Since I was last here. The smaller pond is doing fantastic. Lilliys are all in bloom, and the new lillys are starting to get small pads. The 20+ koi had grown to a size that ment a larger home.
Called a friend with a backhoe. Took him a whopping 1 1/2 hours to dig the round 16 ft wide x 4 ft deep hole.
Liner in, oops sides colapsed,drain mud hole, Liner out. LOL.
rail road tie framing done, liner back in, fill with water. Long time to fill 6000+ gallons. (well water)
OK, find a filter....... Great, one on sale at In The Garden ( pond store)
Get it all hooked up. Nice filter fall. Beckett 5000GPH pump to run it.
Got the skimmer hooked up.(note to self: turn off skimmer to feed Koi)
Took the filter pads from our 90gl DIY filter, clean them out in the clear new pond.
Water got cloudy, cycle beginning, NICE. water started to clear,,,,,,,, then
GREEN WATER, I love the green water in a new pond. Have since moved 15 of the Koi into thier new home. Scared the scales off them in such a big new place. put in some 4 boulders in the bottom. Now they fill right at home.
Amazing how the boulders comforted them.
Just waiting for the Hubby to build the new deck around the new pond... Sorry, No pictures. but the dog ate my memory card .(Honestly Puppies eat anything)
Oh and did I say I love green water.........
