Design Considerations for Your Happy Koi pond

Introduction

If you are new to the hobby of Koi keeping and are considering putting in a Koi pond you need to be aware of the potential pitfalls and expensive mistakes you can make.
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Design

Design of a Koi pond is everything. Design it properly, plan your pond and then build your plan.
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Bottom drains

Building a Koi pond - you need bottom drains! We cover how many your pond will need, where to locate them and what piping to use.
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Settlement chambers

Settlement chambers are useful, albeit somewhat ugly, things...
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Turnover rates

The rate at which your total pond volume is circulated through your Koi pond filter system is called the turnover rate.
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Surface skimmers

Ever seen a Koi pond without a skimmer? Did you see the Koi? Yes, the two are related...
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Water returns

You have to return the water to the Koi pond from the filter system somehow...
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Waterfalls

Waterfall pitfalls avoided. If you want to add a waterfall feature to your Koi pond, follow these guidelines.
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Commissioning

Make sure your Koi pond builder cannot get away with shoddy work.
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A near ideal Koi pond design

A Koi pond is NOT a modified swimming pool! It is a lot more complex than that, so do follow our tips and guidelines to get it right.
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Use an architect but be careful

If your architect swhat they're doing you could really win by having an architect-designed Koi pond.
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Pictures of a Koi pond design

A sample Koi pond design by an architect, Paul from KCS.
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'L' shaped Koi pond with filtration

A very simple sketch to show you how to handle a dogs-leg koi pond.
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