May 16, 2013

My Goldfish


Today I bought some sarasa and shubunkin goldfish for the pond. I really like them:



Another sarasa comet and my first koi:




The fish in the pond:
 





May 2, 2013

Goldfish pond

I have been planing for some time to build a small pond/watergarden at our villa.
Here is the basis of the pond filtration system:



I was allowed a just small part of the garden by my father.
So here I started:





A week later the hole was dug:


After another week the pipes for the filtration system was ready:


The next week I secured the walls and layered the bottom:


And covered it with underlayment and pond liner:



Then I fixed the bottom drain, skimmer and TPRs and painted them black.


I found river rocks and decorated the pond border and waterfall.


Some weeks later water was added, though the filtration system was not turned on. The result - pea soup water. I planted the first plants. But I still need to hide the liner.

With more plants and working filtration. Still some details need to be fixed.

August 2013 - It is close to finished: