CAN ANYONE OUT THERE BUILD A PROPER KOI POND?
IN SEARCH OF THE RIGHT KOI POND BUILDER By Tom Burton In todays economic environment there is more and more demand for elaborate big houses, gardens, pools, pondsyou name it. And we ought to have what we want, right? So if thats a beautiful koi pond with knockout landscaping, gorgeous waterfalls and streams and plants and fish, all we have to do is find “Mr. Right” to build it, right? Sounds easy but therein lies the rub. All too many of the swimming pool and water feature/landscape guys with the equipment and technical knowledge either dont know where to go for information or just refuse to learn what it takes to build a koi pond. Too many swimming pool builders take on pond projects and use the same techniques theyd use for pools; same bottom drains, filters and pumps. Then they call it a fish pond when in fact theyve missed the mark by miles. The same thing happens with some landscapers who say “Oh yeah, I can build you a koi pond,” only to build a water feature just like theyve bee
