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[garlic shrimp]

g'day guy's and gal's,,
who's got out door ponds,etc,what else are people keeping other than cichlids and tankbusters,

these are my koi,they range from 25cm to 64cm.
they are in a temporary pond of 8,000 ltrs and hopefully in a couple of years i'll be able to build them my dream pond i've always wanted wich will be around 40,000 ltrs plus 5,000 ltrs for filtration.
hope you enjoy some photo's i've put up and hopefully you guy's mite share some pics of your out door ponds and fish.
the golden koi is a ki utsuri 35cm,the white koi's with large red marks and small black marks on the red are called sanke 40cm and 25cm,the large black koi with some long red and white is called a showa 43cm,large all white koi (smooth non scale skin other than large scales on spine and smaller scales horizontall along mid sides) 64cm is called a doitsu and the all white koi with only red pattern on it is called kohaku 27cm.pool pic ,,intex pool from clark rubber and big w ,intex are uv rated ,very important for long term use in the sun,pool measures 4.5lx2.2wx.900h DO NOT use self standing pools with inflatible ring on top ,
thanks for looking,cheers,
Con.
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[Bowdy]

Nice koi con. Use photobucket for pics mate. Very easy and doesn't use your upload limit.

[garlic shrimp]

yeah should try it,cheers.

Edited by garlic shrimp, 29 July 2012 - 07:59 PM.

[garlic shrimp]

thanks Dave ,love sanke,great looking koi,cheers,
Con.

[Yggdrasil]

I used to have a out door pond it was pretty cool to have in the backyard, never had any one come over that wasnt impressed. It really is an amazing thing to have a huge pond in the back yard.
The only thing I cant stress enough is think about how you will be cleaning your filter. The bio filter with uv sterilization lights and with a settlement chamber worked very well with 2m deep of crystal clear water filtering 2 large ponds and breeding tanks. Just cleaning it was a half to whole day job once every month to 2 or 3 months depending on if it was summer or winter.
http://www.perthcich...showtopic=48378

Those koi look good, got any ideas for pairing up yet?

[garlic shrimp]

hi mate,still working out my options with pairig,using female showa for sure tho,cheers.

[fishking123]

i reeeaally hope you mean when yours fish spawn you have 2m f1 not you lol
dave i did not know you like koi\gold fish!




i have 1 4000l pond for my good old gold fish (my ex-frontosa pond) but m gold fish dont grow!!! they are 5-7cm i had them for 8 months and no growth even the slow growing frontosa grow quicker!!!

oo well they still look nice

[fishking123]

yeah i know i have seen your site
this is off topic but you have a shop/stall in nsw??