Container pond options

You have tons of choices. Home depot carries pre-formed kidney shaped and round mini ponds, giant 22" plastic decorative planters and they even have plastic half barrels. You can also use galvanized or plastic watering troughs found at any tractor supply. Rubbermaid has some heavy duty containers in the 50+g range.


tuff stuff products

http://www.tufftubs.com/

home depot half barrel

http://www.homedepot.com/b/Outdoors-Garden-Center-Pots-Planters-Barrels/N-5yc1vZbx4v

rubbermaid water trough

http://www.zoro.com/g/00058140/k-G0...8P068v5UDPK6LGH_FT0qZ5hZ8Q6Bm78LwSD41l2_w_wcB


galvanised water troughs

http://galleryhip.com/galvanized-water-trough-ponds.html

AGUILAR3 said:

Love this mini pond. More details on the tub set up? Fauna? Flora?

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Thank you!

Container from Costco 36G
Flora:
- Laydekeri fulgens
- Myriophyllum aquaticum - parrot feather
- Horsetail

All plants are in clay planters from IKEA, I also used one planter upside down (as a stand) to raise plants a little closer to the surface.

Fauna:

- pair of fancy guppy
- pair of red swordtail (did not see them for 10 days)
- one molly
- at least two type of pond snails that came with plants

I have a little fountain that operates on the small solar panel (look on FleaBay)

Thanks.

I have had three ponds for 25-30 years. One (the big one) is lined with heavy butyl rubber, the other two are oval stock tanks from the local feed store. I did have a "pond" from a garden centre, but it was thin and cracked after 10 winters or so. Rubbermaid stock tanks are bulletproof, mine's t least 25 years old and no issues. My newer stock tank is the bargain (non-Rubbermaid) option, but it's still much heavier than the "pond" from a garden centre that it replaced. I set them on screenings to level them, then backfill with screenings. Right now they are pretty empty, but one now houses some "rescue tadpoles" from a construction site rut. I usually add a feeder goldfish for mosquito control, but I'll try guppies in the one this year. There is an ugly old turtle fountain that serves as a sitting place for frogs that wander in, but rocks or wood could serve the same function (I will use one of them to presoak some driftwood I'm eyeing up for my 32 gallon inside). I will post pictures at some point.