Reader's Koi Ponds | John Middleton

In issue 13 of Koi Talk magazine we featured the pond of Koi hobbyist, John Middleton.
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[@sharonmiddleton-smith5776]

Awww my Dad…so so proud of what he’s achieved over the years. He’s an inspiration to us all 🥰

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

It's a lovely pond, a credit to your dad.

[@derylsmith3429]

Absolute credit to Dad there Sharon, bloody gorgeous pond and garden to marry so well together. Can you ask Dad Middleton what the media was ‘light tag’ or something?? Super absorbent, from the power stations or something please? Oh and if you can buy it? 👍😂

[@sharonmiddleton-smith5776]

@@derylsmith3429 oh I have no idea what you’re talking about 🤣 but I’ll ask him tomorrow 👍

[@Smog104]

Your Dads got a great philosophy no Koi snobbery here 👏👏 and what an amazing set up I made a rectangular pond with ready made kit . I feel a bit embarrassed your Dad is very ingenious indeed and NO UV and water like gin 👏👏👏👏

[@garyclarke1718]

Your Dad is amazing. and knows what hes talking about. ask him if I can buy one of his baby chagoi plz

[@hippo5346]

Great to see someone with such obvious passion for the hobby , without needing to spend massive amounts of money on fish and filtration . Hopefully , will inspire people who aren`t so well off to have a go at creating something as beautiful as John has

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Thanks 👍

[@countrykoipond]

How lovely to see a hobbyist who has been keeping koi for such a long time giving some great advice. The garden and pond fit together beautifully

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

So true! Thanks for watching.

[@Smog104]

What a cracking pond that’s really impressive

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

We agree! You can see John's passion for the hobby shining through.

[@thepeoplespond]

Love this pond and more importantly love Johns enthusiasm for the hobby Great job sir 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Long may you continue looking after your beautiful pond 👍🏼👍🏼

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

You can really see John's passion for the hobby shining through.

[@solarsuresam1273]

Exactly how I like a pond , and I love the way he goes about keeping his Koi, I could listen to him for hours . 👍

[@fishtales2597]

Now that's old school, beautiful pond and fish

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

You can see John's passion for his pond shining through.

[@andrewleak6297]

Very enjoyable.clever filtration system. Reminded me of my late father who built his own pond and filtration system for his koi pond.

[@paulsabucchi]

Congrats for your lovely pond, great to see a pond that has been going for 20 years without any fancy contraptions, as Ricky said: keep it simple!

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Absolutely!

[@sabarinath4524]

Absolutely breathtaking and such a soulful creator ❤ love from India

[@anthonywatkins2783]

Beautiful pond and setup, really like the in ground ponds, far more natural, thank you for uploading this lovely and informative video, lastly your garden looks stunning. 👌

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Glad you enjoyed it Anthony.

[@milothechihuahuabrunetandmommy]

What a beautiful pound and fish thank you for sharing God bless you always have a beautiful day

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

You’re very welcome 🙏

[@johnmiddleton1611]

I should like to thank you all for your lovely comments, there's lots to learn in keeping koi and if you are keeping koi or thinking of keeping koi I suggest you join a club there's a lot of knowledge out there to be had regards John

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Thanks for taking part in the feature John, judging by the comments there's certainly a lot of love out there for your pond.

[@thepeoplespond]

Thank you for sharing this amazing pond and filteration with us all Love it 👍🏼👍🏼

[@guerillawes]

Such a beautiful garden & pond. Well done for what you have created 👍🏻. I loved your statement " if you enjoy your fish that's all that matters"....wise words.

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Many thanks Wes.

[@mattb231]

Lovely pond and amazing garden. Very talented man.

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Can’t argue with that 😎

[@derylsmith3429]

Lovely pond and stunning garden that works so well together. Love the filtration set up too 👍

[@derylsmith3429]

Would be interested to know the filtration product you mention ‘light tag’ was it please??

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

I will get in touch & let you know 👍

[@andrewjones7670]

Fantastic video, showing what can be done with a simple set up and experience .

[@tonyfuller3010]

A beautiful pond and garden. Hopefully it might steer people that want a pond away from the trend for above ground ponds and totally agree with growing your own fish rather than buying for competition.

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

People have certainly found this video quite refreshing

[@fishtales2597]

Some people have rented homes so digging a huge hole is not possible so a raised pond is better than nothing

[@JamieP.London]

Lovely pond and what a guy 👍

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Sure is, thanks for tuning in JamieP 👍

[@rjcharlick]

What a beautiful video this man needs a pat on the back. What a set up . Goes to show if you know what your doing like this man you don’t need a lot of money to set it up . ❤

[@brummiekoi]

absolutely fabulous 👌 don't change a thing that's what you call a pond it's a credit to you my friend just Smashing 🙏👍

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Successful ponds are all about building an ecosystem 💯

[@keepingitkoi]

What a stunning pond and garden very jealous 😍

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

So are we 🤦‍♂️

[@BlackCountryKoi]

Great pond and stunning garden looks better in the flesh and john is a great koi keeper and really nice bloke 👍👍

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

It was a pleasure to chat with John

[@TelfordKoiPond]

Wow….absolutely amazing pond👍😊. Very interesting watching and enjoyed not only the current set up but your snippets of wisdom based on what you’ve done in the past👏👍. Really admire whet you’ve achieved…..brilliant👍🐟🈲😊

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Just goes to show there’s more than one way to run a koi pond

[@craigsb709]

Great pond - much nicer than the contemporary sterile cages with a window

[@johnhancock1968]

That's exactly how I want my pond & garden to be . Looks so natural in what I can only say is like the garden of Eden, what an inspiration. ❤️

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Thanks for watching John, it's a lovely pond.

[@MrSmithy63]

Thats koi keeping , awesome !

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😁

[@richardbrunton2068]

What a nice pond and top fella. Cheers 👍

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

💯 agree

[@mikeeljahosafats3231]

Excellent!!

[@bodrulchoudhury4332]

Thank you John for an amazing Birmingham and West Midlands koi show, I was the lucky winner to win one of your fish (Yellow one). It is now happy swimming around in my pond 😊

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Well done Bodrul! Thanks for tuning in to Koi Talk.

[@markbrady7462]

Great honest video. Keep up the good work👍

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Thanks Mark 👍

[@JamieLawrence88]

Quality content as always!

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Much appreciated, thanks Scorpio Jay!

[@tonybarker428]

Stunning pond and garden 👍

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

It really is, glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@paulwelling8243]

Beautiful pond👍

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

It really is!

[@milothechihuahuabrunetandmommy]

Just beautiful thank you for sharing just subscribed to your channel God bless you always have a beautiful day

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Thanks! Welcome to the Koi Talk channel.

[@bunnyman69]

Wonderful pond.

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

It certainly is

[@amysmith7986]

My grandad ( we call him popa tho) he is such an amazing person, dad, popa, brother, uncle and citizen of his clubs and uk love you popa x

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Amazing thanks for sharing.

[@johnmiddleton1611]

thanks darling xxxxx

[@stevef452]

Inspirational

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

We think so too 😎

[@stevenlane2641]

An awful lot of good old common sense. Great pond, nice guy. Stay safe and well 👍🏻

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Something you find hard to find in this hobby sometimes

[@wayneferrer8935]

stunning pond 👌

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Thanks Wayne, glad you enjoyed it.

[@tuckerwulf8386]

I appreciated your frustration with flukes. Not sure I caught the temperature you were keeping your pond. Are you sure the pigeons are bringing them in or could it be the problem is the eggs? Seems unless you get the temperature quite high, the life cycle of the eggs is very unpredictable. I consider this one of the biggest challenges for the hobby right now. I have new equipment coming to increase the temp and follow the instructions from a previous Koi Talk video. However, I just tried to look up which Koi Talk video that was to reference it and it seems to have been removed. Was it???? Now I am concerned that advice has been retracted. It was a far more aggressive approach. Perhaps there was a problem? Fluke eggs are a challenge many keep trying to ignore. Great tour and beautiful pond by the way!

[@richardthurston92]

OLD SCHOOL LIKE ME LOVELY

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Great pond! Thanks for watching.

[@westcliffkoipond6786]

Hi I've just subscribed to your channel 👍👍

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Welcome, thanks for subscribing to the channel!

[@chrisb.1116]

A very fine gentleman.

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Indeed.

[@robsarge4902]

I’m bringing a 4 inch pipe from my bottom drain into a block built chamber , I love the idea of the pipe as an isolation . Is that just a 4inch pipe into a connector

[@johnmiddleton1611]

yes a standard 4" connector

[@deejaysmi1469]

that's very nice, well done John. What size is the pond - looks quite big?

[@johnmiddleton1611]

5000 gallons

[@deejaysmi1469]

@@johnmiddleton1611 thanks

[@MikeZak101]

totally agree with the comments made at the end of the vid, can't stand the concept of koi shows, these are living animals not classic cars

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Thanks for tuning in 😊

[@davidharris4933]

hi ya , can you tell me what the gravel like media is called

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

I think it might be called Canterbury spar, you can find it at most aquatic outlets 👍

[@johnmiddleton1611]

It's lythgtag it's a waist product from power station you can see it in garden centre's they lay the pots on it as it's very absorbent

[@mollymolly1601]

You carnt buy experience

[@KoiTalkMagazine]

Absolutely

[@ahmadfauzizahrawanbudikusu3698]

chambernya lebih besar dari kolam saya 🤣

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😂