Step 9 - The Next Step

That information about the size and depth of the pond starts to eat away at you. This is a crossroads. Do you love the Koi and orfe so much you want to keep them? If the answer is yes, then a new pond build is the only option (this two-step approach has been followed hundreds of times by many pond keepers who eventually move on to become Koi keepers). If the answer is no, a small note will be placed on the local notice board asking whether someone can re-home some fish which are now too large for your pond.

New Pond

For those of you that decide to take the first option and build a new pond there are a couple of options. You may build an interim pond e.g. not the pond you dreamt of, but deeper with better filtration. Alternatively, you may jump into a custom-built Koi pond. In the next article, we will assume that your next pond will be designed specifically for Koi from the outset. Join us again for the next issue from Head Squared Aquatics.

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