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Background
This pond was constructed in 1982 after an entire Winter of pleading with my parents for permission. The pond measured 4.5 x 8 feet and was made with concrete. Initially it was built with no filtration. After realizing the inefficiency of a store bought in pond box filter, an external filter fabricated with garbage cans was installed. I rented a concrete drill to make a hole in the pond side wall and hooked the filter up to it. All in all it worked pretty well. This was a nice upgrade to my first pond the previous year, which was a large concrete planter sunk into the ground
I learned a lot in building, maintaining and upgrading this first pond. I continually worked on it throughout my teen years and when koi started appearing in the local pet stores, I purchased several in 1983 and quickly preferred keeping them over goldfish
Equipment
3" side drain | Little giant pump | 120 gallon Multi chamber filter
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Background
Originally constructed in 1991, this pond was rebuilt in 2000. An additional volume of 1,500 gallons was added by making the pond 1 foot deeper and shaving the sides. My pond has 2 bottom drains, 2 air stations and 2 separate filters. The total volume was accurately measured with a water meter to be 2,800 gallons. I was quite surprised at this thinking the pond was closer to 4k. It is therefore very important to meter the first fill to know your ponds volume for medicating purposes. My pond measures 25 feet in length with various widths from 3 - 15 feet and is almost 6 feet deep. The landscaping is really maturing nicely and the Japanese Maple I planted has grown from less than 4 feet to over 15 feet in height
Equipment
4" bottom drain | 3" bottom drain | 2 x Dolphin 3k ampmaster pumps | 205 gallon Multi chamber filter | 55 gallon trickle filter | No-niche skimmer
Related Link
Japanese Maple info on the Plants Page |
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