Pond
Take your love of aquatics outdoors! Water gardening is a great way to expand the hobby while beautifying your home. A Koi pond or water garden can be a wonderful retreat where friends and family gather and enjoy a tranquil afternoon or relaxing evening together. Much like aquarium keeping though, maintaining a pond and caring for it isn’t a spectator sport. It takes work. But rest assured, whatever work you put into it, you’ll get back more.
Breeds
Black Moor
Has the body of a Fantail, has bulging eyes, and is black, as the name would suggest.
Comet
The most common goldfish. Has a long, slender body. Orange color, but can also be white and red which is called Sarassa.
Fan Tail
Perfect for water gardens, the goldfish-shaped shubunkin features a stunning pale blue background with flecks of red, black and blue.
Koi
Prized world-over for their vivid coloration, striking patterns, and longevity, Koi are actually the colored variety of the common carp. There are many colors, shapes, and types to choose from.
Lionhead
Very similar to the Oranda’s head shape and Fantail, but lacks a dorsal fin (the fin that runs down the back of a fish).
Oranda
Short and plump like Fantails, but has bulging growths on its head, almost like a cap.
Shubunkin
Identical shape to the Comet; instead has a base color of light blue, covered in patterns of darker blue, red, brown, white, or black.
FUN FACTS
A pond is less maintenance than the same square footage of lawn. And less lawn means less pesticides.
Ponds improve property values. A well-constructed pond is a highly valued part of a landscape, considered almost as valuable as trees.
People in Japan believe that the Koi fish symbolizes wealth, prosperity, love, successful career and good fortune. Each variety is associated with one of those values.
The color of the Koi fish depends on the variety. They can be white, black, blue, red, cream and yellow in color.
ENVIRONMENTS
We recommend our 20-gallon aquarium or larger, because larger tanks are easier to care for than smaller ones. The environment is up to you — funky fun décor with artificial plants or live plants with wood or stone to recreate an environment found in nature. The options are endless.
SUGGESTED VIDEOS
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Planning
Pond Products
