Greg's Pond
Construction Timeline
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Purchased House
Big Storm levels
wooded hill
(back yard).
Cut Down 60+
large trees
Build Garage
Bulldozers
remove stumps
level hill.
Main Pond
Gazebo
Bridge
Get married
By the Pond
Lower Pond
Waterfalls
West Stream
Millhouse
Waterwheel
Koi
Hatching
Ponds
East Stream
Outhouse
Fire Pit
Garage Pond New Filter
Small Bridge
Japan Trip
Shulista Pond
System Specifications
Pumps: Two Sequence 1000, 4400gph, 2.3amps.
Both pumps pump up to the millpond. One
pump runs two bottom drains, the other
runs the east stream which acts as a skimmer.
Third pumps 180gph runs the waterwheel.
Monthly Electrical Cost approximately $20
Filtration: Located behind millhouse. 5x5x4 deep with a conical
bottom. Upflow design similar to commercially sold vortex.
25 cubic feet of hog hair filter mats as media. The filter
has a bottom drain which is opened every few days.
That is the only maintenance on the filter.
Volume: 20,000gallons
Fish load: 100+ koi, About 50lbs of fish total
Feeding 2lbs of Mazzuri food a day.