Page 56 - Koi Net - On-Line Koi Magazine - Issue 70

Their pond was raised and had a capacity of 2,500
gallons, above was a pergola with vines growing over
it. Water was delivered via a single bottom drain to an
I SPOTTED A Oase drum filter which together with the skimmer fed
two showers positioned on one side of the pond. I
VERY NICE spotted a very nice small Shiro Utsuri and a Ginrin
Right: Kohaku which I would have liked to take home, but
George’s below ground SMALL SHIRO there were other Koi which were very nice too.
filtration was fed from bottom
drains and water was drained UTSURI AND
to waste using stand pipes.
A GINRIN
Below:
We all stood chatting, KOHAKU
admiring their Koi and
enjoying the food that
George and Olive kindly
layed on for us.

Below and Right:
Kim and Sue have a 2,500
gallon raised pond, nicely
sheltered under a pergola
covered in vines.

into the pond using the power of the water pump to
suck air into the water return, another method rarely
seen these days.

We chatted and enjoyed sausage and bacon rolls, teas
and coffee before leaving to visit the second pond,
belonging to Kim and Sue Raven in Worthing.
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