Page 54 - Koi Net - On-Line Koi Magazine - Issue 94

AS SOON AS We travelled to our next pond to meet Chris and Liz
Palmer at Canvey. Chris is a new Koi keeper and has
THEY MOVED his priorities right, as soon as they moved into their
INTO THEIR new house he started building their pond. He started
building it in March and completed it in May! Chris
NEW HOUSE built most of it himself, but left the fibreglassing to a
CHRIS STARTED professional.
BUILDING Their pond has a capacity of 4,000 gallons, and is Right:
Chris has a tidy filter room
raised with a large infinity window. Water flows from a
THEIR POND bottom drain to a Nexus 320+ which feeds a 55 watt which houses a Nexus 320+
together with all his other
UV and returns to the pond. A skimmer flows to an equipment to service
the pond.
EazyPod, a 25 watt UV through a Surge Filter to a blade
which returns the water down a decorative wall back to Below:
the pond. Chris fitted coloured lights
to his pergola and sent me
Chris and Liz’s 4,000 gallon The pond had a pergola over it with shading, and Chris a photo, which he took when
pond looked superb with he was filling the pond, so
its overhead pergola and had coloured lights mounted on it and sent me a photo we could see what it looked
large infinity window. so that I could show what it looks like at night. like at night.

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