Hi everyone,

I'm a new member and a fairly new goldfish enthusiast. Koko's seems like a great place for people like me. I thought I would share a few pictures of my pond and fish. This pond is about 1400 gallons with a bead filter and a uv light.



It is currently home to some comets, sarassa, shubukin and wakin.



Thanks for looking.

I also have a 300 gallon horse trough that I converted to a 'pond'.



Here are some of its inhabitants:

This is an old English blacksmith's trough. It is made of iron and it holds about 40 - 50 gallons.



It's currently home to three Ryukins:

wow those are all nice ponds! I love them all. What great ideas for ponds and you made them look great. I like the blacksmiths trough

Wow..those ponds look so...great. I all of them. I'm sort of new to this hobby but I find those fish amazingly beautiful. Thanks for sharing those pic;s as I feel relaxed just looking at the pic;s...

omg, your ponds are amazing and fishes are so huge. Congrat on you success.
Fred

Theponds are all lovely and the fish look really good. Im so jealous of your Wakin

Wow! Your ponds are amazing as are your fish.

Thanks for the kind comments everyone.

I have had my big pond for about five years but I have really become interested in more varieties of goldfish over the last year. So... more ponds!!! I attended my first goldfish show last weekend and it really inspired me. I may be in big trouble.

Your ponds are gorgeous! I love them, they're so unique. Your fish are lovely too!

Fantastic! Your ponds look fabulous and it looks like you have some wonderfully healthy and big goldies there. Can we see more of your 1400? It's just so beautiful

i love the way the ponds just blend into your garden, like they belong there

Mate, u gotta show us the side-view profiles of all those ryukins and ranchus and orandas in your pond!

Absolutly beautiful =) Thanks for sharing sonny.

What a beautiful environment you created.

The container ponds are nice too. I'm a fan of container ponds.

And the fish are darned impressive. Nice job!

Welcome!

Thanks a bunch.

For me ponding is all about the fish. But I try to make the ponds fit into the garden too. I enjoy every minute of this hobby (how else could I spend all the time I do taking care of the ###### things. )

d_golem, one of the disadvantages to fish in ponds is only seeing their tops. I need to figure out a way to look at them from the side, at least occassionally.

JenW here are a couple more shots of the bigger pond.

U could have a spare empty 5 or 10 gal tank (no need for filter) just for taking picture and diagnosis purposes. Then u can post more pics!

*sigh* your pond is just heaven If that was in my garden (other then patting myself on the back) I'd be out there every spare minute I had... it looks so tranqil and peaceful

I have to agree with Jen Sonny.Your Pond is simply awesome! I love the plants around it,the statues,It all just fits so well,like it's been that way forever.Your fish are all big ,boldly colored and quite the "fatties" Absolutely gorgeous.All the container's are great too.I could continue to look and admire your pond all day.
By the way,Welcome to Koko's.Looking forward to hearing lots more about you and your fish.
Being from Texas,are any of your fish from Tommy Hui?

I'm sure at least he got a few fish from Tommy, seeing that his absolutely gorgeous ranchu in his indoor tank (which can be seen in THIS thread) is from Tommy

Yep. I took a road trip up there a few months back and visited him personally. He sure does have a nice setup and some beautiful fish.

Your sunken pond is heavenly . It looks so quiet and peaceful there- reminds me of an old Roman bath, don't suppose you allow guests to dangle their feet in there though! We pondless folk get used to side views of our fish but with a pond like that or your container ponds I'd happily trade for top view fish watching
How many fish in total?

Hi Trinket -

No problem dangling your feet in the pond. Come on over!

In the big pond I've currently got about 14 fish ranging in size from five to twelve inches.

Very nice ponds. The link to my pond is below.

WOW Your pond is absolutely STUNNING!!! I'm so jealous. I've met Tommy as well, nice guy, I got a couple fish from him a couple summers ago when he was at a show here in Illinois.

Wow, your ponds are wonderful! Your fish look so good

That are some gorgeous fish in those ponds, Jim! And recycling other containers to fit the purpose is great - I wouldn't have done it any other way. Did you put liner in those metal ponds? I'd always worry that something goes back into the water that isn't supposed to be.

So, you went to the TX show then, hm? Did you take any pictures, or talked to the judge there? Show pictures are always welcome here...

OMG I love all your fish and your ponds. I really like the pond with the rancus and orandas and the like in it. If there is any possible way you can more pics of them please do!!

Hi Debi0825 -

Very nice pond you have there. And quite an assortment of fish. I see some nice looking Orandas I think. Do they stay outside during the Winter?

Well... when I bought the old iron blacksmith's trough I had no clue what made an ideal container. I put a filter on it and added some fish and they thrived! Then I started reading and learning more about keeping goldfish. I learned that metal tanks are not always good and you should line them. So the horse trough is lined (with Gator Guard; a spray-on liner). But I have never gone back to line the blacksmith trough. Maybe I should but it seems to be a good home for the fish that have lived in there so far.


Yes, I had a great time talking to Terry Cusick and John Barcellona (the judges). Joan Berryman (the goldfish chairperson) was very nice too and I learned a lot about shows and how they work. And, I did take some not-so-good pictures while I was there. (The fish were great it's the pictures that are bad.) I'll post them this weekend.

Hi Erika,

Tommy is a really nice guy. I really appreciated the time I spent with him. He's generous with his knowledge and I learned a lot!

(It's fun meeting other 'goldfish people' in person.)

Hi Crush... That tank contains a few Ranchu, a sorta deformed calico Lionhead, an Oranda that I think is great and two Frogheads . I've always wanted Frogheads and they are everything I had hoped for!

I'm going to try to figure out a way to take better pictures of those fish. Maybe I'll buy a 10 gallon aquarium to use a little fish studio.

Hi nichjake,

Thanks! Love your dog picture in your signature!

(Besides fish I'm a real dog fan! )

Sonny, did you have your pond built? I'm starting to look seriously into building a pond, especially as I have the space for one. I would dearly love to have one similar to yours - especially the raised wall at the back because it looks so lovely. So I'm wondering if you've had it for long? Did you design it? <so many questions>

JenW -

The pond was designed by a local pond builder and built by a swimming pool company about five years ago. At the time I did not know anything about ponds so I'm very glad I got some expert help. The pond builder actually specializes in building koi ponds. It is made of gunite, slate and brick. There are two bottom drains, a skimmer and six tpr's.

I don't think you'll regret putting in a pond. Mine's been a real joy.

your ponds are beautiful. expecially your large one.

stunning ponds....makes he want another myself!!

welcome to koko's btw!

No, I wouldn't regret it at all I know a guy who does ponds - he built my brother's pond and did a wonderful job, but charged like a wounded bull

I'm going to have to start saving my pennies so I can dream of owning one similar to yours

Thanks for the welcome jamoko!

Is that a picture of your pond in your sig? Looks very cool.

Any threads here featuring your pond?

Never mind... I found the your wonderful thread chronicling your pond build and really enjoyed reading it. Very nice indeed.

Your pond and fish are just superb!!

Thanks for sharing! And keep in mind we love pics! You could not post too many of those gorgeous ponds!

Wow, just gorgeous (ponds and fish.) Your fish are blue ribbon piggies!!! Truly adorable.

AMAZING