Go Koi crazy with a Koi pond in your garden
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009Going Koi crazy isn’t a bad thing at all; it just means you love your fish. Having a Koi pond is easier than you think and it can actually help your garden in the long run as well.
The best way to keep Koi is to have a proper pond construction, water filtration and an aeration system to guarantee the Koi will survive even in the harshest of winter weather.
You may take a few years to learn the ends and outs of what works best with your land system and your surroundings as well. In no time you will be learning about even the expensive of Koi breeds that can bring in about $30,000 each when sold to other Koi breeders.
You can construct your own Koi ponds with a little hard work and concrete and before long you will have Koi ponds that your neighbors will envy and talk about in all circles.
You may want to start with indoor tanks to get the Koi used to being together then add them to your constructed outdoor ponds. Include a wide variety of plants with your ponds as well like Japanese maples, twisty black locust, and maybe some hostas to bring the whole look together.
You need to make you ponds at least 4 feet deep and a bottom drain well too and add a few extras that suit your taste such as waterfalls and rock slides as well.
With a bit of money, time and patience you can bring Koi into your gardening practices and it will bring forth a whole new view on gardening as well.
