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Pond Construction - Tools and Techniques - Our First Pond

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This is the first pond that I built which is situated in the Koi garden at Kois R Us. This pond is 15f x 10f x 4f. The filter is made up from concrete blocks in to 4 bays with up and down flow. The first bay contains brushes. The second contains flocore. The third contains foam matting and the fourth contains alfagrog.

The excavation of soil and digging of footings

Our First Pond, 15 feet x 10 feet x 4 feet
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Concrete footings to build walls of pond on

Our First Pond, 15 feet x 10 feet x 4 feet
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Bottom drain installed. Sand base for pond and concrete base for filters to be built on

Our First Pond, 15 feet x 10 feet x 4 feet
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Pipe work installed for gravity fed filter

Our First Pond, 15 feet x 10 feet x 4 feet
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Finished pond which is now four years old and holds some of the high grade jap koi

Our First Pond, 15 feet x 10 feet x 4 feet
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