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 Super Koi Garden Center |
 I fell in love with this prefab pond at Super Koi in Roskilde (Denmark). |
 Here is the new pond beside my old one. |
 I made this "template" to get a better idea of the extent of my project. |
 JJ ready for it... |
 But with big help from my friends... |
 ...it went really well. |
 Herer we're checking out how much more earth needs to be digged out. |
 And checking out if the pond is relatively horizontal. |
 I levelled out with fine sand, which filled even the smallest openings. |
 With the added weight of water it was easy to make the final adjustments. |
 I filled in with some of the earth which we had dug up. |
 In between, I poured water around and stomped the earth to compact it. |
 After that, I layed some coarse rocks to act as stabilizers for the big rocks. |
 Laying the docaration/stepping rocks was quite a puzzle. A HEAVY puzzle. |
 But eventually it worked out, after some sweaty hours. |
 After cleaning, and changing some water, the kois were introduced. |
 Happy days :-) |
 And a small celebration was in order :-) |
 In the shallow area of the pond I put some round rocks and planted it. |
 The pond started to look better and better with more plants. |
 I got some water lilies and other plants from Super Koi and from a friend. |
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 Here I installed a filter... |
 ...and a pump, again from Super Koi. |
 All things connected, and the water quality quickly improved. |
 On the ground, beside the stepping stones, I planted Dollhouse Fern. |
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 The Dollhouse Fern seen on the right side. |
 Final result August, 2018. |
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 September 2019. First step, getting ready to build the porch. |
 Kim & I having fun with it. |
 The porch taking shape. |
 Just about complete, HAPPY DAYS. |
 Building the filter well, |
 and installing electrical power for pump, filter, air pump and lights. |
 Kim dressing the outside of the well.. |
 Filter and hoses installed in the well. |
 The porch painted with teak oil. |
Now waiting for summer, to get you a nice photo of it all in action :-) |
