Hey every one,i since i am removeing into a house in
about 1 month or maby 2 am planing to build a pond before the mid summer.
After reading a wonderful pond book that a great friend
sent me im planing to make a informal pond.Most probly more of a
bone shap or maby a free form.
I am planing on holding fish in this pond.The fallowing fish will be:
Koi,not that many just about 2 to 4 koi fish.
Some commets,shubs,and commons and some of the more hardy types of fancy
goldies as Fantails,orandas ect ect and might add some telecopes
and black moors.
So since im going to have at least 20 and more fish i am planing to
have a well oxygen system for all the fish.
it is most recomended to get a biofilter (Pump) so i am.

Waterfalls-
Now the type of water fall im planing to buil is going to be more of a
stair like water fall with steps maby about 1 foot deep each?
And the water fall with be on a pretty big hill with all the extra dirt
from the pond it self.
And maby on the top of this waterfall there will be a small pong for other
animals or fish.

Plants-I am most probly going to get floating water plants
but this i don't think ill have to worry about at all.

Gallon and size of pond-

I always enjoy giveing extra room to my fish when i can.And since
it is a pond it can make it pretty big if i wanted to?
I want to give each fancy goldfish at least 35 gallons.
And for the common types i would give 45 gallons each.
the koi will most probly be 150 gallons each?
So my pond will be around at least 1000 gallons and more right?


Any other information would be great,since i didn;t move yet at all.
and i am not sure what the place will look like ect ect i don;t
have that mutch information

Any way anything else i will need to know or will need
for the pond it self or fish?

And information would be great! thanks.

Alexander, just a few things that jump up from the top of my head -
The gallon sound fine for the goldfish, but I would go a bit higher with the gallon per koi, at least 400 gallon.
Since its gonna get very cold during the Canadian winter, go around 6 ft deep on one end of the pond, if you plan on keeping the koi outside during the winter.
Bottom drain - there needs to be one in there, its one of the most important tools in keeping the pond clean without a huge amount of work on your part.
The filter - go big. The bigger the better! Have a look around online or at your local club, check out members ponds and see what they have for filtration. They can tell you all about the pros/cons of their filters, and what they would change.
If you wonna keep fancy goldies in with the koi, you better think of some sort of devider to keep those two apart. The fancy goldfish, especially moors, will always lose when it comes to the food.
A plant pond above the main pond, before the waterfall comes down, sounds like a good idea. Such a bog pond is a popular part of filtration, and I like the idea of incorporating plants into the pond without the koi getting their greedy little mouths on them! You could keep the moors in that bog pond during the summer. I wouldn't recommend moors as a kind of fish that can overwinter outside in a Canada pond.
The Pond itself - I have seen so many cases where the pondkeeper decided to make his pond bigger after a few years of pondering, and it turned out a ton of extra work. So, go bigger the first time around.
For the location - find a spot that doesn't have a tree right above, otherwise you will be collecting leaves off of that pond like nuts during the fall.
A very simple tool to figure out, what shape you wonna have your pond, is a gardenhose. With a hose you can outline the shape of your pond in the spot you are planning for it, then you can imagine the final product so much better. Try out different shapes with the hose, until you are happy with the result.
OKay, thats that for the first run....I am sure other people will think of more...