How to Make a Natural Mini Pond for Your Backyard - Japanese Way

🔗 Save $1,400 A Year with My Complete Aquarium-Saving Methods I teach: https://isamuyoshida.com You don't need a pump, a filter or a big budget to keep a beautiful pond. The first koi ponds in Niigata were small pools beside the rice fields with no machines at all, kept alive by balance. In this video, a koi keeper from Niigata's snow country shows you, step by step, how to build a natural mini pond in a single tub for your backyard, terrace or patio. You'll learn the spot test that keeps a small pond from overheating, a living compost-and-sand floor, a driftwood "tree," the plastic-sheet trick for crystal-clear water, plants that filter the water with their roots, a floating roof that stops algae, and the right fish for your climate.