Simply Koi and More Koi

No problem Diego, Just call me Al.......
I hope to see a spanish streamflow pond soon......
muchas gracias..........

Thanks Jose, I agree this is a good way to feed the filters as they have no solid waste to cope with. Yes this is polycarbonte i have used, the roof structure is almost finished, but the sides are a temporary fixture for the mo, the eventual plan is to enclose the whole thing with openings at each e...

Hi Dave, Cheers, hindsight eh....Mmmmm..... :D Not much really at the mo, the pond has only been running for 6 months so far, but handles the amount of food i feed well. I had to build around my existing ring beam which was a pain, i would have liked a clean canvas really, and another couple of foot...

Im glad you found this of interest Diego, the original idea came from Mike Snaden of Yumekoi, i based mine on a pond he designed for a guy in WSM which appeared in the Koi carp mag around Jan 05' and a later pond built by Jules of JPG, which again was tweaked slightly. These ponds are an adaptation ...

Thanks again Diego, You can never have too much filtration..... :D , but yes, i could probally get away with less. The concept was to have 2 banks of filters which mirror each other, this way i could if nessesary shut one half down and not cause any upset in the pond. I could have run a couple of vo...

Hi Derek,
Showa for me, dont usually like em but this one has that "x" factor about it, followed by the sanke, although i would like to see another pic of it in 6 months or so just to be sure....

Hi again Diego, Thanks for your comments, this pond is based on a few other similar type set ups. There are a couple of different ways of doing it, this is the way i choose. Yes, you have the air purge about right, in each of the 6 uplift pipes is an airstone approx 6.5 foot (2m)down, when the airpu...

Thanks Kim/Gazza...

It would be nice to see the Tancho Sanke in a year or so, how old are these Andy? are they in the growing tanks?

Nice pics and koi everyone,
only got in pond shots at the mo....

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yea, come on, lets be having a peek........

Nice set up Justin, i was leaning towards the Kohaku until i saw the last Showa pic, thats a cracker.....

Cheers Graham,

Shes a Maruten Sanke from sakai, just over 4 years old and a midges under 70cm, AKA-giddy, as every time anyone passes the window, shes sets of like a stream train thinking its food time....

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If the koi want to flick/flash, then they will do, its an instinct, reguardless of the pond shape. Its all about damage limitations, keeping surfaces free from sticky out bits, and pipework etc.
Cant see any probs from the pics, all looks fine and dandy to me.

Cheers Gazza, no problem, yea, thought as much, pond floor was covered with a white coating of BD (bakki dust) when i got up Sat morn, i was expecting this tho, floor was clean by the afternoon, still some very fine fines tho..... After you added your 'bin' to the growing-on set up, did you monitor ...

Lookin good Ted, all those days of hard graft payed off in the end, well worth the wait i think, nice one....