Outdoor "Goldfish Bowl"

[Marshall]

I got this small 40 gallon pond (hard-shell) on sale for $24.99 and decided to put it by my walkway as a small fountain/pond for goldfish. I put it in this morning so the area around it is still mostly dirt but I did get some of the stonework done as well as the fountain waterworks. There are three goldfish in it already but they were hiding in the plants when I took the picture. The goldfish are named 'Fold' 'Gish' & 'Silver'.

 

[addy1]

Nice job, cute little pond.

 

[Dave 54]

Cute little pond

Dave

 

[sissy]

So the rocks topping it were part of the pond ,how cute and nice for visitors to see when they walk by .

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Cute little pond, hopefully it won't heat up too much for the goldfish.

Do you have any filtration on it or just the spitter?

 

[Marshall]

So the rocks topping it were part of the pond ,how cute and nice for visitors to see when they walk by .

The rocks are edgers I put around it. The shell is hard plastic so that's how the edgers balance on the sides. Each edger is 3 rocks and they have a curved joint to fit together at the ends.

 

[Marshall]

Cute little pond, hopefully it won't heat up too much for the goldfish.

Do you have any filtration on it or just the spitter?

I have a UV-Sterilizer and a basic cartridge filter that I rigged inside the fish sprayer. The water plants and the shrubs provide a lot of shade so the water stays cool and they always have some shade to get out of the sun.

 

[bettasngoldfish]

The rocks are edgers I put around it. The shell is hard plastic so that's how the edgers balance on the sides. Each edger is 3 rocks and they have a curved joint to fit together at the ends.

Never heard of rock edgers, I like it

 

[Nepen]

I have a UV-Sterilizer and a basic cartridge filter that I rigged inside the fish sprayer. The water plants and the shrubs provide a lot of shade so the water stays cool and they always have some shade to get out of the sun.

Just keep an eye on ammonia level, 3 fish in that tiny pond can get the ammonia up real quick and since it's new there's no bacteria to help yet. (plants help but might not be fast enough)

cute pond I think you should buy another one and make it a carnivorous plants bog..........

 

[sissy]

Love those rock edgers wish I could find them here .He could always use water from the other pond to build up the bacteria .I am still looking for a big tractor tire so I can make that into a pond .

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Love those rock edgers wish I could find them here .He could always use water from the other pond to build up the bacteria .I am still looking for a big tractor tire so I can make that into a pond .

sissy, that would be so cool to have a small pond made with a tractor tire.

 

[sissy]

I asked Mike to see if he can get one off the farm where he gets hay for the horses because the guy has huge tractors and I figure maybe the toads will go there instead of the pond

 

[addy1]

I figure maybe the toads will go there instead of the pond

My toads and frogs prefer the ponds without fish.