this coming spring i'm going to be helping my parents build a new pond in their back yard for their 6 koi and 2 goldfish. they are seriously outgrowing the 150 gallon one in the front yard. the fish are as follows:
metallic orange koi = 8"
black and white butterfly koi = 6" -tail
platinum koi = 5"
black and gold snakeskin koi = 7.5"
blue koi = 11.5"
peach butterfly koi = 6" -tail
calico shubunkin = 5" -tail
long-finned comet = 5.5" -tail
how big should the pond be? keep in mind this will be a TEMPORARY home for these fish, as in a couple years, my parents will be moving to their new property where they are building a house, and a new large beautiful pond. the pond we're building this spring only has to hold the fish for a year or two.
we were thinking of getting one of those huge water troughs for livestock and using that as an above-ground pond in the back yard. we can't dig in a pond because there are septic lines and power lines, and all kinds of other things under our back yard, so above-ground will have to do.
metallic orange koi = 8"
black and white butterfly koi = 6" -tail
platinum koi = 5"
black and gold snakeskin koi = 7.5"
blue koi = 11.5"
peach butterfly koi = 6" -tail
calico shubunkin = 5" -tail
long-finned comet = 5.5" -tail
how big should the pond be? keep in mind this will be a TEMPORARY home for these fish, as in a couple years, my parents will be moving to their new property where they are building a house, and a new large beautiful pond. the pond we're building this spring only has to hold the fish for a year or two.
we were thinking of getting one of those huge water troughs for livestock and using that as an above-ground pond in the back yard. we can't dig in a pond because there are septic lines and power lines, and all kinds of other things under our back yard, so above-ground will have to do.
