Both Ron and I love koi ponds. When we lived in Los Angeles, we spent a weekend digging a koi pond for our lower garden. We also made a smaller pond out of a large barrel for our upper garden.
We then drove miles to the Japanese community in Gardena and bought all kinds of beautiful koi. And we also made a trip to Santa Barbara to buy koi, because they had specimen koi! A week later, the upper koi pond became the preferred four star Michelin restaurant for all the raptors that lived in our trees. We discontinued that pond.
On the lower pond, we had problems maintaining the PH level. And all the koi died. We dismantled it and filled it We planted a Meyer lemon tree where the pond once was. If only we knew about the koi pictured above. And they do come in all sizes and move around...
Cheers
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