Anyone have experience building a pond

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pond is now 58 degrees. Koi wont eat for the next 6 weeks straight. Imagine going that long without eating!

[Goldfish World]

semi hibernating i normally recommend food with spirulina to enhance the color since they eat less during cold water season to maintain their color that just suggestion

[scubasteve]

Super cool koi setup!!!!

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SAN DIEGO KOI SHOW!! This weekend at Del Mar race track

[belladoula]

You have one of the most amazing backyards and ponds I have ever seen.

I helped my father-in-law dig out his koi pond and do all of his planning. I am not convinced now that his pond is taken care of enough now that I have done enough research on my own for my fish tank. Sadly, I don't think he would take any suggestions to make changes. I never see him do water changes, just fill it up with water from the hose when it gets low. I know for sure he doesn't own a water test kit.

[Therapy]

Its harvest time in japan!! You think we have it bad as reefers. This Koi is 3 years old and around 26 inches. Its not mine. Its not even close to being "the best" and its priced at $12,000.
This is awesome we are up at 2:30 in the morning cause the dealers are coming back from their buying trips as its like 6pm in japan and posting their prospects on line for us geeks to buy. Me and two other koi geeks are staring at our computers waiting to see what pops up.
http://s49.photobucket.com/user/mard...1e2f2.mp4.html

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[knightnsd]

I had the most beautifiul one I have even owned that was lost to a heron long ago but this one is close to it. The markings look painted on it the other one was similar but had red and orange, scaleless and metallic and had been shipped from Japan and was incredible. Ill look for a photo of that one but here one of my favotites

[SmilinAvnger]

That is fantastic! I vote for March's meeting to be in your back yard.

[knightnsd]

I found a photo of it and snapped a picture of it, this one was priceless lost on some heron problems and refilling the pond- Horrible mistake. FOR ANY POND KEEPERS DIXIELINE SELLS A WATER TIMER FOR FILLING YOUR POND AND IT AUTOMATICALLY TURNS OFF AFTER SO MANY GALLONS OR MINUTES OF WATER. WORTH THE $15.00


if I could replace this one I would quit my day job and breed it

[Therapy]

Thats a big fish !! The koi show is in 10 days !!! Please come and check it out.

I had the most beautifiul one I have even owned that was lost to a heron long ago but this one is close to it. The markings look painted on it the other one was similar but had red and orange, scaleless and metallic and had been shipped from Japan and was incredible. Ill look for a photo of that one but here one of my favotites

[Therapy]

Check the schedule and information
https://www.koiclubofsandiego.org/show-booklet.html

Its almost show time. I am doing 500 gallon a DAY water changes for the last month before the show. At least the plants look good

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More pond visitors. The koi in the pond are to big, but it ca certainly disfigure a koi and injure it.
http://youtu.be/tIuyqv9ipEo

[SteveParkinson]

Wow that is a nice backyard and koi pond, awesome work and thanks for sharing the pictures. I wish I had the room and $$$ to do something like that in my backyard.

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[QUOTE=knightnsd;850815]I found a photo of it and snapped a picture of it, this one was priceless lost on some heron problems and refilling the pond- Horrible mistake. FOR ANY POND KEEPERS DIXIELINE SELLS A WATER TIMER FOR FILLING YOUR POND AND IT AUTOMATICALLY TURNS OFF AFTER SO MANY GALLONS OR MINUTES OF WATER. WORTH THE $15.00


SO! That egret threw me off my game today, and I left the water on in the pond. Left it on a good hour before I remembered what I did. Look outside the pond was over flowing and the pond was dead, meaning the GFCI was tripped meaning water had found electricity. Ironically I bought one of those timers as you suggested, but need to plumb it in line since I don't use a hose to fill my pond.
Along with that timer, I would suggest enough " chlorine binder" on hand at all times just in case. The pump for our second pond was submerged and is now dead, but the fish seem ok. I feel as I have dodged a bullet. I have never done this in the three years the pond has been in existence. Whats the chance a fully submerged pump will survive total submersion?