Tom Burton's Pond

Tom Burton has been a mentor for me after I built my first pond. I met him at a Mid Atlantic Koi Club Meeting and he taught me everything he knows about koi ponds ince then. When you walk into his garden, you feel like you are visiting another country, Japan. He has created his own "Japanese Garden" right in his own backyard. For more information about Tom visit www.tomskoi.com
Video by Bitcon Productions

[@DevilMaster]

Oooooh, *TOM* Burton! For a second, I read that as "Tim Burton's pond" and I imagined a misty pond with black water, grotesque fishes and twisted skeletal trees.

[@magicalmermaidsEXIST]

DevilMaster I fell for the same thing! Lol

[@maxisbored]

hahaha, this comment literally put coffee in my nose :(

[@francy9585]

DevilMaster me tooo 🤣

[@hmoob704]

Why is there Chinese music playing in the background instead of Japanese music?

[@minh4835]

those are Chinese koi. Duh.

[@abdulazizalsurayhi851]

that stupid short bridge is really unnecessary .. i wish i can go there just to pick it up and leave xD ..

[@umairahmed1874]

i read tim burton!!!!!!! my heart came out of my chest

[@ThePalatineHill]

same man

[@testunakayama2966]

strange that the background music are chinese music..

[@WrathOfHorus90]

+testu nakayama hahahah very distracting and insulting lol. Typical of uncultured videos.

[@blackclover240]

Very educational. Owning a pond must be a dream come true.

[@1justice2012]

I dont think you need to be rich to have apond like this, just need to dig, lining and a pump, you can start ith an small pond.

[@moss-water-garden]

very beautiful! You can feel the love for Japanese culture. As a Japanese person, I want to say thank you.

[@2012Wanted]

thank you tom burton for telling me a bunch of shit I already know to the tune of Asian strings. I'm glad you can afford to sit by your 100,000 dollar pond and talk about the subject of filtration vs water volume and put it so eloquently...

[@dianaburton6085]

Ha ha. I’m his spouse. He just passed away but I want to put into record that he built everything but the tea house foundation and not to the tune of any $$$ you mention. He had retired as an Army personnel officer and had never used a hammer let alone built what some find a special Japanese garden. Tom also volunteered his time, never accepting pay, to help others build their dream pond.

[@scottishhippie9652]

I want that backyard so bad!! Maybe someday...this is my dream

[@Kathysart]

On my street just about everyone has a fountain. It sounds terrible! Like everyone is running a bath. Love that you said that is too much.

[@rogemtabares383]

this is my dream

[@jerettegonzales4000]

rogem tabares k

[@tatmanmyownbossdannydraco]

How's it coming along ?? Good luck

[@Ngoquockhanh]

The bridge and the island are so disproportionate to the size of the pond

[@lfperrin59]

Magnificent pond and nice, happy, healthy looking koi !

[@Green4yard]

Japan is mother land of Kio? Fail in history!

[@30eesh]

YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY FAILED IN ENGLISH...

[@anniefeng3795]

The song in the background is Chinese.... just saying....

[@minh4835]

koi originally came from china

[@kevinh2209]

Haha what my dad just said

[@mondraymondo]

the pond is beautiful!! worth admiring! how did you keep the kois from eating the water lilies (or other plants)?

[@idyflay92]

Good✍👍

[@dulcenaranjita816]

"weeaboos"

[@marionmackay8820]

Ean Adventure Eco Villas and Adventure Farm and Nature Reserve in Tobago on this beautiful day in Tobago in the Caribbean

[@marcusaurelius6607]

it's nothing like japan, lol

[@danialglover]

@danialglover By that I mean, I'm American, but I don't find any fish nearly as beautiful as Koi, that would look nice in my pond. Bluegill and Minnow are great, but I wouldn't choose them over Koi any day of the week. I don't care what part of the world the fish came from, as long as they look great.

[@danialglover]

@cchanderson What does being American have anything to do with buying Native fish. Whatever fish looks good in a pond. I would never buy a Bluegill or Minnows for my pond, and completely glad that I chose Koi.

[@minh4835]

it shouldn't take 16 years to grow a koi to 32"

[@TheBarefootedGardener]

This is a tiny slice of Japan! Beautiful design and koi! Although bamboos are grasses, not trees.

[@geemanfunman1267]

Isn’t it easier just to gaff it with a large hook since it’s going to be removed anyways. I’m just saying.

[@reidsmith3002]

I have to admit i did not like the 18 inch depth at first but this guy really seems to know his shit

[@77Avadon77]

18 inch depth is ridiculous. I guess he has no winter where he lives, also Predators will love that. It gives the fish nowhere to go

[@ntponds]

Japan has more high end koi coming out of it then any other country

[@yuanshuan7099]

It is very strange that you use a Chinese back music for a traditional Japanese garden.

[@Kasumi8779]

I'm serious, Bamboo are a Species of Grass. This Narrator needs to learn her plants

[@linga2028]

Kasumi97 and history... I guess. lol

[@moonstarr8053]

pretty koi. we just have goldfish in the pond. and frogs, lol

[@kingjeffishere]

Now, I'm even more anxious to start on the backyard pond!

[@sosweetbaby4]

KAE Official meee too bad thing is I'm at Chicago lol

[@davidsontan5537]

Thank you for sharing. I love your garden pond.

[@MrBrianPritchard]

How do you heat the pond - please let me know. I am in Canada have a koi pond and need to heat it this winter.

[@cynfulification]

What a beautiful pond! Would love to have it some day.

[@geansangineto9544]

I am so impressed with this design. I am so hooked on these interesting fish. I live in Jersey and started collecting in 2012. I would like to learn so much more. I've tried to find people or clubs nearby that are dedicated to these jewels. I have two ponds, 7,000 gallon and a smaller 300 gallon. Hopefully this summer I will be adding another 1,000 gallon pond. Where in Jersey are you located? Thank you for taking the time to give advice. I'm sure it has helped save many koi.

[@RuningTurtle]

Gean Sangineto Tom is located in South Jersey in Monmouth County

[@lytruongtruong40]

Gean Sangineto

[@truthserum5202]

Sure you can have large fish in a shallow pond, but what a miserable life for them

[@berry24]

The Koi Garden is really pretty and peaceful looking. But the water looks too shallow for the kois.

[@chingazful]

His pond garden makes me want to expand mine too. However I have had enough of digging.

[@ariwibowo5964]

Very nice your koi fish mister,i like it all.the pond is beuty.koi lover

[@ntponds]

Yes the pond is heated! Where are you in Canada?

[@kathrynxu4874]

this is traditional chinese music, with all chinese string instruments!

[@AlanMolstad]

what does he do in the winter with the fish?

[@Coalfired1]

Leaves them in with a surface heater I assume

[@Coalfired1]

still just have a floating surface heater i think, ice gets real thick in ND also, but good point because i have never been around any ponds up here that shallow.

[@simpsonlordguy]

it is cold in NJ, he for sure cannot get away with just using a surface heater. I am guessing that his pond is heated.

[@smokeypitbull]

Don't even need a heater. As long as you a have a air stone on a good pump to move the water when it breaks the surface. . Water that is moving will not freeze. .

[@ntponds]

Pond is heated to 50 all winter

[@sosweetbaby4]

Holy shit this is Paradise 😍

[@AtheistCook]

i was thinking about bettlejuice pond!

[@LindaEll89]

The only thing is missing is an beautidul geisha pouring tea in that teahouse.

[@jolkona6852]

How to clean, transparent and change the water and how to reduce ammonia ?

[@user-2hy5wt8]

People who are Ukai are really bad hobbies

[@scottab140]

Came to watch a video of Tom Burton and was thinking it was the Koi pond for the dark fantasy Tim Burton movie director, which was odd combination. "One person's crazyness is another person's reality." ~Tim Burton

[@stubbsaquatics6080]

Very traditional. Love it.. It's like a Japanese park. Stunning. I made my ponds kind of like a Japanese garden met a boreal forest. Well kind of

[@boon9329]

The commentary and music in this video is so cringy, lol

[@hankydeee]

You know your not Chinese!.......... Just had to throw that Seinfeld line in because of my ill assumption. Seriously, excellent pond, great and magnificent koi's. It seems like a very tranquil setting, keep up the good work and enjoy!!

[@Josh-fy2sv]

Why do koi have to be so fragile:(

[@kimuseni]

Awesome pond

[@77Avadon77]

18in deep I'm sure the Predators are going to love that. You're a koi pond is overstocked first off. You need more water for that much koi and secondly without any depth predators are going to steal your koi sooner or later

[@captraykelly]

Watching this again. Great production. One of the most beautful ponds, koi and gardens in America.

[@litoloco4fish]

Exquisite

[@lorikeetvonshweet5669]

I would be in heaven here!

[@mimi-fm5cn]

I love this garden.

[@eilyeungcy]

The background music will down grade my appreciation to this wonderful fishes and the garden. Not all Oriental are Chinese.

[@JTangReef]

Eileen Yeung Well, I guess who ever put this video together can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese. lol

[@linga2028]

Are you sure the design and the fish are not originally from China?

[@ntponds]

One of my best friends is located in Toronto and works on Koi Ponds. Contact Randall Clarke, Clarke Koi Ponds clarkekoi com He will be able to help you out

[@mastertrader3491]

Nice video, I got some useful information. I have 6 baby koi's and one of them seems to scratch itself at the bottom, it must be a parasite then. So how do we deal with parasites please. ??? Pls. help. anyone. I have heard that if not taken cared of, they could suck the living daylights out of your fish.

[@edwardkeenan6138]

Common sense thank you about how many fish you can put in a pond. I was just going to throw some fish in this giant pond i made. good to know. . Can't get away from poop on a farm am learning. On my farm that's how I regulate my chickens and turkies how much poop i have to pickup. Have a great day great video

[@beautifuldurian]

Japanese pond with Chinese word and Chinese music.

[@patrickt873]

That's the Shamisen you are hearing & Japanese and Chinese share many similar writings.

[@dotdotdot2522]

That is definitely NOT a shamisen. A white guy trying to explain a culture that isn't even his. Imagine! Whew chile... the colonizer mentality jumped OUT.

[@myclk63amg]

I loved your pond.. I have a similar setting in Miami , FL .. a Japanese friend told me that in Japanese people has a name for Non-japanese people that love the japanese culture. such as ourself. I was concern about your dept. 18", and predators, bu i am sure that has been taken care of . my pond is 3.5' deep. to prevent birds and raccoons. to attack my fish.. my fish comes to me for feeding time, but i still haven't been able to train them to eat out of my hand.

[@afcimini1]

Beautiful Pond ... seeing this can melt your stress away ... love it ... I have a Beautiful Koi That I purchased from a fish store when he or she was only 3 inches long ... This Beautiful Koi is now about 18 inches long and lives in a 75 Gal. aquarium with large Goldfish ... He is going to out growing this aquarium soon ... I will need something larger for him ...

[@Franklinveterinarycenter1of4]

Do you have a water heater for winter months?

[@barrykoikeepercooper8052]

Great pond Tom new subscriber Barry Manchester England 👍love the garden

[@maxhertford6410]

Tom nice pond. Someone let go a large yellow butterfly in the lake hear in va I see him jumping with the carp all the time at least 20 pounds .huge fish

[@ernakurtagic2467]

I don´t know much about ponds at all, but Mr. Tom you are the man!!! I truly and only liked your pond! Will try to copy some of the things in life but if I dear to say! you are a master!!!

[@petrodvoretz]

Also, one last question How do you get ready for winter ? Do you bring your fish in ? 18 inches don't freeze ? Do you use deicers or do you keep the constant move of the streams ? It's so hard to figure out what to do in case of power outage (you must have a generator). Anyway really this is a wonderful job

[@MrBrianPritchard]

Really looking for some guidance on hearing the pond. I have very expensive koi from Japan. I love them to death. Thinking of them in the cold icy water is just not working for me. Kindly help.

[@clayyates2416]

With Koys All you do is let them feed quite a bit more than what you usually do right before winter and then during winter do not feed them at all because they need heat to be a will to digest their food and just place A few small heaters and a few floating balls to keep some of the water unfrozen

[@barking-Mad-with-Paulette]

Ha ha the male ego at its best......go Tom.......ps love your set up....classy.....awesome fish!

[@vansfordave]

Love it!

[@fuserx1]

Nice pond i recently build my own is about 3k gallons ,I will get some koi soon I want the beneficial bacteria to settle down first and if course i see that you have no rocks in the bottom of the pond which is the way to raise koi i hear i took my rocks after so much sludge settle under them which that will eventually cause diseases on koi,nice pond

[@Skaldi3]

In my backyard we have a wood, and a tiny trickle of a stream it's a tributary that leads directly into a swamp, and later into a local canal. I was thinking of perhaps changing it up and putting in a waterfall and koi pond between where it streams in and where it streams out, with a self-sustained solar pump. I was reading about naturally drawing nitrogenated water up to garden beds 5 stories above this little area which I would love to do.

[@TheFFFF3]

nice design, and beautiful garden and koi fish, but some how i must pointing out all the music played on this video are Chinese!

[@toptop22top]

id hang out there all day and sleep out there

[@jeffboatwright7738]

Love the theme ur going for . But disagree on the pond depth it's good to have shallow places in the pond but you should also have deeper sections also and it's more natural looking as well as less stressful on the fish giving them places to retreat too

[@gomugomunoo4590]

My dream house ❤ if only i can have information on how much it did cost u and by who u build this japanese style house and garden and tea area ..

[@hansen370]

This is not deep enough for places that have heron, you need shelves and hiding spots in such situations

[@sdqsdq6274]

you guys are lucky to live in cooler climate , down here its hot all year round , have to dig in deep

[@petrodvoretz]

Sir your yard is my dream... I can hear me speak through you... haha naturally Feng Shui sensitive people... Also I wanted to as... how often do you have to add water ? I have a beautiful waterfall but I lose water constantly... with the streams that you have I m really wondering about the loss of water.

[@DonnyXT22]

Well, I like your Pond, you must live in a warm State because it is just 18 inches deep. I live in Germany and the Koi stay out in the hard Winter so I need a depth of 5 feet to get them through the winter. What do you think about this? Chris from Bavaria, Germany!

[@normbograham]

I have never seen the sock net. Thanks, one of my butterfly koi, broke some of his fins off in the net.

[@tomdewilde874]

I seriously watched this more than ten times now, and i'm still not satisfied. This is just awesome. Makes me want to go to a shop now and buy Koi, sad that they are so costly, for sure with all that filtration...

[@nicolenewsome4863]

awesome. educational too

[@ntponds]

This pond is heated to 50 degrees all winter long so freezing is not an issue

[@寅-m2t]

ha-ha, this music is Chinese music.

[@tinggoylim1]

Very Informative, and enjoyed this video. Our pond was 5 feet deep, and filter 7 feet deep whirlpool. Enjoyed it till we got hit by TapeWorm.

[@bluesun2662]

Looks like heaven to me...love the video, and Mr. Burton has some great information...a little insight into what it takes to be successful when keeping koi...I had no idea!

[@cnjnjn-e4t]

That is chinese music.... : (

[@ผมมีพ่อคนเดียวคนอื่นไม่ใช่พ่อข]

kkpict yes

[@sanstache2529]

It is boring wish it was like a better teen/ kid music cause I'm a kid and he has a pretty nice garden though so 👍😘💗💝to you im a girl

[@linga2028]

Maybe it’s becoz they were original from China?

[@CAPRICES4LYFE]

6 people need to take it easy in life

[@simpsonlordguy]

what did the tapeworm do to your pond?

[@Metal8Lover]

you can use an aquarium heater just go to your local pet store, walmart, homedepot and tell them what you need

[@ENRIQUEGOITIA]

huge ass koi. plus they'll live almost older than the owners

[@matthewwang1570]

The music is Chinese classical music.

[@I_am_BiG_Al]

That's a great weight off my mind

[@mortgagefinancing5558]

Funny guy so full of himself

[@starbasefiveify]

JUST LOST MY WIFE TO CANCER AND 67 YEARS OLD IN NE Alabama all alone so I thought about maybe raising Koi inside my home...??? It is very cold in Winter and very hot in Summer, so inside the house is best.. ??? Yes ???

[@nautilus2612]

If you're going for an indoor aquarium why not go for smaller fish instead?