Revisiting the Abandoned Koi Pond
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- čas přidán 27. 05. 2023
- A revisit of the abandoned koi pond that we cleaned . Here you will get to see how the koi and goldfish that were abandoned are getting nibble now that their pond has been cleaned. You will also see us to pot the lily's which the fish kept knocking over
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Its reallt nice of the customers to allow you to keep this up and filming it
Absolutely! As long as you guys keep coming back we will keep giving you updates 😁
As the tried in the pond. and l am in broken cementin
I hope you keep revisiting this one.....the fishes seem much happier now they can see what they are doing 😀 😉 I'd love to see how the plants develop over time....will there be more plants put in or will this be enough when they get established...? 🤔
I believe we may be adding some more plants but before that more colourful fish
@@Mountain_Aquatics yeah please keep doing updates on this one. :) it's super interesting!
Im not the only 1 who NEEDS that 1 year update on this pond ❤
Stick around 👍🏻
I want to see the lilies bloom next year!
I just found your channel and am enjoying it. I'm very much looking forward to seeing the lillies in bloom and happy the pics are already up or will be soon.... unless the fish ate all the plants again. @Mountain_Aquatics
Stick around and keep an eye out for the updates 😁
It's so nice to see this update, and how much more colourful the koi are becoming! They're so happy now, I look forward to the next update!
Would you still like to see more in this pond?
@@Mountain_Aquaticsdefinitely want to see updates on this one...👍👍😁
@@Mountain_Aquatics Most certainly, it's so satisfying to watch your hard work paying off such huge dividends. And seeing the fish become more vibrant with every video is delightful!
Thank you all ❤️
The fish are so vibrant - everything you’re doing is making such a big difference
Awesome update the koi pond looks a thousand percent better
I agree! Need to keep working on it though
So good to see you adding plants. The fish seem much happier and the water is so clear! You’ve done a fantastic job and I look forward to more updates. Thank you!
Thank you for the lovely feedback, we will back for another update soon
What a difference from when you first did this pond. Amazing! And the fish seem happy xxx
Thanks for your kind words
I can imagine the many nights the owner has had at peace in that back yard ❤
Yes they spend most evening day on the wall watching the fish
I’m so looking forward to seeing a few coloured koi joining this pond, I’ve found the whole process fascinating.
Hopefully not too far away now and we’ll be adding some new koi
I'm so glad I found your channel. I don't have a koi pond now, but I have had one in the past. This is almost as good as having my own pond again.
That’s great to here, hopefully you can have a pond again one day ❤️
I just discovered your channel, first video was the drain/refill of this pond. I'm so glad you have done a couple updates, it's very rewarding to see ponds thriving after the neglect. It looks like the koi are really loving the hyacinth.
Thanks for the comment Mark, hopefully there’s a few videos of ours that you’ll enjoy
@@Mountain_Aquatics I've watched 3, and enjoyed 3.
Looking real good now 👍
Thanks 👍
Those first Lilly’s are growing fast!
Yes doing well
I nearly had a heart attack watching the tap running like that! Different parts of the world 🌍
What do you mean? Are you somewhere that has droughts?
@@Mountain_Aquatics yes Australia. We have permanent water restrictions country wide. No one ever runs a tap like that 😂. I remember when i was a child having a sprinkler on the front lawn. Not any more. We are also using desalination plants for water. Perth, Western Australia has ecosystems that are so heat stressed they are dying. Love your content ❤️
@lindarackstraw7711 makes sense now!
I live in Ireland, where tap water is free but it also bothered me to see water wasted like that. We are always told to turn off the tap when brushing our teeth or shorten our showers because, if water is plentiful, providing clean safe water has a cost and a carbon footprint.
@@erinsview8919 Yes exactly. I live on one of the driest continents and water is not wasted. It took a generation to change perceptions but we are there now. We also have desalination plants for fresh water.
I absolutely love the updated ♡ Thank you for sharing this! 🙏🏼
It looks beautiful and it’s only going to be prettier and prettier by time ♡
Stick around for the next one ❤️
Looks great. So clear. Lovely to see the fish swimming so happily. Always a pleasure to see 😊
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Looking good now
Thank you
The fish look so happy! These videos are so calming. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for visiting, I’m glad you enjoy our videos! Thanks for the positive comment ❤️
How can you see, they look happy? They are grow up in muddy water.like most carps in nature do and now they have to deal with unnatural clear water.
Amazing transformation. Those fish must be pretty resilient to live in the water as it was before. They must be in fish heaven now.
Yes it’s a great pond now. It will keep getting better so make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss out 😉
Is it true that some Koi can live 200 years?
Well there have been stories of Japanese carp living that long. But I don’t know if it’s true
"Swill it out"......I love it! .......my Pap used to say, "I'll have a quick swill before dinner" 😂
That skimmer is doing a great job!! I didn't think that it would make that much of a difference but it did!!
Very cool!!
Yes it does! It’s a great bit of kit. It concentrates in cleaning the surface of the pond which most filters can’t do, and it’s the part you’re looking at the most!
I can't wait to see mature plants. This is a pond correctly done. I have seen so many people just use a pond liner or something, and the fish die by winter. Sad.
Yes we like to take our time on these projects and do them properly. It’s been a lovely journey so far. Would you like an update again one day?
+1 to more pond updates 👍👍
3:38 Seen a fry swimming by. Fish must be much happier now.
I checked, I can’t spot it. Where abouts on the screen am I looking?
@@Mountain_Aquatics I was watching it on the telly, so it's a bit easier to see. It's swimming away from the potted lily toward the bottom of the screen.
Enjoying your vids BTW.
@taketheporsche Cheers Buddy, glad you’re enjoying the videos 👍🏻
It's going to be so pretty when the Lily's get bigger and bloom, I'm so excited to see it then!
Stick around and I’m sure we will be visiting this pond again
@@Mountain_Aquatics I am a subscriber 🙂 I shall be here. Have a great day/evening!
Love watching the koi change colour & grow over the past few months (moments for me😀)
Keep up the good work..
Thank you. There will be more to come. Make sure you subscribe if you want to see more
You really got me hooked!😂 I am a real noob when it comes to ponds and fishes but I truly enjoy your videos nonetheless. Thank you for your content!☺️
And thank you for the kind comment. We will have some more videos out soon. We are doing a big one at the minute!
Thank you for the update! I have a tiny little back yard, so no pond for me, though it's my dream to have one... I'm living vicariously through pond videos, thanks for such great ones!
You’re welcome. Thank you for the kind comments ❤️
Great to see the update. Lovely pond I wish I had the room for one. Fish look happy and you look like you really love your job.
We do love it, plenty more great content like this one on our channel if you want to see more 👌🏻
Good to see the fish are looking better. So much more colour on them
100% agree. They are loving life now
So good to see happy and healthier fish and cleaner water. Cant wait to see more on this one
More to come!
@Mountain_Aquatics looking forward to it. Amazed how they survived that soup and not being fed for so long. Great seeing it recovering 👏
Longer videos PLEASE!
Are you sure? Sometimes we cut them off early because we don’t want to make people bored
I agree I will watch longer video's.
Good to know, thank you
@Mountain_Aquatics I would be happy for hour long episodes 🙈 or 2 lol
😂 will see what we can do 👍🏻
This is great! Thanks for your hard work and the updates!
Glad you like them!
What a difference you have made for those fish mate.😍 Great video!
Cheers buddy 💪🏻
Looks great!!!!!
I agree 😁
Can't wait to see those lilies grow!
Check the updates, it didn’t end well
First time I saw one of you videos was your initial clean out of this pond. Looks great
I’m glad you stuck with us, have you seen the other pond videos?
You know what's crazy to me? I was watching antscanada make some natural aquariums that didn't need any filters. He only used various aquatic plants. To my amazement the cloudy water turned crystal clear.
Yea plants are a great natural filter
I like seeing the updates, thank you!
Glad you like them!
I truly hope, that the updates on this pond carry on, either bi or tri monthly, because I am really enjoying the chance to see the fish and pond recover from years of neglect…….
Especially since, many of the large koi’s, which were all black when the pond was first cleared, are now regaining their colour, and I would really love to see them, as they all get back to their original colours back…….
We will keep you updated as much as we can. Thank you for sticking with us and sharing the journey ❤️
@@Mountain_Aquatics . I have no problem with whiling away the time, by watching people who are doing a job that they are good at, especially when it involves fish too………
Thank you so much
The fish are looking great! The koi are huge (did you say "koi carp", and is that a wild type koi or a different species?) But, I'm in love with those pretty goldfish. I've always wanted a goldfish pond or even a large enough aquarium, but my living situation precludes it. Love seeing these calming vids.
Yes koi are a type of carp. I’m glad you enjoy the videos, we will have Skye more out for you seen. And we do try make them relaxing and calming so I’m glad you noticed
Be great to see the plants spread 😊
Definitely!! We will come back at some point and give you another update
This was such a great episode!
These big koi could certainly jump out, as they are jumpers! Have you had that problem here?
Nope never had that problem. They have no reason to jump out of this pond and they would struggle to be able to jump this height
I’ve enjoyed watching this pond series. Keep it up! More vids! ❤
Thanks! Will do!
Pleasure to watch 👍 great job 👏 👌
Cheers Rob
Hi, interesting video, liked and subscribed 🤓
Awesome thank you!
aw the fishies look so happy now! such an improvement
Yeah they are doing really wel
Beautiful pond, love to be able to see the fish. What are the fish eating? Would be nice to see the progress of the plants and see if they survived those huge fish. Thanks for sharing!
We will be back with another update soon I’m sure
Wow what a difference !
looking forward to seeing the lily's flower myself :)
Like the reclaimed material usuage!
Always, don’t throw anything away if you dint have to 😁
Such lucky fish to have you and now a lovely home❤
Thanks for your kind words
@@Mountain_Aquatics about time fish were treated with kindness and care. I cried on the first video and now tears of happiness
It has been a very special journey
Thank you for the updates 😊
You’re welcome ❤️
I need a pond like this in my life
It’s great isn’t it. About 27 thousand litres if I remember correctly
I'd like to see some of the darker fish removed and replaced with more colourful ones.
I think that is the customers plan over time
Those fish must have been so happy when you first cleaned that pond out for them
Absolutely
Couple of nice Koi in there...
Yes they are looking good now
Looking good.
Cheers buddy
Some beautiful "Ghosties" in there.
Yep
I've tried quite a few different water lillies in ponds with koi that size and the only one I could keep going long term was 'Marliacea Chromatella', the attention from the fish was just too much, very easy for a browsing carp to break off all the young shoots. I must have tried at least a dozen different varieties. The only difference I can think of is that Chromatella has a pineapple shaped rhizome. Some of the others might work if you can grow them to huge plant size, and thus very vigorous, before putting in the koi pond (or get them established when the fish are still small, not an option here, obviously).
Also, the basket size might still be too small. I don't know if you said how many litres but they looked pretty small to me. A bulldozing carp can easily move small baskets so you might find them on the base of the pool next time you visit! 20 litres ought to be big enough basket size to remain in place (hopefully), ordinary garden loam or clay in the bottom and then the same size stones you used in layers on top.
Good luck!
These are a smaller type of Lilly, we hope the koi will leave them alone long enough for them to establish
@@Mountain_Aquatics Good luck with that but I don't hold out much hope for them with that many carp in the pond. If I was running a business like yours I would buy in lillies, plant them up in the 35cm wide baskets, grow them on for a year or so in a koi-less pond to build up strength. Once they were strongly growing and potentially koi proof you could easily quadruple the price of a small lilly and people would pay.
Wow awesome. Looks amazing
Thanks :)
The repot looks perfect. I told ya they were going to eat those without repotting 😂😂😂
I have even made a floating basket for water hyacinth to protect the roots. That helps a lot.
Yes we knew they would need repotting, but didn’t think they would get to work with the gravel that fast!
I wondered how long those lillies were going tp last in those little pots. My larger koi would have been playing hockey with them all day.
Yes they didn’t last long, we are trying some different plants now. The battle isn’t over!
I still say put some plecostomus in there to eat the algae off the surfaces and that pond will look great with the natural stone surfaces.
We can’t do that in the UK
my koi were DIGGING with a vengeance. turned the pond black in an afternoon. (i had soil topped with pea gravel. NOPE. not good enough. currently am doing flagstone chunks on top of that.) --v surprised you can do a soil-less planting. hadn't heard that anywhere before now. tho i DO have one that came in as just the root and it is indeed growing just floating in the water. (have it in a tub just inside the pond as a holdover till i could get to it.
Yeah some plants are fine with just gravel. It’s handy to know which ones!
New to your channel great video
Thanks and welcome
That green colour that you can still see, I'm guessing that's mostly because of moss or algea on the floor and walls of the pond, rather than in the water itself. The water looks quite clear.
Yes the water if very clear. The pond is still settling in in time will look even better. We will pop back soon and pond vac the bottom
The water looks so clear! I watched your winter update video and it's a pity the large gravel wasn't enough to stop the koi having a go. Maybe chicken wire over the top of the gravel? Or do you think thr plants need a cordoned-off area to establish?
I think we will try and fence off an area for them next year. Are least until they are established
Great Vid with good Advice ....Question >>> Wont the biig Fish in there comsume the Water Hyacinths ???
They might have a nibble. But they were for free from another job anyway so it won’t matter
That pond so desperately needs a *lot* more vegetation and some interesting structures both for the fish and to improve visual appearance.
Each to their own. Some people like the minimalist look. I prefer a natural pond myself
We tried putting mesh over the plants and covered them with gravel and the koi still ate them.
I think we plan on fencing an area off in the spring
Thank you, this has been really fascinating.
Interesting thing but, as climates and environments alter and adversely impact modified breeds, there's a possibility that those drab legacy carp may become prohibitely expensive as species exemplars , due to being evolutionary fixed, so to say. Just saying.
PS. I sometimes be come so engrossed, that I forget to hit 'like'. Sorry
That is an interesting perspective on it, thank you for commenting.
I think a big filter would work good for the pond
Yep
This is really neat! Thank you for sharing. I saw the original video as well and im curious why you left the green on the walls below the waterline when you pressure washed the above? Was it because it is an alternate food source or the UV filter will eventually clear it? Awesome videos!
Good question! There were a couple of reasons. Firstly we did not know the condition of the waterproof seal on the pond. If we went too hard and damaged this then it would be a very expensive fix. Secondly we hope to improve the conditions of the pond over time. No point just scrubbing algae every few months if you don’t solve the problem. We looked at improving the filtration and adding a slimmer which will stop the excess in nutrients which is feeding the algae in the first place. This will solve the issue long term
they need a couple XL plecos to rasp the algae from the brick
No good in the U.K. I’m afraid
I'd be surprised to find that the koi didn't eat those water lilies in the first few days. You can't have aquatic plants with large koi. For amusement, throw a couple full heads of romaine lettuce in the pond and let them float for a few days. You'll be left with the white core bottoms.
Spamming comments?
did anyone else have the feeling of seeing this exact pond before owned by a youtuber like 3 or 4 years ago
I’ve not seen that. Would love to though if you can remember who it was?
I just found your channel, and love the content! Would you be able to tell me what that filter system is called at 5:14 please? Thank you!!
It was an Oase, can’t remember the model now. Will look when I go back
Love those easy clean filters. What make are they?
Both Oase box type filters. I’m inside of the model without checking
I would put floating baskets in with plants that will spill over, so the plants are safe but the fish can still have a nibble.
We have discussed this actually, I think it’s a great idea
I would be sitting on that wall, with my toes in the water for half of every day.
The new owner spends most nights sat on the wall watching the fish ❤️
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Really interesting to see this pond coming along. Out of curiousity, was there a reason the lillies weren't put in pots with gravel in the beginning?
This was just how they came from the supplier and we weren’t due to do any work on the pond so just dropped them off and filmed a quick update
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Do you ever put loose small pebbles in for the koi to dig around in?
You can do. That tends to be the tend in a lot of American ponds at the minute. Not so much here in the U.K. yet though
Hi ,you have done a wonderful job with this pond. The fish will have a much better life now.
May I ask though if it is the Koi's natural behaviour to sift through the pebbles and mud ,why is nothing provided for the fish in this great big pond. They don't have anything to sift through now that you have put big pebbles on. ??😮
They have still been sifting through the larger pebbles funnily enough. We need bigger ones!
Is it possible that the koi that lost its color could get it back? I feel so bad for the fish.
They do seem to look more colourful over time. But they will never be very colourful fish
Wonderful , pool loojs do nice but who is feeding thsee fish?
The new owners are feeding them now
would Duckweeds do a better job for filtration?
They would remove nutrients yes. But the fish would gobble it all up so fast it wouldn’t have a chance
Its the first time ever seeing this channel or anything about this profession, so please dont judge if this is something very obvious that I will ask. What is the silver ball floating?
I hope you enjoyed the video? The silver ball is mainly for decoration. It’s a contemporary thing. BUT.. some people say it keep the pond from completely freezing over, and also as it’s a mirror it might scare if herons that would eat the fish
Still think it needs more UV or better nitrate removal.
It’s doing well so far. Not out pond and not out money so we can only advise the customer so far and then work to their budget
May I ask. What filters are they and the UV that's installed to the filters please
Thank you
Oase Biosmart filters and Bitron UV units
Did these plants die? I didn't see them in the winter update
Yes. The fish didn’t leave them alone. I think they are used to eating whatever they can find so they have devoured them
That pond looks kind of old, were you surprised it didn't have any leaks?
We knew it would hold water. But yes we did make sure we were careful when it came to pressure washing the sides just in case
looking really good. do they need any type of sand or gravel for spawning?
They prefer to spawn in plants
That pond needs a new filtrationsystem. The current one is maybe good for 10000 Liters with small fish but not this pond. Needs bigger filter, bigger pumps, bigger everything. Long term this will look just as bad again as it did previously.
There is now twice the filtration compared to when we started
Agree. Koi are messy. There are too many fish in that pond. Give away some of those key, keeping 2 only. Get rid of any goldfish, schools often than not will take them. No plants in pond unfortunately. Super new filtration needed!
what are the fish eating? Why are the pine trees not trimmed or cut back or removed from that area?
The trees have had some major work on them since. But that is the for the gardener to do, not us
Can you help please. We had at least 200 baby fish last year. Four different sizes. We had a fish rescue man to take some out and we had about 100 left. Different sizes. We have 2 koi and 5 goldfish plus a silver adult fish. All quite large. 8 or 9 ins but we don't know which the babies came from. Anyway end of March my husband cut the plants back, leaving some spreading ferny type on the ledges. I would say that at least half of the babies have disappeared in a week. We have those floating things on the water to keep the herons out and we've no dead bodies. Husband cleaned out the filter and no dead babies in there. Surely it's not the adult fish eating them because they haven't been all of this while. They're being fed. Hope you can help.
Are you In the UK? It may be issues from poor water quality, once you lose a few this then worsens the conditions and things can quickly spiral.
Contact us through our website and we will help you as much as we can
@Mountain_Aquatics Yes uk. My husband has tested the water and it's fine. We just can't fathom why there are no dead fish floating around .
The only other option is that something is eating them then I think
@Mountain_Aquatics We did wonder, but now you've said that and the fish are getting hungry maybe they have cannibalised the babies tho some are now 2 ins long. The adults are suddenly having a growth spurt. Cant believe my eyes. Thanks for your help. It's appreciated.
It looks Amazing.
Is there more fish now 🤙
Won’t be long and we will add some fish. Don’t miss the next update 😉
@Mountain Aquatics What is the brand name of that filter?
Oase
My old dads pond is pea green I’ve installed a 55 watt clarifier but I think his filter box is not up to it 12000 liters what would you recommend he is 93 thanks
We can always come and look depending on where you are?
Where did you get the water hyacinth from please?
From another customers pond that we were working in that it had taken over