New hobby

[Southern Breeze]

It looks like you've made a good start. I've got a small pond of my own that I keep goldfish in. I've built a lot of watergardens/goldfish/koiponds at work. If you've got any questions you can P.M me or post them. I'm no "expert", I've just "been there,done that"

[Panache]

Miah,

It looks very nice. I have a roughly 350 gallon set up using a rubbermaid round horse trough and three lined wine barrels. Nothing but goldfish and minnows and lots of plants. Water gardening is wionderful. There is nothing like the noise and movement a water feature brings to a garden. What you are building looks pretty advanced (1500 gallons?). If you haven't already read it I highly recommend "The Pond Doctor" by Helen Nash

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080...730257?ie=UTF8

Lots of good basic information for someone interested in water gardening.

I look forward to seeing more installments on your pond.

Cheers

[Big Paul]

Very cool! Glad to see ya around again!

[Miah]

The pond is about 1100 gallons now. Next summer I am going to expand to between 3000 and 5000 gallons I am so Hooked I have a about 6 small koi in there now.

[O'Neille]

I had a pond aprox the same size w/ Koi at my last place. I started with 3 wal-mart fish and they grew to enormous size and reproduced prolifically. It really hellped that house sell quickly to have it. O'Neille

[Livingston]

Miah, looks like a great start on that pond. The weather has be rather warm this summer for that kind of work. Maybe on some Friday you can bring the kilt with you and we'll have a kilt night here in the Springs. I know there is one other kiltie here now and we might get GMan down from Denver. IF he has business here at the same time.

[Tattoo Bradley]

That looks like a very enjoyable hobby.