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Koi fish pond

Reef Runner

By Reef Runner
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I remember a wile back there were some real experts on here that had some Koi. I have three in my back yard and I have a few questions. Like how do I figure out how many gallon my pond is? or how do I get them to spawn? or How do I take care of my filter. As you can guess I bought a house with a pond and really haven't figured out what I am doing yet.

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To find out how many gallons of water you have take:

length ft. ___ X width ft. ___ X avg. depth ft. ___ X 7.5 = gallons

If they are healthy, they will probably spawn on their own. Most of the water gardens we've installed ended up with baby koi or goldfish naturally. Most will probably not make it if it is a smaller pond.

The filter should be cleaned as oftened as it needs it... depends on litter entering the pond, the amount of algae blooning in the pond and how big the pond is. As far as cleaning goes, if it's the synthetic fiber filter, usually a flush with a good steady stream of water is all that is needed, if it is a sand filter or other type, find out the manufacturer and go to their HSOforum for instructions.

Do not feed the koi or goldfish when water temps are below 55 degrees. You can actually kill them as they do not digest food well when it is that cool and it can rot in their guts.

You need a fair amount of living plants in the pond to use up the excess nutrients that will be made by the koi or you will have very dirty water.

Water gardens are relativley easy to take care of once you get them in balance. There are some good books on the subject, I will see if I can find a couple that I have at work and post them here.

Good Luck!

Ken

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Hey THANKS for the info. I will see if I can get a pict posted of my pond to give you an idea on what I am dealing with. Although I am not to good at posting pictures.

I did try E-Mailing you but the E-mail address in your bio does not work.

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