my Zen Water Garden and Koi Pond

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

My "pond" is a 180g Tuff tote and even with a cedar and chicken wire cover, I've gone outside in the morning to find a whole family of raccoons bouncing on top of the cover trying to get at the fish. They succeeded a few times in the past but now I have all sorts of ugly netting over top.

So you're lucky you don't have coons.

My parents had a big cube tank outside under their porch cover and woke up one day to a Blue Heron sitting on the edge gobbling up all their koi. That was in SE Vancouver, under an aluminum awning.

Anthony

[MarkoD]

I'm gonna be putting in a pond this year. But gonna use a preformed pond. So too small for koi. I wish one day to have one as nice as yours

[kien]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

I'm gonna be putting in a pond this year. But gonna use a preformed pond. So too small for koi. I wish one day to have one as nice as yours

Thanks MD! Curious though, why are you using a preformed ? Do you have space restrictions ? The plastic liner (sheets) are actually much cheaper, and you can design to your hearts content. My next door neighbour's pond is one of the larger pre-formed plastic molds and they keep goldfish (comets) outside all winter. That thing is like 18" deep.

[MarkoD]

I just bought my first house . Don't plan on living here longer than 5 years. Don't wanna invest too much in the yard and then have to leave it when I sell

[mike31154]

Originally Posted by kien

Thanks MD! Curious though, why are you using a preformed ? Do you have space restrictions ? The plastic liner (sheets) are actually much cheaper, and you can design to your hearts content. My next door neighbour's pond is one of the larger pre-formed plastic molds and they keep goldfish (comets) outside all winter. That thing is like 18" deep.

Plastic liner sheets? Never heard of this. I thought other than the preformed plastic jobs, the only other option was the flexible rubber liner sold by the foot? Enlighten me please, since I've been wanting to dig a hole in my yard for a pond too!

[MMAX]

Originally Posted by mike31154

Plastic liner sheets? Never heard of this. I thought other than the preformed plastic jobs, the only other option was the flexible rubber liner sold by the foot? Enlighten me please, since I've been wanting to dig a hole in my yard for a pond too!

I think he means 45mil EPDM rubber liner. And it's not cheap by any means.

[kien]

Originally Posted by MMAX

I think he means 45mil EPDM rubber liner. And it's not cheap by any means.

They are cheaper if you buy from places like Burnco. If you buy from garden centres then they are a bit more expensive. My 1000ish gallon pond was roughly $300 worth of liner. And I had a lot left over.

[MMAX]

Originally Posted by kien

They are cheaper if you buy from places like Burnco. If you buy from garden centres then they are a bit more expensive. My 1000ish gallon pond was roughly $300 worth of liner. And I had a lot left over.

I paid just over $1000 for my liner and underlay. My pond is roughly 1400gal(15' X 9') but deep along with a bog garden to one side and my 30 foot long stream. I got to claim some of it back on the home renovation credit they did a few years ago.