Hi from S.E. Louisiana

[tabboux]

I have comet goldfish in a 16 ft round, above ground swimming pool. I have kept them here for 4 yrs. They have grown from 1" to about 8-10" and reproduced. I have lost only 1 to date. By selling or giving them away I have kept the population under control. The water is often like pea soup as I have had no filtration or aeration of any sort. Recently I obtained a small, used floating fountain. I set a galvanized tub on an upturned barrel, filled it with gravel from the driveway, poked some holes in the bottom, stuck in a few taro plants and then shoved the fountain in. The top of the tub is about 1" above water level of the pool. The fountain sprays the water from the tub back into the pool. This has made a small but noticeable difference to the water quality. By trading excess fish for credit at a local pet shop I finally had enough credit to by a 1200 gpm pump yesterday. I plan to use it to build a 55 gal drum bio filter. Found this forum while searching for advice on how to construct,the filter and what materials to put in it. Looks like I can get some help with that here. Any advice welcome.

 

[sissy]

Welcome and the best thing is giving them away as you are adding to all the new ponders out there .We love to help here .

 

[tbendl]

Welcome! I'm also from the dirty south. Glad to have you here!

 

[sissy]

The south is dirty ,how interesting .I thought it was clay or sand .

 

[MitchM]

Welcome!

 

[Big Lou]

Welcome tabboux!

 

[Smaug]

The south is dirty ,how interesting .I thought it was clay or sand .

Wrong sorta dirty,VA isn't even close btw

 

[peter hillman]

The only advice I can give is keep trading up those goldfish!

 

[Dave 54]

Think about exactly what your going to need for your pond before you do anything else an Ultra Violate Clarifier is a must to go with your filtration

Dave

 

[Becky]

Welcome aboard!