Wine barrel fish pond project

[Squissy]

I am building a wine barrel size fish pond and would like to know what type/brand of filter to purchase. Any suggestions? Do I need to include an aerator?

 

[JRS]

Welcome to the forum! What were you thinking for livestock? Some of the issues you are interested in were discussed in this thread:

Water Tub Gardens. What should I consider?

Hello All: A few months ago, I set up my first tub garden. I hope to eventually have three or four of them. My interest is in growing ornamental aquatic plants, not fish. I've been reading a lot about ponds and water gardens but their is so much to consider, and much of it doesn't necessarily...

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[j.w]

@Squissy

 

[Lisak1]

I was thinking of building a pond sized wine barrel... long week!

Welcome to the GPF! There was someone posting recently about a wine barrel pond they built - let me go see if I can find the thread!

 

[Lisak1]

Here you go:

Wine Barrel Patio Pond with Bog

I made this a few months back and had it running in my basement until the weather warmed up here in WI. I came across a few posts on this forum regarding bog filter size and how a small bog / pond system simply doesn’t work. Why wouldn’t something like this work? It’s been running for a few...

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[Squissy]

Thank you Lisak1! Wish I could have this person come to my hone and build one of these for me.

 

[Lisak1]

did you hear that @scumfrog_millionaire ? I got you your first customer!