Our 10,000 Gallon Pond build

[MrsMoose]

I just thought I would post a few pictures of our pond that now has the fish in there but we are not done, as it is now the top has just the liner overlap since we are going to build a structure around it and we are going to tile it.
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[petluvr]

The last pic is a literal interpretation of swimming with the fishes :) Pond looks great can't wait to see the progress.

[supgourami]

This is very cool! Looks awesome.

[Kentucky Koi]

Way to go MM! Good to see Mr Moose working. ;)

-Eric

[user_name]

Nice pond!!!!

[RhondaAnn]

I can only imagine the effort that is going into that. I bet it's going to be awesome!

[myswtsins]

This is awesome!! Beautiful koi! :drool: What kind of filtration system do you have on this beast?

[MrsMoose]

At the moment just a homemade filter and one uv which I think needs the buld replaced and we have another filter with a built in uv. We are building a filter system that contains 4 55 gallon plastic drums. We did not put bottom drains in but will be doing a retro bottom drain on eac end and maybe in the center. I have a skimmer we are thinking of adding but are holding off just deciding because if they spawn they may end up in it.We have the area for the bog garden in the works but with the hours my husband works it is a slow process.
We get full afternoon sun so I am not to worried about the crystal clear water until we get the roof over it. We do water changes a couple of times a week to adjust for the lack of filteration until the barrels are done. I have koi in there that range from a few inches to 30 inches.

[Kentucky Koi]

MM, Use the stock tanks. I had a 75 gallon stock tank, upflow lavarock, gravity feed out for 3 years with out any problems on my 5k pond. I figure you could use a 300 gal stock tank, or several little ones. It depended on what size waterfall you want. If I'm ever down that way, I'll have to stop by and visit.

-Eric

[Muske]

Skippy's are great DIY filters that work really well.

You could run a couple and have Hyacinths/Lettuce in one or all.....

[cockroach]

Any updated pics? Looks great.

[MrsMoose]

No updates yet, with the way my hubby works its still not complete but is home to about 20 koi. Until I get better filteration on it the water is not very clear , good for the koi but bad if they are on bottom and we want to see them. Plans are to finish up the filtration this year and maybe the tile work :) I will be buying a koi or two from Eric when I go up to Louisville in May to the koi show

[ValorG]

Wow jealous....I'm about to rebuilt my 400 gallon pond and its sooo tiny compared to yours. >.>