Hope I did this right
Haven’t been on for a while but figured I need a distraction during these weird times. We are almost finished doing what the city wants to legalize our pond. A huuuuuge headache. We had to fill in a lot of the pond to make it 20’ from the property line. Its a flow through pond that gets thousands of gallons of water every day for about ten months of the year. We emptied the pond of all the goldfish. The birds had eaten every one of our koi!!! I really want koi. Nothing fancy. Don't care if they're ugly. Thinking of putting a couple large metal moving bird sculptures around the perimeter and another floating island with some plants and a sculpture to scare the birds. A friend who’s a master koi keeper has suggested two things. 1. That my koi will all get eaten no matter what i do and 2. To control population i should just get 20 male baby koi. Would love people to weigh in.
I will be aerating for now with solar floating aerators as theres no electricity at the pond. Also would like to put some burlap or something on the sides to keep the soil from sliding in as our English Setter not only climbs in and out all the time, but he’s suddenly discovered the frogs and stands at the side obsessing over them with the soul sliding in.
Will vacuum bottom of the pond a couple times a year to collect the muck made by leaves. We’re on a very limited budget. Thanks in advance.
Just previewed the post and dont know why you cant see the small clear pool where the water comes in. Why is it clear but the pond has so much algae?