Planning a new pond

[crawls]

Hi everyone,

I'm in the VERY VERY early stages of planning some sort of outdoor fish/koi pond.

I've been researching it on the internet here and there but I'm wondering if you all could point me in the right direction so I can make the process easier on me and the fish.

ALL options are open at this point, I haven't settled on anything.

I live in the SE US where we get very few, if any, freezes a year.

Any help and advice is appreciated, I'm not even sure where I want to start. Hopefully all the knowledgable people at AQ can help me out!

-Cory

[Crispy]

I use native plants that I get from local wetlands... with your climate, probably anything will do well...

[crawls]

That's what I was thinking, any pros and cons to above ground vs in ground?