packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
I want to build a garden pond from a stock tank, the type used for watering cattle and horses. Getting the stock tank is not the issue.
What do I need to do to keep the pond healthy? Do I need an air filtration system? I see some of the ones online have a water feature where the water seems to be recycled.
Also what type of plants, I live in central Iowa and we're supposedly zone 5B here but a smart person plans for Zone 3A because we can have brutal winters with very late cold Spring/Summers.
Also if I put koi in my pond will I have to bring them in for the winter, and if so how do you keep them from dying, i.e., shock, etc.?
What do I need to do to keep the pond healthy? Do I need an air filtration system? I see some of the ones online have a water feature where the water seems to be recycled.
Also what type of plants, I live in central Iowa and we're supposedly zone 5B here but a smart person plans for Zone 3A because we can have brutal winters with very late cold Spring/Summers.
Also if I put koi in my pond will I have to bring them in for the winter, and if so how do you keep them from dying, i.e., shock, etc.?