2500+ Gallon outdoor BUILD THREAD at Ellis Aquatics

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couple pics of the first 3 koi added to the pond, and my acrobatic turtle that escaped the upper pond and made his way down below to the big pond








sorry for horrible pics, they don't like me yet and don't know im their food source yet lol
 
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those caves I built are getting a lot of use, they are still scared of me but see the food so get curious and come out and will shoot across the pond to the other cave and back. Good thing is they are all eating already





 
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gumbii said:
that fish is awesome... very clean...



it's bad *** when the colors are on top of eachother, no bleeding, no blending... amazing fish... no dragon scale, no double scale.... the only fault i see is a spot on it's fin...



stop flirting with him, i saw him first....
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i saw the spot on its fin too
 
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gumbii said:
You need to get a black chagoi koi fish... It's bad luck not having one...
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I want one all black, one all white, one all yellow, and one all red (not orange)

saw a few yesterday bright yellow with small little black spots, looked like lemon pepper lol
 
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JDEllis said:
I want one all black, one all white, one all yellow, and one all red (not orange)

saw a few yesterday bright yellow with small little black spots, looked like lemon pepper lol
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It's customary and good luck to get a black koi... I used to know all of the names... Back when I moderated koi.my forum, and goldfish.net... Also look into getting some wakin goldfish... Those have great red and don't get gigantic... Stay away from butterfly koi... Lol...
 
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gumbii said:
It's customary and good luck to get a black koi... I used to know all of the names... Back when I moderated koi.my forum, and goldfish.net... Also look into getting some wakin goldfish... Those have great red and don't get gigantic... Stay away from butterfly koi... Lol...
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why no butterfly koi?
 
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got about 70% of the gazebo (tiki hut) built today (roughly 10' x 20', will eventually have the bbq/grill/fridge island and bar, and dining set under it)

also going tomorrow to get 2-6 more koi (depending what we find and like), and a few pond plants (depending what we find)

algae finally started growing on the walls and bottom so im going to grab a few hi fin sharks also, and someone has to get rid of a monster sized pleco so I may adopt that as well

going to start looking for small turtles now too

ill try to post some new pics soon
 
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i used to love going to koi station.... i know some of you might know/remember roland... he can probably still get some nice japanese koi... he used to get me some very nice stuff... that place was the spot....
 
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JDEllis said:
where is/was that?
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it was on valley where the 710 ends... i used to buy koi fish from him on ebay... we would meet in alhambra.... i think... lol... i think [MENTION=654]lowbudget[/MENTION] knows him... or [MENTION=21]jimmy007[/MENTION] i don't remember which asian mafia member knows him...
 
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gumbii said:
it was on valley where the 710 ends... i used to buy koi fish from him on ebay... we would meet in alhambra.... i think... lol... i think [MENTION=654]lowbudget[/MENTION] knows him... or [MENTION=21]jimmy007[/MENTION] i don't remember which asian mafia member knows him...
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Asian Asian mafia... lol
 
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gumbii said:
it was on valley where the 710 ends... i used to buy koi fish from him on ebay... we would meet in alhambra.... i think... lol... i think [MENTION=654]lowbudget[/MENTION] knows him... or [MENTION=21]jimmy007[/MENTION] i don't remember which asian mafia member knows him...
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Roland no longer does fish stuff anymore. The place turn in to a medical Mary you wanna place. But there is a place in garden grove that has some nice stuff for good price.

Small wIrks Gumbii. Roland is my good friend. He owns a fleet of super shuttle now
 
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No chance for pics yet but today I added:

4 Ryukan
4 Red Cap Oranda
4 Panda Oranda
4 Black moor
4 Ranchu
4 Shabunkin
 
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