Building a Koi Pond? I would like to build a Koi Pond. I hold a perfect...

I would like to build a Koi Pond. I hold a perfect spot special, but It would be much easier if I didnt need filtration, or any ohter things that require power. Is this possible?

Thanks,
-Keenan
How do I take rid of ample amounts...
Answers:    It might be easier upfront to install a pond lacking filtration, but ultimately, you will spend more time, energy, and money trying to fix problems after the installation, than you ever would hold spent just putting a correct filter in up front. Keeping koi is smaller number about taking caution of the fish than it is about taking concern of the water: transport care of the hose down, and the fish will take consideration of themselves!

Fish waste, uneaten food, leaves, etc., go off in the hose down and create ammonia, which is lethal to fish. Luckily, Mother Nature have certain germs that "eat" the ammonia and convert it to nitrITES. However, nitrites are also lethal to fish. But, in attendance is another bacteria that "eats" the nitrites and converts them to nitrATES. Fish are competent to tolerate nitrates in small amounts (generally smaller quantity than 20 parts per million). What you need to do, is digit out how to get the excess nitrates out of your hose down, and the best way to do this is to pump the wet through a filter before putting it final in your pond.

I know greatly of people recommend power-driven filters approaching bead or sand filters, etc., but base on my experience, I prefer a veggie filter. You end up pumping your pond wet through either a separate nouns or a designated part of your pond, through densely planted, heavily feed plants (thus the "veggie" filter). The water pass through these plants, and their roots "scrub" the nitrates out of the water as the nitrates are close to fertilizer to the plants. What is left is crystal clear, verbs water to progress back to your fish, and the movement of the dampen as it is pumped around and allowed to trickle back through the plants reoxygenates it.

I recommend using plants approaching water iris, hose down lettuce, water lillies, and even marine hyacinth (if it is legal contained by your area). Azolla (fairy fern) is another good one, though if it is somewhere where on earth your koi can get to it, they may put away it faster than it can reproduce.

Here are some websites on cycling your pond and the importance of filtration to the overall form of your fish and pond:
http://www.bonniesplants.com/how_to/vegg...
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/albu...
http://www.koivet.com/html/articles/arti...

It may be difficult, but take Granny's direction (above) and spend the time and money it takes to do it up right the first time. You won't be repentant you did, but I can't guarantee you'd feel impossible to tell apart way if you settle on to neglect filtration.

Hope this help.
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Check out www.gardenweb.com---go to Koi Pond Forum. It is a very interesting site and I am sure someone on in that will be able to answer your cross-question. If not it is a very resourceful site. I hold a pond and lost all my koi to a heron..be very upset...moral luck and happy ponding!!!