Here is my pond, just finished the rocks waterfall and most of the back filling yesterday. the rocks at the base were so heavy they smashed the edge of the pond down about 4", so now he have to dig down and lower the rest down, luckily we raised up the ground 8" before we started.
I am growing some tropical water lilies from seed( it's a lot cheaper than plants), they are just starting to come up I will see if they make it? I have 3 gold fish that are out growing my tank, so they will test it too see if it is safe for more fish. The pond only cost $250 the pump cost the most and you can pick rocks up along the side of the road out here in Kansas, and we built the filter.:biggrin:
Found out today that the waterfall is leaking around the back:icon_cry:, so I put a
lot of silicone there and we will see if it still leaks. When it's no longer leaking, I will put in the three gold fish.:fish::fish1::icon_smil
That's the truth:icon_roll! But it was a easy fix, the waterfall was leaking around the side so a big blob of silicone and it's no longer leaking.:bounce:
I decided to try and make my own DIY filter without spending much money. I went with a moving bed filter. Works something like this:
You basically just run water through a bed of small gravel, and the gravel is were all that good bacteria will grow on. On mine I also added some fast growing bamboo to aid in the organic waste removal.
$4 at home depot.
Old water jug and a powerhead I already had.
Filled up with gravel about half way and dumped it in the pond.
Sticks out above the water line so water can splash back in, aerating the water a little.
I want to turn this whole area into mostly orchids. Thinking about chopping down that large palm and putting some kind of wall orchid arrangement. Kinda like this...
What do ya think?
Already started planting orchids from around the house in this area. More will come once the palm is gone.
Maybe one day it will look like this. I took this photo at a recent orchid show.
Beautiful setup. That turtle is very lucky to have such a beautiful and well taken care of home.
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