Regular Member BenJoly Posted November 15, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 15, 2010 Hello everyone, just a quick introduction. My name is Ben I've been in the aquarium hobby for about 13 years. I've kept pretty much everything. I use to have a fishroom of around 30 tanks with a variety of East/West African cichlids as well as South/Central American cichlids. Because of work and constant moving I have not had a fishroom for a couple of years, however I've continued to have a few tanks running. For the pass few years I've helped build and maintain ponds and other water features, which has developed into a fulltime business for me started in the spring of 2010. I purchased a variety of pond fish for my clients which has lead to a new passion for goldfish and I am interested in getting into some of the more fancier types and possibly starting a new breeding project, which is how I found this forum. Currently I a few domestic koi, comets, shubunkins and orandas. I will be moving again soon and hope to finally settle at which time I will look into building a new fishroom. I'm glad I have found this site and I look forward to sharing and reading information here. Thanks, Ben 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Wendy Posted November 15, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 15, 2010 Welcome Ben! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member caitie Posted November 15, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 15, 2010 Ben. It will be nice getting to know you through the forums, with all your experience in fish keeping you'll be able to give some interesting advice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sakura Posted November 15, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 15, 2010 Welcome to Koko's Ben! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Regular Member Kerstin Posted November 15, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 15, 2010 Hi. Nice to meet you. Looking forward to lots of photos of your fish. (And maybe some advise on building my new pond...) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member BenJoly Posted November 15, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 15, 2010 Yes if you have any pond questions I would be happy to answer them. I have built about 30 ponds and water features so far. I do have some in my gallery on my webpage www.myaquaticoasis.com I am currently looking at a new webpage set up and hope to upload all the pictures to my portfolio. I also have some on my facebook account you can look me up and add me as a friend, just send me a message with the friend request stating that you are from Koko's and I will add you Ben Joly 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Cynders Posted November 15, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 15, 2010 Welcome to Kokos! It sounds like you've had an amazing life filled with fish. Especially with your ponds. It sounds great! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member number20121 Posted November 16, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 16, 2010 Hello and welcome to Kokos! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member blackteles Posted November 16, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 16, 2010 Great to have you with us, Ben! Welcome aboard! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member johann_pond Posted November 16, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 16, 2010 Welcome to Koko's tank! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member tarynator Posted November 16, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 16, 2010 Yay, a fellow Ontarionian! (is that even a word?) Welcome aboard 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Kerstin Posted November 17, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 17, 2010 Yes if you have any pond questions I would be happy to answer them. I have built about 30 ponds and water features so far. I do have some in my gallery on my webpage www.myaquaticoasis.com I am currently looking at a new webpage set up and hope to upload all the pictures to my portfolio. I also have some on my facebook account you can look me up and add me as a friend, just send me a message with the friend request stating that you are from Koko's and I will add you Ben Joly That would be great. Thank you. The pond photos from your webside look really nice. Do you have your own pond aswell? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member fruitloop1 Posted November 17, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 17, 2010 Yes if you have any pond questions I would be happy to answer them. I have built about 30 ponds and water features so far. I do have some in my gallery on my webpage www.myaquaticoasis.com I am currently looking at a new webpage set up and hope to upload all the pictures to my portfolio. I also have some on my facebook account you can look me up and add me as a friend, just send me a message with the friend request stating that you are from Koko's and I will add you Ben Joly That would be great. Thank you. The pond photos from your webside look really nice. Do you have your own pond aswell? I know the question is not really directed at me but I would like to say YES, I do,I have one medium pond fixed into soil in my garden containing four very large goldfish which have recently been switched to heating 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member BenJoly Posted November 18, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 18, 2010 Yes if you have any pond questions I would be happy to answer them. I have built about 30 ponds and water features so far. I do have some in my gallery on my webpage www.myaquaticoasis.com I am currently looking at a new webpage set up and hope to upload all the pictures to my portfolio. I also have some on my facebook account you can look me up and add me as a friend, just send me a message with the friend request stating that you are from Koko's and I will add you Ben Joly That would be great. Thank you. The pond photos from your webside look really nice. Do you have your own pond aswell? I'm like the mechanic with the worst car. I never did get a chance to finish my pond, we just sold our house and will be moving soon. So no I do not have my own pond, however I treat all my customers ponds like they were mine. I will have a small deck pond this year just to keep some of my pond fish in over the winter, maybe around 200g. I am kind of in transition right now. I have an application in with the Canadian Coast Guard, I am currently in the testing stage, if that goes through then I might be moving out of province. If it doesn't go through I will be looking at opening a dedicatted pond shop and expanding my pond build business. So far my biggest pond I've build was a two tierd pond with a small stream in between. The upper section was around 12 feet long 8 feet wide with a 6x6 waterfall, flowing into an 8x8x7 feet deep pond with a fountain. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member BenJoly Posted November 18, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 18, 2010 Yes if you have any pond questions I would be happy to answer them. I have built about 30 ponds and water features so far. I do have some in my gallery on my webpage www.myaquaticoasis.com I am currently looking at a new webpage set up and hope to upload all the pictures to my portfolio. I also have some on my facebook account you can look me up and add me as a friend, just send me a message with the friend request stating that you are from Koko's and I will add you Ben Joly That would be great. Thank you. The pond photos from your webside look really nice. Do you have your own pond aswell? I know the question is not really directed at me but I would like to say YES, I do,I have one medium pond fixed into soil in my garden containing four very large goldfish which have recently been switched to heating That's great, ponds seem to be a big thing in the UK. I've looked into swim ponds, which I've read are the latest thing there. They are starting to pop up here in Canada, they advertise them as swim ponds for the summer and ice rinks for the winter... I prefer liner ponds as I think you can make them look more natural, however I have also used plastic resevoirs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Hidr Posted November 18, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 18, 2010 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member shellbell4ever Posted November 18, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 18, 2010 Hello Ben Welcome to koko's 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Rebecca Hampshire Posted November 18, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 18, 2010 and See you around! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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