Building my DREAM koi fish pond PT.2/2 

you know that aquascape pond foam at $90usd a can...you can buy the waterproof Gorilla foam for [same size can with the spray spout] for $14usd a can...yes it's tan instead of black...but stones stick to it like the black stuff and hides away just as well....for a 5th of the cost.

@@SRM_NZ hi thanks for watching! I’m from the UK. But yes there are many brands that are a fraction of the price as ‘pond foam’ and are exactly the same!

@@deanhargreaves5958 thanks for the idea! It is on my list of jobs to do, to make it a bit easier to lift. It isn’t heavy as I made it look on camera, I had pretty bad sciatica that day, but gas struts would definitely make it easier! Thanks

Thank you! Funnily enough, I have a video about my biggest mistakes of this build and the tree is mentioned there! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v0TArJTaro8.htmlsi=QqeJgpKW8T57zGju

@@KoiBoyUK No worries mate, I do find it a lot more human for creators to own their mistakes, laugh and carry on. I will watch that, thank you 🤩🙂

@@antitheist9976 exactly! It’s not something that I realised after I done it though, I was debating for a while before the build whether to keep it in or not. I decided to risk it though :)

@@yorkshirekoi2246 thanks, With the pebbles at the bottom I’ve utilised a suction grid system, which will prevent the vast majority of the build up of muck and act as a part of the filter system. I will be doing a video on this soon. Thanks for watching, I’ll be sure to check out your channel!

You can! One step at a time with enough research and anyone can :)

Thanks a lot, there will be plenty more videos all about Koi coming up in the near future!

Thanks gaz!

Thanks Steve!

@@jimm675 thanks Jim I’m extremely happy with it, love spending time out there! I’ll be doing a video on the cost very soon as I need to properly add it up and I will also be mentioning cheaper ways of doing certain things!

Thanks a lot, feel free to send me any questions if you have any :)

@@KoiBoyUK awesome!! I may well take you up on that

@@qasimnawaz9376 hi thanks a lot! It’s called a suction grid. I will be doing a speedster video on it at some point. There are videos about this by ‘the pond digger’ and other people who do aquascapes

@@KoiBoyUK thanks mate

Hi Catherine, I'll need to add up the numbers but i'll be doing a video on this in the future!

Thanks keep up the good work

@@anthonystevens6733 for the winter you mean? If so, I’ve been racking my brain for a while now trying to think of clean,secure ways to add some polycarb or similar on the top. Haven’t found the perfect solution yet but hopefully I will soon 😅

@@ces69hi thanks for watching! Yes it is always going to be a risk with rocks in the pond but having 2 for a decade with rocks, I haven’t had injuries caused by flicking once. Perhaps I’ve just been really lucky but I also believe as long as there are no sharp angles on the rocks, the likelihood is quite low. For me the low chance is worth it when you take into account the extra enrichment you give the koi by providing nooks and crannies for them to be able to forage etc.

@@KoiBoyUK Well good luck, fingers crossed, but you also probably realise it is reducing your overall gallonage for the overall pond size and make it a bit tricky to calculate in the conventional way if you didn’t use a flow meter when filling. If you didn’t there is a pretty accurate way to calculate using salt and a decent salt meter, which will be necessary for treatments!

@@ces69 thanks for the tip, That could come in handy! At the beginning of the video there is a flow meter being used when filling up :)

Thanks Andrew. The lowest point of the liner is near the back of the path, I will be making an overflow hole in the skimmer eventually so it goes out there instead. The garden is naturally slightly higher compared to the surroundings so there is low/no risk of the garden flooding. The electric fence I have is made especially for ponds. I have seen the wire in the pond a few times after storms and all the fish were acting normally. I have a video about it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eoMEgNUssys.htmlsi=Gmmnau5hRQttrOta

@@KoiBoyUK Thanks for taking the time to reply 👍

@@rickyeast5841 hi Ricky, I just realised I missed that out! 11000 litres in the the pond alone and just under 12 including the filtration and waterfall

@@dennismuller7321 I’m pretty sure it’s warm enough but let’s hope I don’t find any 😅 🤞

@@JamesTHEKOIwhisperer123 that means a lot coming from you mate! It was watching your videos that gave me the inspiration to document the pond build and put it on RU-vid!!

@@KoiBoyUK happy days brother

@@Koi-addict33 yea I was debating wether or not to keep it purely for that reason. Because it’s my own pond, I took a gamble and put extra underlay and liner all round the area. Hopefully I’ll get lucky and it will be ok 🤞

I hate the rectangle brickwork builds that are 3/4ft out of the ground. They are so false. You built my ideal pond. Some Acer trees and a few bonsai trees will set this off. Perhaps some bamboo in pots to stop it spreading. Overall perfect well done. Very very jealous.

@@smoggydrones5664 thanks! Yea, I have nothing against those styles, but they just aren’t for me. I believe this style give the fish more stimulation which I like. Good idea with the acres and bonsai! I’m waiting for what’s currently planted to grow before adding anything else to prevent the planting looking crowded :)

@@Koi-addict33 it was just under the 1k mark including underlay. World of water seemed to be the most competitive price wise

@@KoiBoyUK not bad for the size mate 👍🏻

@@mljamal7022 hi, I used a Firestone epdm 1.02mm liner