Myself and friend installed a fabricated pond to my garden in June 2004,i kept goldfish in and a few koi which myself,wife and kids really enjoyed,that was the start of my koi addiction.

Towards the end of the summer i visited my first koi centre that specialised in koi to replace the two koi that for some reason died in the first 3 month's which i purchased from my local garden centre.
After speaking to the koi dealer about replacing my two koi that died i relised that my pond was not really made for koi,the size of my pond,viltration etc.When i went home i couldnt stop thinking about these awsome koi fish that i had seen at my local dealer.Unfortunately i knew i had no chance of keeping big healthy koi in my pond which as much as i loved it i knew it would have to come out if i wanted to live the experience of koi keeping.


Here is some picture's of my Garden Pond,constructed in June 2004.





Seven month's later and after visiting various koi dealers,watching video's,subscribing to Koi Karp and overall gathering as much information as possible i decided to get a koi pond built to the delight of my kids that wanted to take home the lovely bright coloured koi from the centre last year which i had to explain that they may not survive in our pond,as you can imagine they are really excited about our koi adventure,wish i could say the same for the mrs,lol

After carefull thinking about my new pond and having various koi builder's around for planning advice etc i gave the go ahead for my new pond to get built in Januay this year by Essential Garden Services located in Ponteland,Newcastle Upon Tyne. Hopefully weather permitting my pond should be finished by mid to late Febuary 05.
I have 6 goldfish and one koi left out of my old fabricated pond in a tank in the back of my garden which i will put into my new pond to start the bacterial proccess moving as soon as the new pond is finished which of course i am going to remove for my new bigger and brightly coloured koi which i will introduce to there new home in late April to May this year.

Here are some picture's of my new koi pond construction which i will update as the project moves along through the next month or so.


























Well that is where the construction end's at the moment.

Next week the pond wall's will be getting tied in with matching brickwork on two side's and finished off with a textured grey paving on top.

The filtration house will be constructed on the left side of my patio will will consist of a UB bubblebead filter,Aquamite pump,30 Watt U.V,Vortex and a Hi Blow 40 air pump.The reason i have went with a bubblebead after a long chat with my pond builder and koi dealer is that i just dont have the room for viltration chamber's.I viewed my bubblbead in operation at my local koi dealer who has them installed and was very impressed with the result's.

The internal pond will be fitted with a box welded Buytl Liner.

The size of the pond is approx 3m x 4m x 1.5m deep which will consist roughly 2000 gallons when finished,will know exact amount when the water is finally added.

And last of all a Japanese Pagoda will be constructed over the top with decorative lighting in the beam's lighting pond area up and then hopefully my koi dream's will become a reality when i will purchase my first koi in the spring.
Until then i will keep researching about the filtration and the general keeping of koi.