Rule 1: always get help when building a pond.

stage 1 compleated..behind the pond is 2 x 15ft x 31"x42" with a 8000 gallon capacity each and the footings to a new extension , the next pictures will look slightly different .
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Steve making the bowls

here is steve who has a passion for koi like no other person ive ever known . On seeing his pond and his system i knew i had to improve my system .God only knows how much money this chance meeting will cost me . He does also love spending money ....... unfortunately mine :(
Here he is making bowls so the solid waste drops into the bottom drains

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an old wall was put back in covered in wire mesh and bottom drains cemented in place

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Its gonna be BIG!

after getting a nasty bacterial problem i decided my old 15 year old 2000 galon pond fed by an internal pump wasnt up to scratch. so Mk II is on its way and proceeding slowly.
We have a small bet ridding on the size Steve says 8-9000 gallon I say 12-13000 gallon.
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Abitza ? (bits of this n bits of that )

do you know the name of this variety?? I bought this fish years ago , It seems to be constantly changing colour, , past its best since most of the red is now being replaced by the black .
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Kikusui

small kikusui, saddly lost when i kinda made the mistake of not using the quaranteen system long enough. 3 months may or may not have helped. But i introduced an infected fish into my pond and nothing but antiboitics made any difference. By the time ide tried the usuall treatments , chloromine T , Elbagin and even Proflavin hemesulphate , The losses were mounting. You can see the first sign of infection that had all the local experts baffeled the small pimple on the body (3-5mm) would come up within 2-3 days and burst leaving a small hole that would get bigger , nothing showed up on any scrapes dermocystidium was suspected but then ruled out . The batcteria spread rapidliy to all the fish despite Elbagin in the water .
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Chagoi

this male chagoi bought for £100 from a garden pond was an incredible 60cm in just a 500 gallon pond. not a single scale missing. Now at 73 cm and growing at around 4cm a year
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my oldest and favorite koi breeder unknown , only recently developed two black spots on its head. shame.
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Utsuri from tanaka has lots of potential.
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