Ponds

[Proteus]

Just curious, who here has a pond, or is looking at getting into ponds...

After looking around yesterday I didnt realise just how much of a range there is out there.

[flukes]

I planning on making one, when i lived in Perth we had a pond that was more like a mini creek that ran front the front of the house too the back.

The pump collected the water from the bottom and took it back too the top where it fell across a cascade of rocks.

We used to say it was around 15,000litres but now i look at it it must have been way more.

Only reason i am not building it now is because in Vic you cant keep koi carp. So i am try too see how i can heat 20,000liters so i can put discus in there. :wink: j/king but there isnt much in cold water fish, that do look good in a pond. Suppose gold fish will have too do.

You planning on buying one Ro?? would be intrested how your going too set this up in your apartment.

[Proteus]

I wont be livin in a concrete jungle for ever you know...

plus this is research for the new website.

[flukes]

ahahhahahh i knew it, god damn Ro how much of the www do you want too conquer?? :lol: :lol:

[Proteus]

ahahhahahh i knew it, god **** Ro how much of the www do you want too conquer?? :lol: :lol:

um, weenie... what did we agree on, was it 96% or was I greedy and wanted 99%...

:lol:

[kalebjarrod]

yeah i got one, fiberglass canetoad (jumping golf practice) holder

problem up here is anything deeper than 30cm needs to be fenced

don't know about down there

[flukes]

hahah Ro, all you need know is a large confrence chair, and a white cat.
You can swivel on that all day, laughing and talking to yourself about your www. take over plans.. :lol:

[maddyfish]

Flukes, why can't you have Koi in a pond?

[Proteus]

Koi are a banned import in Australia

:(

[flukes]

In victoria you can even keep koi, i think other states prohibit the selling of koi unless a registered retail store, but in Victoria there is nothing.

I think the main reason is because of what the european carp did too the murry and many of our other waters.

i could probably get some but the closest NLFS (Not local fish shop) is Albury which is just on the NSW side of the border. I visted the shop in Albury and was talking to him for some time. He was telling me that alot of victorian drive up too him just too get some koi. He also told me a few stories about people getting caught on the trip back :lol:

[DeKa]

I've got two ponds at home - the photos of this one are the one in the backyard, built cleverly under the stairs down from the back verandah - it uses up a space that nothing would grow in (not enough sun) and the pond benefits because it doesn't have too much sun placing load on filters and UVC's due to algae.

Pond maintenance for me is very low - a solids handling pump takes care of blockages (they just don't happen unless maybe your pump sucks in blanket weed or something else stringy). An external filter with a UVC takes care of algae and biological filtration. The water's amazingly clear as you can see. Filter cleanouts are probably once every 8 weeks in cooler months and once a month when it's warmer (to maintain max flow rate). The pond is built with EPDM rubber pond liner.

Derek 8)

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[Escher]

I have a small 3000L pond in my front yard, but plan to build a 10.000L in my backyard (long term project).
Koi connot be imported, but they can certainly be bought easily in NSW. You can buy them online from the Australian Koi Farm http://www.auskoi.com.au/ - they are not cheap but they export overseas, so they can ship no prob. A cheaper option is to buy through Koi clubs such as the Australian Koi Society http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ksaaustralia/ or the Australian Koi Aasssociation http://www.australiankoiassoc.bizland.com/. They are NSW clubs but they should be able to give contact numbers.

[flukes]

If i did buy koi i wouldnt go through a club because its too obvious. Id have to drive to a lfs in nsw.