You should make it as deep as possible, but minimum 1.5 meter or 5 feet deep, if not the watertemp will change to much which will stress the fish, and can make them sick also they need to be able to swim from up to down to maintain a good body shape, second and most importend off all you should make bottum drains off 4 inch minimum (for gravite vet filtration),on the deepest point off your pond, minimum 1 for every 25 cbm, and third, standard size here in thailand for filtration is 30 procent off your pond size, so if your pond is 10 cbm your filter should be 5 cbm, NOTE a filter can only be to small, never to big. You do it ones, but do it good, one's built it is going to be very difficult to change anything ,and a small mistake your pond will not work ,you need to understand the difference between a pond and a koi pond. I have some advice for you for building a koi pond. as far as kois are concerned i am a bloody newbie and would like to get advice from somebody like you who has relevant experience. Perhaps we should get together (i am living 10 minutes away from Jomtien) and exchange views over a beer or a glass of wine? exchanging views on constructing a pond of course. installing UV is another headache although there is not too much head pressure on the outlet (waterfall). i can't run the filter pump longer than 2 hours till the algae is blocking the filter completely. the biggest problem is that the pond is obviously too big for normal filtration. "UV": i was thinking already of all kinds of solutions. i will PM you with his name and phone-number. you would have to go through the general contractor who built my home. what i don't know is whether he takes on a smaller job like a 5.000 gallon pond. using thinner walls and bottom as well as reducing steel diameters would definitely bring the price down quite a bit. of course the pond was expensive but it was built pool-like with concrete and steel reinforcements which justifies the price. actually he has built my pool as a subcontractor and was only willing to build my pond after i pressed him to do so. I could recommend the contractor any day. Would you recomend your contractor.I am looking for one now.if this were america i would build it myself but too much trouble over here.įeel free to PM me with any questions. i know quite a bit about koi and ponds, had a 5000 gallon in america.if you get a UV light and install it AFTER the filter right before the water goes into the pond it will get rid of your green water in a couple of days and keep it clear a real koi pond should be much smaller, not contain any plants and have a strong filtration system.ĭr. overfeeding my fish caused them nearly to tiple in size within 6 months. cost for pond 420.000, waterfall 45.000, two 1.2HP pumps and pool-filtersystem 29.000, plants and ~50 fish 45.000 Baht. Good kois and reasonable prices (fish feed too) at a pet shop located 3rd road not far from fly-over crossing 2nd/3rd road.īuilt a huge (150m²) fishpond 6 months ago (wanted to have a variety of fish) but have big green algae problems inspite of filling it up with plants, aerating by waterfall and filtering with pool filter.Ĭontractor went overboard with concrete and steel. does anyone know of a company that does good work and is reasonably priced ? Also, is there a good place to buy reasonably priced koi in pattaya/jomtien? I live in jomtien and want to have a large koi pond built with a waterfall at my house.
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