Owls little pond

[owlbassboy]

Here's some pictures of the pond so far it's about 5'x4'x21"at the deepest point.

hope you all like. I still need to make a filter yet and collect the pump for it

 

[koiguy1969]

good luck with it. gotta start somewhere....and its good to have you with us.

 

[owlbassboy]

thanks mate i would love something bigger but its a rented house and i got this one for free off a neighbour.

 

[DrCase]

Price was right ...

 

[owlbassboy]

ya got that right doc lol, just be out and filled the rest of the outside of the pond and topped it up with water.

now the big question can i go ahead and get a few goldfish if i have the pump but no filtration as long as i do regular water changes?

 

[DrCase]

You could put a few in to have something to look at
I have confidence in you to keep the project going ,
and you will have a filter before long

 

[owlbassboy]

im still toying with different filtration ideas, do people every run fluidised sand bed filtration on ponds? i think i could throw one of them together if it would work well.

 

[koidaddy]

Looking good Owl. In that size you could build a filter from a 55 gallon container and keep it real nice.

 

[owlbassboy]

I'm just wondering where I would get one of them barrels here in northern Ireland. Where do you guys get yours at?

 

[koidaddy]

Do you have any livestock/farm feed stores? They should at least have the large plastic tubs.

I bought my 55 gallon barrels locally. These are used to ship some sort of geletin(food grade). I get them for $25 USD each.

 

[koidaddy]

Here is a pic of one I stole my idea from.

I have linked two of them together like in the pic, but needed to raise the first one up about 3" due to the strong pump.

 

[owlbassboy]

Ok decided the pond is too high so it's coming out to have another go

 

[owlbassboy]

Thanks I should be able to get them from an animal feeds manufacturer

 

[stroppy]

you could also try looking on ebay i got mine on there

 

[owlbassboy]

pond is now about 4 inches lower in the ground finally and have the paving slabs sorted for around it. thanks stroppy ill look there