- Straight down sides to a tapered bottom with a minimum depth of 4 feet - preferably 6 feet deep, or more.
- Can be lined with pond liner, concrete, or polyurea.
- Retaining walls behind the liner can be constructed with concrete, concrete blocks, or ground-contact treated wood timbers.
- Filtration system consists of a HydroDrain™, a remotely installed HydroClean™ pond skimmer, a HydroSieve™ bottom drain pre-filter, and a fully backwashable HydroBead Vortex™ filter.
- Pump is generally centrifugal.
- Modular UV system.
- Optional secondary magnetic pump for the UV system.
- Aeration Towers to oxygenate and de-gas the pond water outside of the pond for un-interrupted viewing of the Koi.
- No air bubbles in the pond for unobstructed viewing of the Koi.
- Water returns situated to circulate the pond into large vortex to draw fish waste towards the bottom drain.
- No rocks, boulders, or gravel of any kind in the pond.
- No aquatic plants in the pond.
- Safest of all pond styles for the raising of show quality Koi.
- The most hazardous to children of all pond styles.
- The easiest of all pond styles to protect Koi from predators.
- Becomes an item within the landscape - but is generally not thought of as "landscaping".
- Fully backwashable, easy to clean Russell Technologies™ Koi Pond System allows for routine maintenance that eliminates annual draining and harsh
cleaning.
