[xjasminex]

Your pond is cute =]

I live in NY and cant have one....but i live vicariously through others on here that can.

Walmart is also a good place to check, they have nice large planters without holes, i think mine even have them right now too.

I bought one for my DIY upflow biofilter that i use on my goldfish tank. Its stylish and works well.

 

[bassistjon112]

Hello from nano-reef, I really like your planted stuff. This pond is some thing Ive been want to do. I can't do one inside though because of the cats and out side areas get to sun plus winters. I have planted tanks as well. Having algae issues in my 15g planted, i think the soil is the root of the problem.

 

[hryder77]

Hello from nano-reef, I really like your planted stuff. This pond is some thing Ive been want to do. I can't do one inside though because of the cats and out side areas get to sun plus winters. I have planted tanks as well. Having algae issues in my 15g planted, i think the soil is the root of the problem.

Hi bassistjon112,

thanks for checking out my pond!

I guess it would be pretty hard to do a pond in New York, snow and all...

But in regards to your algae woes I noticed your plants are establishing. Try trowing in some floaters to suck up excess nutrients. What algae are you battling?

 

[hryder77]

Long overdo update!

Wow its been a minute since I updated this thread!

Not a whole lot has changed in the pond. I moved it from our yard to the front door. spruced it up a bit even :icon_wink

I gave away all the females to fellow hobyists. It seems in their older age they just couldn't get along even after being raised together for 3 years. Bettas are tricky like that. having raised females in sororities for years their much like humans, sometimes they just drift apart, no pun intended.

So now a lone male, two white clouds, a lone juvenile CPD, and several ramshorn snails are the only residents of this pond.

The poor little CPD came on some plant trimmings from my 10G display tank I threw in the pond. Ironically non of the CPD fry have survived in my display but this little guys been thriving and shoaling with the white clouds since I spotted him. I was planning on catching him a adding him to my display but he seems so at home and happy with his adopted family heheroud:.

The pond has easily become an excellent grow out tank. It's also been the most stable setup I have. no algae, no bacteria blooms, just good old natural filtration.

 

[Little Soprano]

Beautiful!!

 

[Nestle_]

love this, great idea.
as I keep my betta girls together I love them more and more. easily the best thing for a setup. screw all the other messy setups and hostile setups. betta females are great together in a planted setup. not as evil as portrayed by everyone.

 

[hryder77]

love this, great idea.
as I keep my betta girls together I love them more and more. easily the best thing for a setup. screw all the other messy setups and hostile setups. betta females are great together in a planted setup. not as evil as portrayed by everyone.

thank you!

yeah I had a great time raising this sorority, females have allot of personality and spirit. I love males too but they are often too shy for groups. I've had one success raising a male in a sorority but only because the dominate female was much larger than him.:wink:

 

[bassistjon112]

Hi bassistjon112,

thanks for checking out my pond!

I guess it would be pretty hard to do a pond in New York, snow and all...

But in regards to your algae woes I noticed your plants are establishing. Try trowing in some floaters to suck up excess nutrients. What algae are you battling?

I'm actually digging a pond in my yard now.

Ive got blue green cyano and some hair algae, I plan on just changing my substrate in the next month or two. I think that will solve my problems. The tank link in my signature is my 8g which doesnt have algae problems.

 

[hryder77]

new layout and substrate...sorta

I haven't changed allot since the last update. I did add a solar fountain to keep bugs from landing on the water during the day.

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I also re-arranged the plants to cover the fountain and the back filter. The in tank filter gets clogged up with crap really easy.

oh plus i added white Petco sand as a top layer. Makes it easier to see the fish and plants. also holds them down better.

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I've added a couple almond leaves. The Bettas been pretty frisky since then hehe, but it mostly calms him down kinda like green tea for us :drool: ponds gone blackwater for now.

It's tannin for the summer!

(hahaha wow that was corny :red_mouth)