Koi Pond

Karen W
by Karen W
My husband, sad over the recent passing of his beloved 13 year old Basset Hound, Molly, decided to build a koi pond in her memory. He'd never built a pond before. We did some research and decided to use landscape timbers. We bought a pond liner first and then built the outer dimensions to coincide with the liner dimensions. He used carpet reminents to line the bottom of the pond and then bought an in-expensive roll of attic insulation and lined the inner edges. Then he added the liner. He used an extra row of landscape timbers on top to help anchor down the stapled liner on top. We added water, a fountain bubbler and a "spitter." Here is the end result. I think he did a great job! We still plan to add pond plants, koi, stain the wood and add plantings around it.
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  • Karen W Karen W on Mar 30, 2016
    Thank you so much, Gerry! We added so many plantings around our small pond there really is no place left to sit! But we built a 2,000 gallon koi pond last year in the back yard off our patio and we did include a flat board in the front to sit on! :)
  • Donna Donna on Mar 30, 2016
    It never has in my fish pond. Had it for many years. Live in Calhoun City, Ms.
    • Karen W Karen W on Mar 30, 2016
      @Donna we've had no trouble with either of our ponds before in TN but last year there was a couple of weeks of artic air that passed through and the temps were below zero. Everything froze solid. The surface of the front pond (in the pic above) froze over with 2 feet of ice. The back 2,000 gallon pond had only the opening where the heater was placed. It was crazy. Both had moving water but it didn't matter a bit. Still froze.
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