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Toxic Plants! |
Caution when
landscaping around the pond. Verify plants overhanging the pond are ok.
Keep in mind plants which may be further away that are vulnerable to
having winds blow items into the pond. The plant seeds can swell and plug up the
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Toxic Materials! |
Caution when
landscaping around the pond. Verify building materials used in or
around your pond are fish safe.
Keep in mind that chemicals leach out and may not seem to be a problem
till its too late. Koi symptoms may be slow at first, then without
warning, your best Koi stops eating one day and dies the next. Many of us build decks around our pond. Be sure that treated lumber when used in no way is over the pond. Consider using Doug Fir for your Joists and deck boards. Any treated lumber must not have the ability to permit any water run off to enter the pond. |
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When using the newer plastic deck boards, contact the manufacture about your intentions. Evergrain makes plastic deck boards that have a beautiful 3D grain. There customer support when contacted would not guarantee it to be fish safe for Koi. SkagiTek used it anyway and do not have any known issues from using it for over two years. However, to avoid 95% run off into the pond, a single sheet of plastic was laid down over the joist prior to covering the joist with Evergrain deck boards. The sheet was drooped in between the joists with the droops sagging towards one end to permit water run off away from the pond. This should also avoid ice build up which might damage the deck. The only boards that are going to have a chance to leach into the pond are the deck rim boards. We make no recommendations that this product is fish safe. |
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