Koi pond depth

[whiteram98]

Thanks for all the great compliments. My place use to be a corn field! The liner should be one piece so not to leak. You can get it at the pond guy or go through me and maybe order it from a pond wholesale company in Ohio.  I rebuilt it once already. The first time lasted a few years but the clay was caving in so the second time I made it bigger! lined the clay whole with feedbags full of sand then the liner and also put in a drain tile to get water out from under it. I have large pieces of slate and boulders and pumps.

[Joefish]

I went 5ft because by me the frost line is 4ft, I wanted to be deeper and also considering you will build up debris, leaves ,mud etc...Feel free to pm me and I can send you some pics or maybe even help if your not to far!

Hope you know what your getting into!!!!!!!!!!!

Cant just like the post so I guess its a thumbs up  quote post!  Even in lower MI you need at least 36in and will still need some way to promote gas exchange to keep fish out year round.

[mightieskeeper]

Beautiful ponds Warren.  Sand bags are great way to stop erosion.

[Ron]

I never get sick of seeing those pictures. 

Warren, why use sand in the bags instead of just filling them with whatever dirt you're removing from the hole when digging the pond?

[Marty]

I'm pretty sure he probably spread the dirt out in a low spot in his yard.  I also think he didn't use them in his first effort, but did that after he fixed it (when the walls were caving in).

[four_by_ken]

Great pictures!

I am also thinking of finally tearing out the old little pond that was at the house when I bought it and actually putting in a real pond.  Been talking forever on it... we'll see if this is the summer it happens.

Might even just take the pond out and rework it/reuse it.  Its hard plastic type.  PRetty large for plastic though.

I agree... MINIMUM of 18".  I think the one I have is about 24"-20" at the deepest.  I have tossed in goldfish for the hell of it and they have lasted a few years with nothing done to it.. not even air.  Not sure what this last winter did to them though.   

[Ron]

I am also thinking of finally tearing out the old little pond that was at the house when I bought it and actually putting in a real pond.  Been talking forever on it... we'll see if this is the summer it happens.

That's a bit subjective! I've been trying to figure out where I could place a pond, but can't find a good 1/3 acre-size location for one. 

Wish I had property with the right topography and soils to just build a dam and form a 5-acre private pond. 

[TrailerParkFishTanks]

I am also thinking of finally tearing out the old little pond that was at the house when I bought it and actually putting in a real pond.  Been talking forever on it... we'll see if this is the summer it happens.

That's a bit subjective! I've been trying to figure out where I could place a pond, but can't find a good 1/3 acre-size location for one. 

Wish I had property with the right topography and soils to just build a dam and form a 5-acre private pond. 

That's MTS to the most extreme extent.

[Steve]

Wish I had property with the right topography and soils to just build a dam and form a 5-acre private pond.

Ron if you did that you'd be busy keeping me off your property because I would sneak in and fish it every day

[whiteram98]

I used sand and tamped the bags hard because all my land is Michigan Blue clay, not baggable each sand bag was about 120lbs