Veil Gal's Pond

[Veil Gal]

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[small_ranchu]

Huge and nice color fish. really love them

[Jed]

How beautiful! I can sit there and watch them all day.

[Lari]

Looks like a lovely spot. Nice fish too!

[bigbettadan]

I love the lotus. And Wakins are more attractive to me than koi.........

Dan

[harzan]

Very nice set up there! I always wanted to have nice in ground pond.

[eros]

Lovin the pond and your fishes look very healthy. Besides the Fishmate, what other filtration are you running?

Where's the lotus? Im interested in seeing it in a pond set-up w/ fish

[Jed]

What size is your pond?

[Veil Gal]

I hope my pond photos will inspire people who thought they could not possibly have one. This pond is actually a 300 gallon rubbermaid livestock trough. It sits right by my front door. Large flat flagstones circle the tank to give it a natural appearance, and lots of perennials provide color and contrast. In addition to the fishmate UV, I have a reservoir at the top of my waterfall. This has large round filter media pads to act as a mechanical filter. I also have a potted arrowhead root plant with lava rocks up there to improve water quality.
In the 300 gallon pond I have two potted hardy water lilies, anacharis, and water plantain. The water plantain sits on a milk crate so that it is not too deep in the water. It is important to have both submerged an emergent plants in your pond. I also have water hyacinth. I live in upstate New York, so in the winter I install a de-icer made for livestock troughs : ) I highly recommend a pond. The goldfish thrive, and it is so relaxing to sit and watch the fish.:yess:

[bigbettadan]

Sorry I ment water Lillies not lotus........

Da n

[Veil Gal]

I knew what you meant, Dan, and yes I love the wakin!!!

[SeaWitch]

Gorgeous!!!!:worship: I would love to see more pics! Especially of the waterfall set-up!