Hello my long overdue thread about the my 50,000 gallon outdoor pond(this thread has taken a decent amount of time to make and I will be adding to it as it progresses) which I intend to turn into a natural koi mud pond this thread will show the progress of working on this project including the algae control, fish stocking etc
The beginning
Earlier this year I noticed a pretty decently sized pond on my granny and grandfather's farm.I began to inspect it and came to the conclusion it would make an awesome koi mud pond like they do in Japan but with a larger amount of plants and reeds for spawning. As well as this in the end of winter / early spring when we have large amounts of rain that overflows parts of the pond onto land (the fish cannot swim out tho as it does not rain enough for them to get far enough and it is tightly fenced in) the benefits of this as the fish are able to swim up these channels and spawn like in these photos.
koi spawning
The pond
Before algae remover dosing
In the pic there is lots of visible duckweed and beneath that is lots of algae such as hair algae and blanket weed
Chemical used to dose the pond for algae
The pond after dosing with chemicals showing visible reactions taking place pictures will be circled where this is present
in this picture there isn't much reaction just visible places where the powder has not fully disolved but further pictures will show reaction occurring further
This is where the reaction is very present and turned to mush in 48 hours. I will be redosing the other half of the pond and will show further updates then. Thank you.
The beginning
Earlier this year I noticed a pretty decently sized pond on my granny and grandfather's farm.I began to inspect it and came to the conclusion it would make an awesome koi mud pond like they do in Japan but with a larger amount of plants and reeds for spawning. As well as this in the end of winter / early spring when we have large amounts of rain that overflows parts of the pond onto land (the fish cannot swim out tho as it does not rain enough for them to get far enough and it is tightly fenced in) the benefits of this as the fish are able to swim up these channels and spawn like in these photos.
koi spawning
The pond
Before algae remover dosing
In the pic there is lots of visible duckweed and beneath that is lots of algae such as hair algae and blanket weed
Chemical used to dose the pond for algae
The pond after dosing with chemicals showing visible reactions taking place pictures will be circled where this is present
in this picture there isn't much reaction just visible places where the powder has not fully disolved but further pictures will show reaction occurring further
This is where the reaction is very present and turned to mush in 48 hours. I will be redosing the other half of the pond and will show further updates then. Thank you.
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