the incoming piping from the pump. I didn't expect it to have such good flow. This was my first time putting something like this together. Well.... drawing up the plans and my husband making it for me. The only reason it works so well is because he found all the flaws in my design and fixed them as we bought supplies. Haha.

I want to make a wood top for it to cover the bright yellow lid. Then tall plants and rock work will help hide the box. It should look really good next year

 

[krichardson]

Haha, yes. It is coming out with a lot of force. It's a diy flow-through filter.
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It's hard to see but I have all kinds of media stuffed in there. Then I have a bag of bio balls in the second to last compartment before the falls. The three outputs for the falls are the same size (1 1/2") as the incoming piping from the pump. I didn't expect it to have such good flow. This was my first time putting something like this together. Well.... drawing up the plans and my husband making it for me. The only reason it works so well is because he found all the flaws in my design and fixed them as we bought supplies. Haha.

I want to make a wood top for it to cover the bright yellow lid. Then tall plants and rock work will help hide the box. It should look really good next year

That has to be one impressive pump.Have you looked into the large,fake boulders to conceal tge box?

 

[MrsE88]

Im pretty happy with it so far. It's an alpine pal3100. The first pump I ordered stopped working after one week of use but the company sent me a return label and sent the new pump out right away. The new pump arrived the day I was able to schedule a pick up for the broken pump. I was impressed with how quickly they fixed the situation.
As a back up my husband ordered the next pump size up. But I'm not really sure my filter box would be able to handle it. Lol

I have looked at them, but they are expensive. More then I would want to spend anyway. Mostly just because I know as the fish grow I'll likely need to add a second filter, or make a bigger one. They were the first thing that came to mind though!