Page 61 - Koi Net - On-Line Koi Magazine - Issue 11

The rain still persisted as we visited the third pond
which was owned by Sam and Joyce Gleaves. This
pond has a bottom drain which then feeds to a sieve,
then pumped to a bead filter and a protein extractor.
The pond was built quite close to the house and can be
seen from their conservatory. The garden then slopes
down away from the house with the filters hidden in
their own shed at the end of the pond. At the bottom of
the garden is a summer house.
This was also our lunch stop and we were spoilt for
choice with pizza, crisps, cakes and biscuits. There was
also a raffle after we had eaten. There were plenty of
Koi in this pond, one of which looked to get the food
first. It certainly was a large individual. After lunch we
then went on to the final pond.

Rick and Samantha’s cream The fourth and final pond we visited belonged to Rick
rendered pond with a large and Samantha Johnson, unfortunately they were not
infinity window, was capped
with dark brick copings. available so someone kindly opened the pond up for
us. They had a modern looking pond with a water blade
and a large infinity style window. The filtration was an
Oase Drum and Bio Combi. The cream render was
set-off well with the dark brick copings. A wooden
pergola sat over the top of it. They had a mix of Koi and
a couple of Tamasabas (an uncommon variety of
Japanese goldfish).

Then it was on to the next destination, Sunny Bank Koi.
A relatively small dealership with a variety of Koi at not
too bad a price. There were all sorts of varieties here
and many small Koi that would be good for a grow on
project. The store itself was fresh and clean looking
Sam and Joyce’s formal rectangular pond is capped with wide slabs. with a resin floor. Next door was a garden centre which
you could visit if in the area again.

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