hi!
i'm new, nicole, and from vienna/austria (europe) and found your interesting forum on the net! here my first question:
we've got many aquariums, and a tiny garden, so it was a "logical" step to try putting a pond into the garden! it's got 450L (~120 US gallons) and is one of those black plastic pre-made ponds. this season we've only put plants and after a couple of months an ancistrus catfish in, to see how it goes. everything seems fine, the water was very clear, we've got gravel on the ground and the plants (reed, swamp flowers, water lilies, etc), and at the moment the fish is back inside. in winter it gets down to -10°C (14°F?) or sometimes even more over here. i've bought one of those polystyren swimmers that lets a whole where it doesn't freeze over to let foul gasses get out over the winter. at the moment it is about 3-8°C (46°F).
what else do i have to do to get the pont over the winter all right? do i have to take the plants out as well or will they survive?
do i have to change any water or take some water out/in??
has anybody got experiences with this kind of ponds?
i'm looking forward to your replies!
lg
niki
i'm new, nicole, and from vienna/austria (europe) and found your interesting forum on the net! here my first question:
we've got many aquariums, and a tiny garden, so it was a "logical" step to try putting a pond into the garden! it's got 450L (~120 US gallons) and is one of those black plastic pre-made ponds. this season we've only put plants and after a couple of months an ancistrus catfish in, to see how it goes. everything seems fine, the water was very clear, we've got gravel on the ground and the plants (reed, swamp flowers, water lilies, etc), and at the moment the fish is back inside. in winter it gets down to -10°C (14°F?) or sometimes even more over here. i've bought one of those polystyren swimmers that lets a whole where it doesn't freeze over to let foul gasses get out over the winter. at the moment it is about 3-8°C (46°F).
what else do i have to do to get the pont over the winter all right? do i have to take the plants out as well or will they survive?
do i have to change any water or take some water out/in??
has anybody got experiences with this kind of ponds?
i'm looking forward to your replies!
lg
niki
