Pat & April's pond

Summer really was upon us this time, weather and all !!!!
Our next visit was to Pat & April's 4,000 gallon pond on one of the hottest Sunday afternoon's we had had in 2011.
Set in a lovely lawned and planted garden containing acer's,hostas roses and hanging baskets sat Pat & April's pond.

Square in shape and lined with a box welded liner a 4 inch bottom drain feeds a Nexus filter unit as the main filtration for the pond. A skimmer line also ran from the pond via a heating system, TMC 55 watt UV and a E.A eazy pod filter adding to the filtration of the pond all this situated out of sight behind the pond.

With water returning to the pond via one of the many returns, cleverly masked with the use of bamboo. A large pergola covered the pond to protect it from the full sun that the garden enjoyed.

The koi were a real mixture of varieties and sizes with many go sankes but perhaps a fondness shown towards the chagoi and ochiba shining through as there were many good examples of each in the pond.

A large attractive Shusui also cruised around the pond hoovering up the food when offered, it had to be fast mind with the number of chagoi's it was competing with.

Another great visit had by the East Yorkshire Koi Society, thanks to Pat & April for the invite.