Category Archives: Pond Design
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Ultraviolet lights
Posted on February 17, 2012 by admin in Pond Design, Pond FiltrationUltraviolet lights – There are basically two types of algae in koi ponds. One is string algae. This is the long stringy algae that you can pick up with your hand. An ultraviolet light has very little if any affect on string algae. The other type of algae is what we call the “good algae”. [...]
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Underwater lights
Posted on February 17, 2012 by admin in Pond DesignUnderwater lights – Underwater lights allow you to enjoy the koi twice as much. After sundown instead of having this large dark hole in the yard, with lights you now have a beautiful well lit koi pond. Underwater lights can be a little pricy but how quickly you forget how much you paid for something [...]
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Oxygen
Posted on February 17, 2012 by admin in Pond DesignOxygen – Oxygen to koi is very important. Koi can live in a pond with a low oxygen level but they will never thrive. Low oxygen affects their metabolism and in turn their appetite. You will never be able to grow a koi to it’s full potential without plenty of oxygen in the pond at [...]
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Proper Pipe Size
Posted on February 17, 2012 by admin in Pond DesignProper pipe size – Installing the proper size pipe in a koi pond is extremely important. To achieve good water quality you need to send all the water in the pond through a good filter at least once every 3 hours. Preferably, once every 2 hours. The point is, that if you build a [...]
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Bottom drain
Posted on February 17, 2012 by admin in Pond DesignBottom drain – Having a bottom drain in the pond is a very important part of having a healthy pond. Having a pond without a bottom drain is like having a toilet that you can’t flush. If you are hoping to grow your large koi to their full potential you are going to have to [...]
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Water movement
Posted on February 17, 2012 by admin in Pond DesignWater movement Water movement in a pond is important for 3 reasons. The 1st reason is that the koi need the exercise, especially if you are trying to grow large koi. Without lots of exercise the koi loose their appetite. Additionally, their ability to digest the food is decreased. This can cause the koi to [...]
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Pond depth
Posted on February 17, 2012 by admin in Pond DesignPond depth – The depth of the pond is also very important. A koi pond needs to be a minimum of 3″ deep. Any shallower than that and you will be constantly loosing your koi to predictors such as blue herons or raccoons. Even if only one area of the pond is shallower than 2″ [...]
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Proper Pond Size
Posted on February 17, 2012 by admin in Pond DesignProper size – The size of the pond is very important depending on what you are trying to accomplish. If all you want to do is take 3 or 4 small koi and grow them up to 16″ long, than the pond size is not that important. You can easily do that in a 1500 [...]
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Pond Design
Posted on February 16, 2012 by admin in Pond DesignThe first thing you will need to do is to provide a home for your koi to grow in. A well designed pond is an extremely important part of the whole process involved in growing koi to their full potential. Far to often individuals rush to build a pond with the hopes of raising [...]
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Bottom Drain Installation For Liner Pond (with optional air dome)
Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin in Installation / Manuals, Pond DesignStep 1 At the lowest point of the pond, stub up a 3 inch bottom drain and cap it off. If you are using the Advantage Bottom Drain Cover with built in Air Diffuser, you will need to install an air line. To do this, place a 3/4 inch PVC pipe for air exactly 12 [...]
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