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Uploaded by on Oct 12, 2007

A lot of people wrote us asking for more details on how we built the self-standing RePoBrain Koi pond. This covers wood construction, bolting and lining. If you want to see more don't forget to see our first video, titled Koi Pond Built by RePoBrain

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  • LOOKS NICE, I MAY TRY THIS 1

  • It's really not hard to build basically a rectangle. And the way I did it it's a very strong. And if you ever wanted to disassemble it does take the bolts out. Someone did complain I put too many bolts and it didn't need the side bolts. However with holding 500 gallons of water at 8 pounds a gallon equaling 4,000 pounds and bolts costing only about $2 I think all air on the side of caution.... besides this also keeps the wood from warping as every corner is secure.

  • Pretty impressive mate

    One question, How many gallons you reckon that construction could take? the length and width is exactly the same as my pond, but my pond also goes down to 3feet deep.

    I'm thinking a good way of expanding my pond would be to create a concrete "lip" or shelf around the edges and then fit something like your pond onto it. it make it somewhere near 5 feet deep

  • yields around 600 gallons. The main thing I did was build a sturdy rectangle with a lag bolts every foot and 1/2f going through multiple boards. Some guy actually criticize me for over building it. Seems kind of silly when leg bolts are about 80 cents. I think it could have gone up a little higher heigher wize especially if the bottom portion was firmly in the ground. Here's a calculator to figure out how many gallons

  • may i ask what the white squares are in the bottom of your pond are?

  • The pond has a black liner. I bought blue and white tiles for bathroom at a hardware store. Or just loosely put in the bottom and I can rearrange the pattern anytime. Sometimes the Koi decide to move them but that's not much of a problem.

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  • How many gallons is this????????????????

  • You don't realy need a skimmer because you got netting on top which stop leaves and other things from getting in the water

  • Hi, I am building a pond exactly like you have but 6 by 6 ft. I have some small "cracks" between the layers of wood. It's about 5 mm. Should I have to worry about them? Did you use the under layer for extra puncture protection? Thanks

  • Did you use pond liner under layer?

  • Well done. Anyone who would suggest not to use the side bolts is a complete idiot. I am wondering why you used the netting on top. I have had koi for years and never had one jump out. What is the experience you had that induced you to put in the netting.

  • i had to watch this twice ...the first time i was just distracted by your accent .....LUMBER ! hahaha

  • Thanks for the Great Idea. I had no room for a in ground pond and this worked great!!!

  • its better to build a cemented pond :)) much easier :>

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