Advice & ideas needed about my pond.

When I had my house built my wife had two garden ponds built. I voiced my doubts to the Thai guy that was building the ponds about the way he was going about it, but as usual I was outnumbered in opinion. Anyway, after six months or so I had one pond filled in and concentrated on the other. I put in a filter as recommended by a local dealer and tried to aerate the water. I have had to clean the pond completely every other month and replaced the cheap pumps every few months.

Anyway, I am now sick of messing around with this pond and am contemplating having it filled in as it is just too much trouble. However I would prefer to keep it if possible, but it will require a make over. I don’t know where to go for help in Thailand and so I thought I would try the TV members (as I do for most things). I only have a dozen giant Gouramis and a dozen catfish type things, but I have had them for over two years and would like to keep them.

I think the best option would be to remove the light blue tiles and go for a more natural looking pond i.e. not clear water. It seems impossible to keep the water clear.

Any ideas will be considered.

I have attached a couple of pictures.

Hi you dont say what colour the pond water is, if it is green then you have algee probs .There are many different ways of solving this problem but the best way is to shade the pond as much as possible.THen there is the most effective but exspencive U v light.Go on the net & key in koi there are pages of advice from all over the world on the best filteration ,pumps & the fight against algee {keeping water clear }