Thread: Just thought I would share....

the contents of my brothers pond he hand dug, its about 500 to 1000 gallons i guess at best

the contents during a clean out,



empty pond, his koi started to bread so in the top right corner he built a small pond to scoop up the fry, to grow up in and then he brought them indoors for the winter.

Those are some healthy looking Koi. Tell him to net his pond so the Blue Heron doesn't come and get them. It doesn't look the best, but keeps the leaves and other unwanted animals out. I'm in NJ also so they might find his fish. Think I remember they can smell them from a few miles away. Bastard, would stand on my roof and then swoop down to get them.

my brother lives in harriman NY hes got frogs that now live at the pond, and deer that come and drink from it lol and his dogs (labs) that like to jump in it as well, he's never had a problem with birds heating his fish, not yet, knock on wood.

he wound up selling the fry to the local fish store too when they got big enough to be worth anything, koi are funny the colors are hard to judge when they are small and when they grow it all changes, so hard to price out when 3 inches long, and all the dirt from the hole went towards the water fall, that air rates the water, and holds the filtration system.