PONDGURU – Koi Pond near Otterburn (north Northumberland)

In ‘real life’ the edges don’t look bad as they are all roughed up and chamfered with a grinder. I used a diamond blade to take off the clean cut look but it broke on the last piece of capping. In the video I am using a standard resin blade and it was a right job to rough it up with that. I should of got a close-up of the edges as it was quite a good effect when done with the diamond blade. Not as authentic as hand cut though…..I take your point.

I was particularly pleased with the walling as it clear when people see it that it hasn’t been thrown together.

I enjoyed the video. The formal look and construction steps were very refreshing.

The Pond Guru Rocks.

The Pond Digger

Mine is a kotney koi ..yamatsui something like that anyway, only had it 3 years.

Thanks, man. I don’t know wether I rock, but I enjoy what I do.

The yamitsu filters from kockney koi usually last for years. They are not the prettiest UVs but who cares, they usually do the job without fail – shame its gone after 3 years.

Your videos are good but I think sometimes you spend too much time showing the same thing over and over or for too long duration, without real distinction between shots.

With the walling and tunnels, as it is a skilled job perhaps I do go overboard with the duration – point taken, man. I maybe like to showcase those skills (show off if you like) to others doing a similar job. I should perhaps concentrate more on laying the liner or setting up filters? If you let me know what you would like to see more/less of I will try to include that in my future videos as perhaps more viewers are feeling the same. Thanks for the comment.

Good job! I like the waterfall.

It looks very nice but some of the water splashes back onto the wall and travels through to the other side of the wall so I need to inject a bit of sealant. AAAaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrggghhhh!!!!!!

I’m more of a time-lapse person myself, though I think I would like to see more of the actual construction steps too, like the filters and liner laying.

Nothing wrong with wanting to show off, but less is more. Show the steps to get to the end, and then do one set of shots at the end to wow everyone with the finished product. : )

On the next tecnical build, I will do a bit of explaination during construction. Good tips, man.

cheers good job. who done the block work at the start. see if u put the concrete brick or quarter block in the corner then all the joints are even plus the wall is stronger

Duly noted. I made did the whole job and have to admit, blockwork is self taught. I just try to concentrate on crossing all the joints.

I have a question that might sound stupid, but thats never stopped me. Do you dig these ponds oldschool? Or with machinery?

Generally, if its a small pond like this one, by hand. Larger ones I will dig with a mini digger.

Ouch.

I got another question… Did you ever have an incident were koi jumped out of this find of pond? Because, i want to build a above ground pond for breeding but i am scared they are going to jump out.

There are no fish in this one until spring. In general, if a fish jumps out of any pond, it won’t get back in as they haven’t got much of a homing instinct – lol. Fish will jump for a variety of reasons but mostly to rid themselves of parasites. If the fish are healthy and content, they won’t jump out.

Hi, i dont mean to seem rude But i didnt see any Bottom drains, How do you keep the pond clean and what type of filters are you using, great pond Love it.

There are no botton drains. The pump is an Aquamax 12.000 and the filters are2 x Filtoclear 15.000 with an extra 25W U.V. before them. The bottom of the pond slopes slightly toward the pump so once there are fish in there, the muck will be swept into the pump.

Cool, Thanks for the reply.

creepy music….lol. nice pond tho.

hi, great pond etc.
i am thinking of building a similar sized one, not sure to go for liner or concrete though. i did not see on vid how you sorted pipe work from inside the liner, can you please explain. many thanks.

The pipe runs up the corner of the pond on the inside, and goes under the capping, down the inside of the wall and under the lawn to the filters.