Photo Gallery

Looking for ideas for your next koi pond or just fancy having a look around other peoples gardens and filter set ups? What ever you're hoping to see, you'll find the pictures here in our members ponds photo gallery.

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If you're not yet a member but are interested in the wonderful hobby of Koi keeping, then please consider joining, bringing your knowledge and ideas and supporting the Middlesex & Surrey Borders BKKS section.

Articles

As well as the rafts of knowledge held by the club members there are also a large number of stories about how koi keeping has changed over the years, ways to get round common problems, and how people built their ponds.

Latest News

The dates for this years MSB Section closed show have been announced as the 17th and 18th of July.
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Club Meetings

We hold our meeting on the first Thursday of every month and start at about 8.00pm.
You will be most welcome to attend (free for first meeting) and we would hope that you would like to join our club section.

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Graham and Sam Kerwood

Graham’s pond was completed a couple of years ago and holds 12000 gallons, measuring 27’ x 9’11” x 7’ deep.  It’s constructed in concrete block and finished with black fibreglass.

All the underground pipework is 4” and 1” pressure pipe, the returns are in 2” flexi pipe and 1½ black rigid.  Three Sequence pumps run the pond with 10 returns, of these returns 5 are working at any one time.  There are 2 x 4” bottom drains with air domes feeding the filtration which consists of 2 nexus 300 with eazys, 1 wide mouth skimmer with hydra, 2 x 55 watt pro-clear UVs and 4 air pumps (2 x Air-tech 40, 1 Medo 40 and 1 Hi-Blow 40).  All the valves are ball valves 2 x 4”, 5 x 2” and 10 x 1½.  


Heating is supplied by an 80,000 BTU Gas Boiler with under floor heating 100 meters of flexi heating pipe under pond floor.

Full Specifications:

12000 Gallon pond
Fibre glassed in black
27ft long, 9ft 11” wide 7ft deep
 
Pumps 3 x sequence 10,000
10 returns to pond
5 returns working at any one time
2 x 4” bottom drains with air domes (richdon koi)
2 nexus 3000 with eazys
1 wide mouth skimmer with hydra
2 x 55 watt pro-clear
4 x air pumps (2 x Air-tech 40, 1 Medo 40, 1 Hi-Blow 40)
 
All underground pipe work is 4” & 1” Pressure Pipe.
Returns 2” Flexi pipe & 1, ½ black Rigid
 
All Valves are ball valves 2 x 4”, 5 x 2” 10 x 1½
Heating 80,000 BTU Gas Boiler with under floor heating
100mtr of Flexi heating pipe under pond floor