Forum: The Mud Pond Forum

Hi, I am new to this site but would love some help with my pond. I have a 60x150 foot natural pond that has indigenous cat fish, shiners and some added large mouth bass and about 20 wonderful koi. It is a very healthy pond that we have a fountain for more decorative purposes than aeration. The pond...

I live in a gated community that has 3 large semi natural ponds. I am guessing the bottom of the pond is clay/dirt/gravel/sand mix. The ponds have all have one large fountain in the center of them. The ponds all had some goldfish in them last year until a water main broke and flooded the ponds...

So I had this great idea hit me yesterday. My wife actually seems open to it which is scary enough as it is. I was originally thinking about a lined pond but then realized that would be difficult and figured it would be easier and hopefully less expensive to do a mud pond. My idea was to build a...

Hi All - For those that might be interested you can see my pond project via clicking the YouTube links below. Part 1. http://youtu.be/YqRp-3A_KiM Part 2. http://youtu.be/paLBWnSKO-A Part 3. http://youtu.be/4URylg_0btE

We have a contract on a house and a little under 3 acres of land in town. MAJOR fixer-upper, inside and out! Need advice for outside. There is a natural creek that runs through the property. It looks like someone previously attempted to turn it into a pond. In the overhead pic of property...

As I'm a new member here I thought I would share our pond and experiances with you through its various stages to the current day. We bought our house back in 2006 and it came with the pond at the top of the garden. We did not do much with the pond the first year as we were busy with other things...

Hi everybody! I am working on a mud pond in Ecuador for tilapia and have to make a choice between 2 options. You can see on the design 2 individual ponds (on a slope), connected with an overflow. Now all the sides are mud but I would like to make a more esthetical rock wall between the two ponds...

I've been waiting eight months to post this thread. Last March, 2009, this mud pond was dug in good clay soil. We didn't have a spring as a water source in or near the new pond. Instead we planned to draw water off a spring-fed brook that came from a field above me. We put in a bottom drain,...

so im not too sure about the size of my mud pond but it took almost 12 hours to completely drain at 200 gpm. per MINUET.....anyhow alls drained now and all indigenous species of fish are gone and my large koi pulled. we are currently in the process of redigging and getting all the mud out and the...

I stopped by Lonestar Koi club pond pull Sunday for a short time . Some Pics

Just thought i would share some pics of the mudpond herd, sorry they are murkey but I think thats the mud! Maybe I should have taken the pics before cutting the grass.

Happy to say I have just brought another 1 1/2 acre to add to Sundan Koi farm. Will be adding 5 more mud ponds 120 x 60 x 10...:yes: Picture of the land ...

Hi, when we bought our home a few years back it came with a mud pond. Like many other I want to try and find ways to improve water clarity but to this day I have not found a system that seems to work. Of course I don't expect crystal clear water but it would be nice to be able to see 40 to 50 cm...

Newbie to the forum and new to ponds and koi. Great site and I'm overwelmed by the informaton here. Been working on my mud pond for the last 2 years but, most of the real work done this year, last year was mostly exploration and learning about what my puddle did through the seasons. Done lots of...

Hello everyone! I have a question that I'd consider as a sticky. What on earth (literally) is a "mud pond"? Most of us from looking at the pictures can deduce what it is, but at the same time, some may have questions. If I missed a sticky - I apologize (mod's please delete this post)... ...

I have a great opportunity for next year, 270x30x5 mud pond. How many spawns could I have in that size mud pond?

I've got thousands of bugs in my mud pond which I also have koi fry in. I know they are eating the fry as I have watched them do it. Does any one have any suggestions on how to get these bug numbers down? The bug in the highest numbers is one I think is called a common backswimmer. Sits at the...

We moved to a house that has a pond (approx, 150X100). The previous owners let the pond grow wild and on one side it has trees. Of course, over the years the pond bottom had turned into 1-2 feet of muck. Last year we have someone come in and remove a good amount of the muck and dug an area deeper...

Here are some pictures of the mud pond dig that started here today.. It wil be 35x60x6.. About 95000 gallon.. We should be finished up are 4pm tomorrow.. Removing the top soil and starting the keyway..

I need some expertise and after reviewing this and several message boards I have not seen anyone talk about what I am thinking about doing (it may be because it will not work). First, the pond is a former wet area in my yard. Previously, the "wet" are was 2 to three times bigger than the pond. I...

Hi All; I live on a 20 acre clear water shallow gravel pit lake stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill and yellow perch some 125' from the house. Presently, I building a 300' watercourse thru the backyard and will be pumping up some 5000 gph of lake water to a top 10'x10' overflow lined pond....

Last week I talke to a buddy of mine that has a mini trackhoe.. He was suppose to come over Thursday and dig me a small mud pond to grow out a few small koi that I have.. Well his mother became very ill an he wasnt able to come do it for me.. I descided to try it myself.. Here is the finish pond......

Well I finally drianed my pond and took all the goldies out(I hope).:yahoo: I had bought a sludge siphon and cleaned a lot of sludge out. I have a couple pockets as you can in the pictures. I still have to clean more. I do it for a couple hrs at a time. I set up my used 30hx10d ft pool and put all...

As soon as the weather drie's up a bit we are gonna mover the dozer in here and get started.. Right now the ground is soaked.. We are suppose to get more rain this wee and then I think we will have a break in the weather (FINGURES CROSSED) I would like for everyone to chime in on this.. Tell me...

Pond is shaped and nearly to the 8' depth required. Dam is leveled and top soil put back around pond edges. getting some surface runnoff, too wet to finish grading.

Top soil pushed aside, pond shaped and started to dig out clay which will be used to form a road across a boggy bit. Last 2 images show we have reached blue clay which is being pulled up to sides to form dam.

Started at last, the ground is only just workable but able to break ground. These pics show day1 where the 20' x 40' pond is marked out, top soil removed and the core for the dam is dug.

With all the rain we have had plus now melting snow even a fairly large pond gets a good water change. 2nd pic shows the grassy area at the end of the pond where we are going to have a bog pond dug,(if it ever gets dry enough) this is an area that floods into the main pond when it rains, so we...

Hi again, i have put my this year koi in a fish cage floating in my large pond. It is 4'x4'x12' using framing and 1/8 inch netting. Will they do ok this winter here in Virginia. The pond has frozen over pretty thick in the past but not every year. Is the 4' depth deep enough for them to stay warm...

I have noticed a Heron paying visits to our mud pond and although the fish are at the bottom right now I want to discourage visits later on when the fish are more active. The sides of the pond are at about 30to40 degrees so that may save any real bother? Does anyone have an effecient deterent...

just recently i dug our mud pond... we had decided to keep it exposed to the mud then to add a liner... BUT NOW...... i noticed there are quite a few crawdad "homes" in it. should i add a liner? because i planned on placing 200+ 2-3" koi from blackwater in there. i was wondering if...

What is the recommended set up for a pump feeding a waterfall from a mud pond? I’m wanting to install an external pump for supply to a waterfall I’m building and I’m at sticking point on how the pond intake should be set up including depth, fish guard, etc. I also wonder if a pre filter is...

Can koi coexist with bass, perch and a long necked nutria?

What would be the smallest size mud pond anyone would put in and still have it to where the fish would be healthy and gain good size? I have 3 acres behind the house and have been considering doing a small dig, maybe 30 x 12 x 7 deep. I though for airation I would put in a fountain for know. I...

Oh boy have a lot to share with this update . First will be the geese problem ! Them the dreaded snapping turtle ! For two years now I have been feeding geese koi food . This year I said no way was I going to feed them . This season we had two pair return across the road and they have hatched...

It's a new mud pond. no fish. had not planned to put fish in this pond this year. want to have clean water for a while and perhaps swim in it. frogs have moved in -- of course -- and now have a skillion tadpoles, no predators. what should i expect? a skillion frogs? will they move to others of my...

Here are some pics of our mud pond some months on and quite a lot of rain later. When we had the pond dug it was at the end of 3 dry years for East TN, this year has made up for that (and then some!) After a couple of days of steady rain the run off into the pond can last up to a week with a steady...

Thought I'd show a couple photos of the small mud pond I just started. Travis

Please help me figure out what size air pumps I need for my two, under-construction mud ponds. I have a 1/8 acre mud pond in construction now. It is a long skinny lima bean shape. 140 x 40 x 10-12 ft. deep. What size air pump do I need? Also on the drawing board for this month (if the ground...

The sketch on the aerial photo is roughly the placement of the new pond. the smaller circle is the spring which we were unable to incorporate because it was on a shale bed. however, the spring is making a nice little stream, other springs are filling the pond from the bottom, and we are landscaping...

:clap: ...Pond is 60' x 90' x 6' The shipment of sodium bentonite is arriving monday....Found some locally and saved a fortune on shipping :cheer:

Just a few more, not a champion among them but we love everyone.

Six forty-five EST, pond is pulled. The objective was to drain the pond, rehome non-koi fish, clean the pond as well as possible in short time frame, refill the pond with reduced fish load and reduced bacteria load. We captured all of the koi. Five of the 40 had small ulcers and are in QT. The...