Wingsdlc container pond UPDATE: 6.4.09

**Tex Gal** · 08-30-2009, 03:34 AM

Pretty neat. You never told us if the gouramis bred or not. Did you have a lot by the summer's end? What fish this year?

**fastfreddie** · 08-31-2009, 03:52 AM

Awesome! What is the plant with the red stem? Alternanthera?

**Wingsdlc** · 09-01-2009, 09:54 PM

waterfaller1 - thanks!
Tex Gal - Last year I put a pair of paradise fish in and came out with swarms of juveniles by the end of the summer. This year I put in a few juveniles that were starting to get beat on by my adult male. I am not sure on the male to female ratio. I am thinking it wasn't good as I have not seen any babies this year nor bubble nest.

This year the fish are not nearly as personal as last year. I think the birds drinking out of the tub has kept them down more often than not.

fastfreddie - you nailed it! It grows really well out of the water. Rotala does too but it more stays neat the surface rather than growing straight out.

JakeJ · 09-10-2009, 01:40 AM

I know people have said it before but.... ITS COOL. Pretty cheap project too by the sound of it. Keep updating please!

**Wingsdlc** · 09-15-2009, 02:33 AM

JakeJ - thanks!

Sorry for the bad pictures but it was getting dark when I found this flower in the tub. I seemed like it was coming from the rotala but I looked up rotala flowers and they are all purple or pink and look much different. Looks somewhat like a sword flower. Any ideas???

Phil Edwards · 10-30-2009, 03:37 PM

Seeing the scummy surface brought up an idea. Have you considered drilling a drain hole near the rim of the tub so you can stick the garden hose in there and do a WC and surface skim?

08-30-2009, 03:34 AM	#46 (permalink)
Tex Gal Plant nut $Tex Gal's Avatar$ (View User Tanks) PTrader: (72/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Joshua, TX Posts: 1,456	Pretty neat. You never told us if the gouramis bred or not. Did you have a lot by the summer's end? What fish this year? __________________ Just keeping on keeping on.... 125G 10G Shrimp Tank

08-31-2009, 03:52 AM	#47 (permalink)
fastfreddie Water Junky (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 624	Awesome! What is the plant with the red stem? Alternanthera? __________________ 29g Journal 10g journal 15g Journal "Modesty is the only sure bait when fishing for praise."

09-01-2009, 09:54 PM	#48 (permalink)
Wingsdlc Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (45/100%) Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Lincolnton, NC Posts: 988	waterfaller1 - thanks! Tex Gal - Last year I put a pair of paradise fish in and came out with swarms of juveniles by the end of the summer. This year I put in a few juveniles that were starting to get beat on by my adult male. I am not sure on the male to female ratio. I am thinking it wasn't good as I have not seen any babies this year nor bubble nest. This year the fish are not nearly as personal as last year. I think the birds drinking out of the tub has kept them down more often than not. fastfreddie - you nailed it! It grows really well out of the water. Rotala does too but it more stays neat the surface rather than growing straight out. __________________ 40 Gallon Long Taken down Aug. 2007 5.65WPG, EI dosing 55 Gallon Set up Aug. 2007 4WPG, EI dosing Container Pond April 2008

09-10-2009, 01:40 AM	#49 (permalink)
JakeJ Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Wisconsin! Oh Yeah! Posts: 436	I know people have said it before but.... ITS COOL. Pretty cheap project too by the sound of it. Keep updating please! __________________ *Jake* Beginings of a Riparium: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...tml#post935761 1g "unplanted" betta tank

09-15-2009, 02:33 AM	#50 (permalink)
Wingsdlc Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (45/100%) Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Lincolnton, NC Posts: 988	JakeJ - thanks! Sorry for the bad pictures but it was getting dark when I found this flower in the tub. I seemed like it was coming from the rotala but I looked up rotala flowers and they are all purple or pink and look much different. Looks somewhat like a sword flower. Any ideas??? __________________ 40 Gallon Long Taken down Aug. 2007 5.65WPG, EI dosing 55 Gallon Set up Aug. 2007 4WPG, EI dosing Container Pond April 2008

10-30-2009, 03:37 PM	#51 (permalink)
Phil Edwards Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Smyrna, GA Posts: 335	Seeing the scummy surface brought up an idea. Have you considered drilling a drain hole near the rim of the tub so you can stick the garden hose in there and do a WC and surface skim? __________________ http://www.aquatic-gardeners.org My tank: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ne...newthread&f=12

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