I’m making a thread to track my pond/fish over time. I figured I’d start now while I’m impatiently waiting for spring. Mid March and we are expecting a snow storm again this weekend >.<
I’ll start with giving some info about the pond.
It is 11’ x 11’ and 4’ 4-5” deep. It has a small shelf around the edge and slightly slanted sides. Roughly around 3,000gal.
I run a uv sterilizer to keep the water clear. The pond gets lots of sun most of the day. So some type of uv was a must.
The filter is a flow-through filter my husband and I made. It will need to be upgraded as our fish grow, but for now works great.
Right now everything is shut down. Just a 1500watt heater and bubbler are running. I did have a tarp over the pond, but removed it earlier in the month. The weather man lied and it looked like we’d be in the high 50’s by the 16th. Well.... we weren’t. We got snow and will be getting even more now. Ugh. This was their first winter outside, so I’ve been a little on edge waiting for spring.
The reason we built the pond was because we needed an upgrade from the 200gal pool in our basement holding our 10 koi, 2 shubunkins, and 2 ryukins. We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into when we bought them for our little 175gal preformed pond. Haha
My husband came up with the name of the pond. I love carving rocks, so I’ve made a stone for each beloved pet we have lost. Those stones are now gathered at the pond. So memorial pond sounded fitting.
Now for the fun part, pictures
The pond up and running last summer
The pond now with the leaf net over it still.
These are the fish I’ll be adding once the pond is started back up. 3 koi, a Black Moore, and a red cap oranda.
And I don’t have any pictures of the stones out by the pond, but I did have this one I took after I finished making them.
I’ll start with giving some info about the pond.
It is 11’ x 11’ and 4’ 4-5” deep. It has a small shelf around the edge and slightly slanted sides. Roughly around 3,000gal.
I run a uv sterilizer to keep the water clear. The pond gets lots of sun most of the day. So some type of uv was a must.
The filter is a flow-through filter my husband and I made. It will need to be upgraded as our fish grow, but for now works great.
Right now everything is shut down. Just a 1500watt heater and bubbler are running. I did have a tarp over the pond, but removed it earlier in the month. The weather man lied and it looked like we’d be in the high 50’s by the 16th. Well.... we weren’t. We got snow and will be getting even more now. Ugh. This was their first winter outside, so I’ve been a little on edge waiting for spring.
The reason we built the pond was because we needed an upgrade from the 200gal pool in our basement holding our 10 koi, 2 shubunkins, and 2 ryukins. We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into when we bought them for our little 175gal preformed pond. Haha
My husband came up with the name of the pond. I love carving rocks, so I’ve made a stone for each beloved pet we have lost. Those stones are now gathered at the pond. So memorial pond sounded fitting.
Now for the fun part, pictures
The pond up and running last summer
The pond now with the leaf net over it still.
These are the fish I’ll be adding once the pond is started back up. 3 koi, a Black Moore, and a red cap oranda.
And I don’t have any pictures of the stones out by the pond, but I did have this one I took after I finished making them.
