Martin's Pond

ogidni · Posts: 2 Join date: 2008-08-05

Hi all

I've been lurking here for ages now and thought it was time to make a contribution to the site. Here are pics of my pond.

Approx 8000 litres, sandfilter, UV and Biofilter and 9 fish in the pond.

I love this hobby but its been a bit of a pain because I paid landscaper who knows #^#%# about building a koi pond to construct it - so I've had a few problems with the filtration and with leaks. At the moment the pond is all green because my UV filter has perished and needs to be replaced.

Im learning a lot though as I go, important I think because I have a longer term goal to build a gargantuan 80 000-100 000 litre pond when I move to a bigger place.

Thanks for a great site.

angryant · Posts: 57 Join date: 2009-05-16 Age: 36 Location: Blouberg

very very nice you have stunning koi the shiro Utsuri looks stunning, well looks like im not the only one who just wants a bigger pond, well good luck and well done.

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cam0 · Posts: 209 Join date: 2009-03-06

Very Very Very nice

Adi · Posts: 86 Join date: 2009-10-13

Like that waterfall, very nice

Jaco · Subject: Re: Martin's Pond Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:48 pm

What a nice pond and collection of koi.
By changing more water every week you can give the koi the illusion that the pond is bigger than it actually is because of the fresh water.

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Bobby · Subject: Re: Martin's Pond Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:40 pm

Hi Ogidni, stunning Pond, stunning finishes on your pond, stunning Shiro. Do you mind telling me which province you are staying?
I will need to clad my new build soon and would like to know more about your cladding, name and supplier. It looks similar to the cladding on my first pond just bigger pieces. You can also PM me the info should you prefer to keep it private.

My first pond is 10 000ltrs and the joke to all my so-called Koi friends due to size and were named Bobby's settlement chamber. Jaco has given you sound advise I achieved very good growth in my small pond by trying to do the basics right.

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albie · Subject: Re: Martin's Pond Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:13 pm

Stunning pond and from my novice eye the fish look great!!

ogidni · Posts: 2 Join date: 2008-08-05

Thanks for the replies

I'm in Johannesburg Bobby- the cladding is from a company called Colonial Stone - http://www.colonialstone.co.za/

Ask for Brett he's a good friend of mine and will be able to help you out. They have a great range of products. PM me if you need his direct line.

Thanks for the advice Jaco - I do a water change twice a week and their growth is amazing. I'd love a bigger pond I had just had space constraints - I'm really envious of some of these big ponds I see on the site. Well at least its a great motivation to work towards to.

The Shiro is my favourite as well - I bought her from Lee-ann just over a year ago.

Martin

Bobby · Subject: Re: Martin's Pond Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:27 pm

Hi Martin
What a bummer, thanks for info, I like the exterior strip cladding but will have to sell my car to pay for transport to Cape Town. Embarassed

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Pieter J de Villiers · Subject: Re: Martin's Pond Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:13 am

Hi,

Quote:

At the moment the pond is all green because my UV filter has perished and needs to be replaced.

Any photos of the filter system?

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Admin · Subject: Re: Martin's Pond Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:09 am

Stunning setup and great fish. Thanks for sharing.

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