I did a filter pit this year with bottom drain. My pond is 3,000 gallons (4 feet deep at BD. Got better filtration by making my own DIY spraybar and microscreen in a 55 gallon barrel. Works like a charm! I use a Laguna filter falls for my bio, and it is filled with 1/2" plastic strapping for bio. All summer and fall it worked great!

Ethan

The pond


"Glitter", my ginrin sanke 17"


my two step Kohaku 12"


My odd looking matsuba that no one can classify 15"



my doitsu kikokuryu 12"




my armor scaled yellow ogon 12"




24" butterfly sanke "Speedo"



15" sanke, "SPOT"


24" shiro bekko butterfly "sizzle"



22" butterfly mutt "Striker"

wow! i lovvvee your pond! gorgeous fish too all of them are beauties, but my fav is your kikokuryu

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Man those fish are so cool..must be some much fun to watch them and feed them..

Beautiful! speechless............omgosh....just beautiful!

Your pond is so beautiful!

And your koi are SO exquisite. Really gorgeous . I especially like the one you say is unclassifiable matsuba, and sizzle

Lovely fish, my favourite are the doitsu kikokuryu and the guy caled SPOT

beautiful pond and fish!!!

wow lovely pond and fish

Here's another of the unclassified one....I just love this fish.

Here's one more of "spot"


and another of the kikokuryu when it was around 5" long

It is. Here's a couple pics of them feeding...

and some side views of the 3 largest fish...these were taken a year and a half ago....they are much larger now....

such beautiful Koi

wow those koi are simply amazing!!!
Your pond also looks amazing.
I bet you have tons and tons of fun watching them
I wish I could have a pond...

why can't you?!

sizzle is my favorite.It reminds me of my pandora.Only pandora doesnt have "freckles":(

The first two of the bigger ones are definetely girls - harder to tell witht he third koi. And I love the idea of some sort of a floating ring holding all the water hyacinths together.

Wow! That's all I can muster right now.

wow beautiful and big! I always wanteda koi but i need to wait until; i'm older lol because I have no space for them. How big is the pond?

The floating ring is a hula hoop from nnnnnn. Just fill it where it connects with caulk and it floats.It is also a good place to throw food into. I usually have two in the pond. One for water lettuce and water hyacinth and one for feeding. It keeps the food in one place and from going into the skimmer before they can get to it.Thanks! I think that every day too! None of my fish are show fish by any means, but they are fun to have and watch and care for!

The pond is 13-14 feet wide by 9-10 feet across by four feet deep in the middle. I estimate around 3,000 gallons including the filtration (settlement chamber and bio chamber are an additional 100 gallons).

What a beautiful pond and your fish are gorgeous!

oh that is a good size! Your pond probably about 3,500 gallons. Really Cool. Did you build it by yourself or did you hire people?

I can't possible pick a fav out of your fish!!! They are AMAZING!!!! Your pond looks like something out of a Home and Garden magazine!!! I am coming for a visit!!!! LOL!!!

Took me a week to build.
It used to be by the back door and we "moved" it to be back by the garage. It took me the longest to dig out. The rest was a piece of cake.


Thanks for all the great comments! I appreciate them!