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Originally Posted by bauder1986
Wow, havent been on here or out to your house in years! is this still up and running?
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Yes its been awhile there Josh, the pond isnt running right now cause its WINTER. I actually drained it in the fall cause I am redoing a few things in the spring. All the fish are enjoying a nice warm winter in a large water tub in my pool room.
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Originally Posted by jason604
Very nice grizz!! I have a koi pond too and I think 24" May be a lil too shallow. 3-4 is more recommended for winter as they can just stay at the bottom n be warm without heaters. I have about 40 Kois ranging from 10"-30". As they get larger they will need the swimming room. From my experience I had to remove my center piece as the fishes would stress n dart into the center piece n ruin their face. I had many with scratches to facial deformation( mainly due to my neighbor tearing down the house n building new. The pounding on the ground rly startled them). As soon as I removed the centerpiece they absolutely loved the extra space. How do u manage without a net over the pond? Stupid raccoons always venture to my pond to either take baths on the waterfall n ruin the water or they try to go fishing. Man I rly love ur waterfall design and especially those Grizzlies haha. Just amazing work man!
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Thanks for the compliments much appreciated. I went to a pond specialist here in Alberta and they showed me how to keep the pond from freezing up in the winter for 24" dee, just have to have the water circulating from bottom to just under water level, add in a couple big air diffusers and a couple floating heater to keep an open spot for gas exchange. We dont have to worry about critters in our yard as we have 6 Huskies that keep them away.