ckmullin Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 A friend a few years back built a new house and transported his 4 koi in a 5 gl pail to be put back in the indoor pond. He forgot about them and left them in the unheated garage. When he did remember about them he found them completely frozen in a block of ice. Sad. His son wanted to bury them so he put the pail in the pantry to let it thaw. 1/2 day later he heard splashing, looked in the bucket and found all 4 alive. Crazy! krazy! Rambo Koi...just can't kill'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yota Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 I think code is 36 inches is it not..??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayba Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 The Alberta building code deems anything deeper than 24 inches a pool if memory serves correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CORVETTE Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 I have had a pond in my back yard for about five years now and have kept gold fish alive in it for the last three years with just the pump filter running in the bottom and punching a hole in it ever few days. I'm really not sure of how many gallons it is, but it is around 24 inches deep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DivineHammer Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 I would check your local building codes, and permit office to find out for sure, I have seen lots of ponds in the Edmonton and County of Strathcona that are over 2 feet deep. For keeping koi or goldfish in a pond over winter they recomend using a heater to keep a hole open in the ice to allow for gas exchange, and you only want watermovement in the shallow part of the pond not the deeper part where the fish will hang out over the winter where the water will be warmer, by constantly moving the water around in the whole pond you will cause the water to be colder then by not moving. Check out Pondguru's U-Tube videos on how to build a pond, he goes into detail on this, he builds these things for a living. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
African_Fever Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Koiphen.com - you won't find a better source of info on ponds. If you want koi, go deep and do it right, bottom drains and all. Stacked cinder blocks (w/rebar and filled w concrete) is an easy way for anyone to build their own solid pond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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