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I have a small pond, ~270 gallons, 28 sq ft of surface
I have about 5 sq. ft. of bog surface, it's in 3 resin pots, they spill over. It's pretty. They are fed via skimmer.
I have a bottom drain that feeds into a commercial filtration system: an OASE 1200 (UV + Bio/Mechanical) that feeds into a spillover Urn (with lots of bio material and activated charcoal.
I am thinking of covering the bottom with pea pebbles - same as I use in the bogs. My reasoning is that some of the tropical fish I've added aren't so visible on the black liner, but when they swim over plants or some of the patches of gravel, they are clearly visible. I thought that adding some of the pea pebbles to the bottom would help make fish more visible.
Conceivably it will add more biological filtering, but I think that is minor compared to the filtration I have going on. I do hope the snails will still be able to eat everything up. I have two mystery snails that are about 3" large. I should have some nerite snails as well, haven't seen them in a while, but they are small.
Fish: about 8 goldfish, 30 Silver Mollies (I started with 5), 6 Blue Neon Platys, 6 Pineapple Swordtails, 4 Rainbowfish, 6 Denison Barbs, 5 Pearl Gourami, and 6 Bueneos Aires Tetras.
Yes it's too many fish. I'm okay with that. The mollies are a bit out of control, but they are gorgeous and are my favorite fish right now because they are the most visible.
I was thinking of adding lights as well.
Any thoughts?
I have about 5 sq. ft. of bog surface, it's in 3 resin pots, they spill over. It's pretty. They are fed via skimmer.
I have a bottom drain that feeds into a commercial filtration system: an OASE 1200 (UV + Bio/Mechanical) that feeds into a spillover Urn (with lots of bio material and activated charcoal.
I am thinking of covering the bottom with pea pebbles - same as I use in the bogs. My reasoning is that some of the tropical fish I've added aren't so visible on the black liner, but when they swim over plants or some of the patches of gravel, they are clearly visible. I thought that adding some of the pea pebbles to the bottom would help make fish more visible.
Conceivably it will add more biological filtering, but I think that is minor compared to the filtration I have going on. I do hope the snails will still be able to eat everything up. I have two mystery snails that are about 3" large. I should have some nerite snails as well, haven't seen them in a while, but they are small.
Fish: about 8 goldfish, 30 Silver Mollies (I started with 5), 6 Blue Neon Platys, 6 Pineapple Swordtails, 4 Rainbowfish, 6 Denison Barbs, 5 Pearl Gourami, and 6 Bueneos Aires Tetras.
Yes it's too many fish. I'm okay with that. The mollies are a bit out of control, but they are gorgeous and are my favorite fish right now because they are the most visible.
I was thinking of adding lights as well.
Any thoughts?