pics of my new pond

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steelhumm

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Nothing big and fancy, but it's a nice addition to the cemented pool area, gives the pool a less boring feel now. I don't have any closeups of the water yet, these were takn from my second floor deck so it's the best I could do!

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Cool, is it one of the preformed ones? Any idea how much water it holds?
 
it's a 150 gallon rubbermaid stock tank. I had to drive like 2 hours to get to a tractor supply company store to get it...lol.
 
Nice, I had one of those for my turtles a while back, they make great small ponds.
 
I do have a question. I have been talking to a guy about getting floating plant to help with algae growth... because the pond is in direct sunight... he recommended these:

12 water hyaicnth
12 Parrot Feather

said that with those and my filter I will be ok, and in time I may not need a filter at all.

does that sound like a good plan?

Also, I have a few pleco in my inside tank that are outgrowing it...they are not aggresive at all and I have had them from the time they were 2" long...they are now 10" or so. Could I add one or two to the pond if algae does start to grow? the water temps here in the summer will hardly ever drop below 70.

thanks for the help!
 
Never tried parrot feather so can't tell you anything about that. Hyacinth is a good one, as is water lettuce. Anacharis and hornwort will grow free-floating but don't float on the surface like hyacinth, but are both very fast growers. The plecos could probably go in the pond for the summer, Depending on your location I would be worried more about the water getting too hot. Then there's the question of, what happens to them when the summer is over?
 
never thought of the water getting too hot...hmmm...thats a good one! I'll buy a thermometer and keep track of temps for a few days and see how hot it does get. I'm hoping that bieng the pond is about 3 foot deep and I made some tunnels and a shelf in the bottom out of shale that that should give a good place for them to hide in the heat.
 
oh, I forgot... once the summer months are over I can take the plecos out and put them into another inside tank that I have in storage right now. It's a 30 gallon so should be big enough for two plecos, or if they don't get too much bigger I can put them back into my main tank in my living room
 
a sponge filter or just a water fountian feature keep the water cool, i use this in my stock tanks where my commets are, and floating plants like frog bit etc will soak up the sun and let it stay cooler and the water movement keep the oxygen levels good in there
 
You said the plecos are 10" now? A 30gal would not be big enough for them space-wise, not to mention you'd be doing water changes every day to keep the crap from piling up.
 
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