These pages are designed to give some advise to koi keepers in the UK who intend to build a pond, but are uncertain how to set about designing and starting the project.
It is not intended to give full details on how to build it, but give you some thoughts that should help you with the design. Every one has there own thoughts on what they want.
In the United Kingdom because of the long winters it is necessary to have deep ponds of a minimum of 4ft 6ins, and preferably five to six feet deep if you intend to look after large fish, or do not live in the south of the country. For this reason the ponds described here fit within this criteria, and smaller shallow ponds have not been considered.

There are many readers who do not live in the UK so they have to make their own decisions on what is appropriate in their own areas and I look forward to hearing from them. I have many friends in South Africa and the USA who have contributed to this website and look forward to their continued support.

To have deep ponds with vertical sides then it is necessary to have a solid construction. Quite a few of our members are building ponds with concrete blocks, and then having them rendered and coated with fibreglass, so this type of pond construction is the main topic of this article.
These ponds have large filters and are not designed to have any plants.

There are many different ways to build a pond so if you have any questions or suggestions then please post them on the website Forum, and they may be incorporated in this website.

This website was made up several years ago and some of the information has been overtaken by later products. By choice many koi-keepers feel that the Nexus Easy is the best solution for the filter system if it is within your budget. All the methods on this website will still work and are being used by many koi-keepers.