Koi Pond with Water Hyacinths, Water Lettuce, & Iris   This is my first entry in pond photos. i built this pond about five years ago. it is 17 feetx12feet and it is 4 1/2 feet deep. The pond is filtered naturally. the water is pumped from the bottom to an upper pond which is 2 1/2 feet deep. i have underwater PVC pipes, 4 inches in diameter with perforated holes. On top of the pipes i have six large bags of charcoal. I only put water hyacinths in the water which collects the algae. I add floating hyacinths and water lettuce in the bottom pond. all the plants around the pond are all perennials. I started with eight koi about 5 to 6 inches long. I now have over 100 koi. I feed my fish from a deck that overlooks the pond. The fish are my pets.   =========================================== Want to see your pond featured here?  Send us one or two of your best pond pictures and we'll add them to the gallery.  pondpics@macarthurwatergardens.com =========================================== Back to Galleria Index - Click Here