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zulublue
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May 23, 2006, 11:58 PM

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Now I have finally shrunk the pics down (hope they don't come out to small) you can take a look at my pond, let me know what you think, still a bit of work to do, but hey thats the fun bit Crazy

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zulublue
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May 23, 2006, 11:58 PM

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aknechel
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May 24, 2006, 12:07 AM

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Very Beautiful pond, especially the stream and waterfall. I like the way it appears to come from the wooded area. Nicely done!!
Andrew

zulublue
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May 24, 2006, 3:19 AM

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I would love some ideas for the edging on this pond, I was going to build a wall around it, but I would really love a more natural finnish, does anyone know where you can obtain lightweight rock edging, I think a company in the UK called Rockways used to do it, but I have not seen it around for years, if you have any other ideas please reply on here.

Cheers

Confused Unsure

tigerjh
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May 24, 2006, 5:08 AM

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nice pond and nice koi

Mr.Jonathan
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and one happy 13 year old koi lover

Koi38
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May 24, 2006, 6:50 AM

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Hi Zulu,

Nicely done pond mate Cool

Have you thought of using flag stones??? They not that heavy, use the rough finished ones not the the square or rectangle shape to give you the natural look, also staggerd them Wink

rgds,
Jon

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bigred
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May 24, 2006, 12:32 PM

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Here's mine with flagstone edging.

tangigi3
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May 26, 2006, 10:54 AM

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NICE POND GUYS! always nice to see big ponds with great landscaping.

Lar

zulublue
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May 26, 2006, 11:37 PM

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Thanks all,

Bigred that may have given me an idea, ill let you know how it pans out Cool

mattie132
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Apr 22, 2007, 4:53 AM

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zulublue,

Beautiful pond. well done.

How deep is it? do you have a bottom drain? What kind of pump and filteration do you use.

Cheers, mattie

zulublue
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Apr 22, 2007, 9:53 PM

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Hi Mattie, the pool goes from 3.6ft by the waterfall down to 5.6ft by the bottom drain, which is near the bottom right corner as you look towards the waterfall, this is to assist all the waste getting pushed to towards the filter, that is a 4" inlet and a 2" inlet in to chamber 1 from the skimmer.

The filter runs the full size of the decking which is about 15ft x 4 and 3 feet deep, there is a 6" void at the bottom of the filter which plastic mesh sits on and a 2" bottom drain in each chamber, there are 5 chambers 1st is settlement, 2nd is bio rings, 3rd is k1 (50ltrs) with a 12000 lph air pump and 4th & 5th have agro rock, there are 2 pumps 1 aquamax 10000 which runs through a 70w Oase UV, finally an amphibious 1800 used for a venturi.

annaskoi
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Aug 14, 2007, 8:46 AM

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Beautiful pond, I also love the stream and waterfall. My question is about the decking on the end of your pond. Can rain water run from the deck into your pond? If it does what kind of lumber did you use. I saw a picture of a great pond in my koi vet book that had a deck built all the way around it and it was used as an example of something not to do. The owner of that pond had called the vet to find out why their fish were sick and dying. I was wondering if you used special lumber so that the fish were not exposed to the chemicals that wood is treated with?

Anna

the_koi_wonder
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Sep 1, 2007, 4:30 AM

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That's some beautiful work. I hope you wouldn't mind if I used your pond as sort of something to go with for mine. I have started mine out but... It's just a dirty hole in the ground at the moment! Tongue

My dream has been fulfilled: TO OWN A KOI!

zulublue
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Sep 1, 2007, 4:40 AM

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No Worries, they all start with a hole Tongue

ayranjim
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Sep 1, 2007, 9:06 PM

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Hello, I have used many types of plants to hide the edges, in your case I would plant some ( hemerocallis) these are Day lilies, the will over lap the edges and they have nice flowers, or maybe some ( zantedeschia) calla lilies which grow thick and have flowers which can be cut and used in the house and some ferns can also be used as these too will grow over the edges and almost hang into the water, when I make ponds, I also do the landscaping around the ponds, and one thing I try to do is use plants that have more than one use, what I mean is not only do they hide some thing like a filter, but also give flowers which can be used, or simple adding color to the area, what I do consider is that the idea is KOI, so the flowers or plants should not draw more attention than the Koi, and plants are generaly cheaper and easier to handle than stone, also with plants the ( pondscape) can be changed every year by pulling up some plants and planting something with other colors so this adds a little change to the over all view.

ahtan40
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Feb 23, 2008, 12:57 AM

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Feb 24, 2008, 1:15 AM

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