[kwdelre]

Very solid framing construction.......yes, this is in my living room and yes, I have a very cool and understanding wife

Plywood wall paneling on the inside nailed up, pond liner in place and water being added.

Side panels being stained...

Grouting the travertine stone...maybe I should have done that before filling it :funny:.... nope needed the water to adjust the liner before it could be permanent. Outer panels installed with false maple legs.

Finished pond.

Underwater lights cast an awesome dancing light show on the curtains.
The plumbing for this was pretty simple. The water fall was made form some discounted travertine tile I found. I smashed it up into random pieces and built it up from there......very difficult, never want to do it again.:funny:

Some of my 9 happy Koi

Wish i had more pics of the process but we can't find the files! :doh:

 

[reginanmc]

that's pretty cool. Can you show a pic of the whole room? I'd like to see how a pond works in a living room.

And your wife............she's a saint

 

[thekid55]

that is really nice. but why go with something so boaring like koi.

 

[kwdelre]

Koi boring? Shame on you! Try to get your corals to swim into your hand to eat.

 

[kwdelre]

that's pretty cool. Can you show a pic of the whole room? I'd like to see how a pond works in a living room.

And your wife............she's a saint

Bad glare on this for some reason

 

[VWD]

I like that , very nice

 

[Loverotties]

Very Cool!But I bet you don't eat to much sushi in that room!:lol:and I bet you don't have cats!:doh:

 

[kwdelre]

Never been a fan of eating fish, not for any reason other than it doesn't taste good to me...I have two huskies and they steer clear of the pond, however when the fish are feeding, the noise intrests them. :lol:

 

[reefmanwannabe]

you are soooo flippin lucky. I wanted to do one like that with salt water ,wife told me over her dead body ......I am SOOO gonna miss her . :funny:

 

[ChrisPrusha]

Wow!! Well done!!!

 

[fish.freak]

Very nice, but 2 buckets of salt a MH and some mangroves would be sweet too. :wink3:

 

[reginanmc]

Koi boring? Shame on you! Try to get your corals to swim into your hand to eat.

Agreed, My father-in-law has a koi pond in his back yard, they are very interactive fish. Our nieces love feeding hotdogs to them.

Thanks for posting the full room pictures. It looks great in the room.

 

[ScruffyRubicon]

Very cool! Fits into the room nicely!

 

[crvz]

Wow, that looks great!

 

[TheBeak]

wife=saint.

she have sisters?

 

[kwdelre]

She has a sister.....sorry wouldn't recommed her, I got the better of the two for sure!

Be on the look out for a new build i'll be posting....I just got the ok for an in wall setup on the stair case. The tank will be housing in a bar area in my pool table/game room combined with a in-bar cocktail style arcade.

Here is a pic of the arcade now, but I want a smaller version as well.........yes spoiled, but I built it myself so it doesn't cost much. Can't wait to get started. So imagine a bar table area with a built-in arcade, housing the tank viewable from the staircase as you walk up. Going to be sweet!!!!!!!

The bar table will go right in the forefront of this pic.

 

[aquasalt]

What an awesome Koi pond! How difficult is it to put something like this together? Does it have a filter? What's kind of husbandry is required for this setup?

 

[OneDummHikk]

kw, I thought I was bad. You have tanks all over your house

Looking forward to another build thread!

 

[sasquatch]

kwdelre, thats way cool! we have a 1000gal in our bedroom with waterfalls lol, if the power goes out at night we wake up FREAKED by the silence

 

[dobejazz]

kwdelre, thats way cool! we have a 1000gal in our bedroom with waterfalls lol, if the power goes out at night we wake up FREAKED by the silence

I think we need pics Sas - or should I just ask SWMBO?