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    Thread: Getting back into koi - 4000g DIY build in a tiny yard

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      Quote Originally Posted by Fishmover View Post
      The Shimis on that Benigoi are very distracting, you should get rid of it ASAP. To make rehoming easier on you, I will PM you my address so that you can send it to me.

      Pond looks great and the fish look fantastic. I have enjoyed your build thread.


      Thanks! But in all seriousness, it's a bummer about those shimis. The benigoi has the best body conformation from all my fish. Super thick body and tail for being only 23". The shimis are quite deep too. I watched some videos on Youtube about how to remove them and decided it wasn't worth it, I'll just let them be. Maybe one day she'll turn into a nice Bekko
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      Yeah you got a real problem there .
      Beautiful koi

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      Quote Originally Posted by jcardona1 View Post


      Thanks! But in all seriousness, it's a bummer about those shimis. The benigoi has the best body conformation from all my fish. Super thick body and tail for being only 23". The shimis are quite deep too. I watched some videos on Youtube about how to remove them and decided it wasn't worth it, I'll just let them be. Maybe one day she'll turn into a nice Bekko
      I have the same problem as go, except it is a ginrin benigoi. Not only are there a couple Shimis, but there are not so subtle hints of sumi coming through on the head.

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      Been ponding for a while, with lots of successes, and lots of failures.

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      Not much to update as of late so here's an updated picture! Fish are still fasting, haven't fed them since late November. Water temps are in the low 50s. Probably won't feed again until perhaps April.



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      Water temps finally hit 60 degrees this past weekend. May start lightly feeding in a week or two. Cheers!


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      Hi Jose, saw your post on Facebook. Truly beautiful pond. I am in Sacramento too, and have started feeding lightly.

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      Oooo, seeing those pictures of your Discusses makes me missed mine. I had them in my 55 gallon tank with an Angel fish. They are all gone to heaven now... I blamed that on the Angel Fish I had, it was too aggressive. It took care of attacking everything in the tank as soon as it got big enough. **crying** After that every fishes starts dying left and right. My son has guppies in the 55 gallon tank now.
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      Quote Originally Posted by kevins2ooo View Post
      Hi Jose, saw your post on Facebook. Truly beautiful pond. I am in Sacramento too, and have started feeding lightly.
      Thanks Kevin! I think I've seen some of your posts as well. You purchased some fish from Kent in SJ too right?

      Quote Originally Posted by EmeraldDragon View Post
      Oooo, seeing those pictures of your Discusses makes me missed mine. I had them in my 55 gallon tank with an Angel fish. They are all gone to heaven now... I blamed that on the Angel Fish I had, it was too aggressive. It took care of attacking everything in the tank as soon as it got big enough. **crying** After that every fishes starts dying left and right. My son has guppies in the 55 gallon tank now.
      Thanks Sunny! I really wanted to succeed with the discus but boy those fish were hard to keep. I tried domestics and wild caught and had issues with both. Something about my water they just didn't like. Beautiful fish but some of the most delicate tropicals I've ever kept!
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      Quote Originally Posted by jcardona1 View Post
      Thanks Sunny! I really wanted to succeed with the discus but boy those fish were hard to keep. I tried domestics and wild caught and had issues with both. Something about my water they just didn't like. Beautiful fish but some of the most delicate tropicals I've ever kept!
      Yeah! They were (and still are) my passions for many years since I was young (in my twenties years while I was working in a fish store). When I first saw them I felt in loved with them and wanted to have them for a long time. Once I had my tank setup, I raised them successfully from baby sizes (1 - 1 1/2 inches), some of them grown to be about 3 1/2 inches. I think some of them even come close to 4 inches. I had them for about 2 - 3 years until they starts dying one by one, until they all die. After that, I didn't feel like starting all over again. That's why my son took over the tank and put the guppies in there. Now it's self-contained and the guppies are running wild with babies.
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      That water is so freaking clear!!!!

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      Quote Originally Posted by jcardona1 View Post
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      your koi are growing big quick... We want a detailed video walk around your pond
      can you come and build me a pond when it is time for me to upgrade my pond
      When the coping is done I promise!

      Bakersfield is kinda far but I'm always available for remote tech support
      I should have asked for helps when I built mine a three week ago. I might have gotten a pond like your.

      BTW, Jose, I was told to check with you on the Pond Filter that you did. I want to build one like your for K1/K2 media with a 50 gallon drum (blue). Assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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      Quote Originally Posted by EmeraldDragon View Post
      I should have asked for helps when I built mine a three week ago. I might have gotten a pond like your.

      BTW, Jose, I was told to check with you on the Pond Filter that you did. I want to build one like your for K1/K2 media with a 50 gallon drum (blue). Assistance would be greatly appreciated.
      Yeah sure thing. Happy to help, just let me know what questions you have.

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      Jose,
      What a build thread and some very nice fish along the way and now. Read it all - took me 3 days on/off.
      Thanks for sharing as you went through
      Liked your chagoi and soragoi - reminded me of mine that i lost.

      Quite liked your filter setup for your QT with the pans... very nice idea.

      What do you use for your GoPro when you shoot underwater? I mean for holding it under water?


      thanks,

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      Quote Originally Posted by jcardona1 View Post
      Yeah sure thing. Happy to help, just let me know what questions you have.

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      Oops, how did I missed your post last week. LOL! PM sent!
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      Quote Originally Posted by jmajid View Post
      Jose,
      What a build thread and some very nice fish along the way and now. Read it all - took me 3 days on/off.
      Thanks for sharing as you went through
      Liked your chagoi and soragoi - reminded me of mine that i lost.

      Quite liked your filter setup for your QT with the pans... very nice idea.

      What do you use for your GoPro when you shoot underwater? I mean for holding it under water?


      thanks,
      Sorry for the late reply, thanks for the feedback! This is what I've been using for the GoPro underwater: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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      Mid-summer check in! Fish continue to do well. Only changes so far is that I rehomed another 6 large fish. I'm down to 19 of the bigger guys and 4 little ones I'm growing out.

      Here's a pic from a few nights ago

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      Hey everyone, been a while! Here's a current picture of the pond. I'm now down to 19 fish total (after the brown doitsu chagoi goes to its new home). I've gotten to the point where it will be difficult to get rid of any more fish since I like these all so much.



      And here's a few fish I caught recently. This Shinoda ginrin Showa is my biggest at 26"





      This one hasn't grown too much in the last year or so, about 24"



      Platinum Ogon is at 25", love this fish!



      And really impressed with my Tamaura Kohaku at 22"

      ~ Jose

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      Looks good,

      How many cubic feet of moving media do you have for 4000g?

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      Quote Originally Posted by Primitive View Post
      Looks good,

      How many cubic feet of moving media do you have for 4000g?
      Thanks! I have about 4.5cuft in the moving bed filter and about 9cuft in the shower filter.
      ~ Jose

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      And you're supporting 19 large fishes with that. I guess my system needs to mature but I think I have sufficient media, 14cuft of K1 and 30kg of bakki media. Based on your system, now I have an idea of how much fish load I can support even though my system is about 500 gallons smaller than yours.
      I was cycling my pond with a bag of shrimp and octopus for 2 weeks. I can smell the ammonia and the water was crystal clear. Then 2 weeks later I added 14 small tosai fish and now it's murky going into the 4th week. I'm hoping it clears up because I feel I have a lot of bio filtration, just not matured yet.
      I tested ammonia and it's between 0.25 and 0.5. But it seems each day there's slightly less ammonia.
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