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Intelligent Koi Pond Design

Here are some unwritten rules regarding koi pond design. Realizing the obvious. Sound koi pond design begins and ends with the koi. Since they're the ones that will have to live in the pond.

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Bigger is better since beautiful as they are, koi are really little more than fish poop factories. The more you spoil (read feed) them, the more ahh, poop there is to deal with. So the rule of thumb is you want a minimum of 250 gallons for each fish. Which means a 500 gallon pond would be big enough to house all of two koi.

Yet once the koi bug bites you probably won't be able to stop at two. And there's the rub. Not to mention the need to a bigger pond. Which is why when it comes to koi pond design bigger is better.

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Deeper is also better with koi pond designs. A deeper pond doesn't take up more yard space or proportionally require more filtration. When I say deeper think at least 3 to 4 feet. Especially if it snows in winter where you are. You want to be sure your lovelies have plenty of room at the bottom of the pond for wintering over. Safely below any ice that may form on the surface.

Koi Pond Design Tip: Check local building code to find the maximum depth allowed without fencing.

Vertical walls are best too. That's right. Forget putting a shelf along the edge for plants etc unless you're going to also hang out a sign welcoming herons, raccoons and other hungry predators for dinner. Of your koi. Then too vertical walls also serve to increase the overall water volume without taking up any more yard space.

There's more. We're just getting started with koi pond design pointers.

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