OUTDOOR POND, ALL PIC'S
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Noticed that I did not show the final results of my Arapaima pond.
Running well, notable fish are the Arapaima, 1.5 meters, RTC of 50cm, RTC of 30cm, 2 Peacock Bass, 15 and 30cm and an Oscar of 20cm, Crystal Eye of about 40cm.
Rest is Tilapia, Plecos, Koi, Mud Carp and some others.
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The arapaima is hand-fed, he's very docile and just lies there with his mouth open to get a prawn or other food.
RTC's the same, fun to watch, they are my housekeeping lady's babies...nobody gets near them without her permission..lol.
The pond was setup with minimum amount of funds, total was about 2,500 USD. Many things DIY because of the small budget and used lots of scrap steel, fittings, up to the 2 settling tanks that where made out of 4 old Microwave GSM antennas that we had lying around.
The system works with 2 bottom-drains, again DIY, 2 settling tanks, 2x20,000 liter p/hour pumps and 2 bog-filters.
There is a grow out pond between one bog and the main pond, mostly Koi in there.
I estimate total volume at about 55,000 liter.
Overall design not the most beautiful, but system wise it runs very well. Hardly anything we do except some cleaning on the pumps and cutting back the plants in the bog, they grow very very fast.
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RTC's the same, fun to watch, they are my housekeeping lady's babies...nobody gets near them without her permission..lol.
The pond was setup with minimum amount of funds, total was about 2,500 USD. Many things DIY because of the small budget and used lots of scrap steel, fittings, up to the 2 settling tanks that where made out of 4 old Microwave GSM antennas that we had lying around.
The system works with 2 bottom-drains, again DIY, 2 settling tanks, 2x20,000 liter p/hour pumps and 2 bog-filters.
There is a grow out pond between one bog and the main pond, mostly Koi in there.
I estimate total volume at about 55,000 liter.
Overall design not the most beautiful, but system wise it runs very well. Hardly anything we do except some cleaning on the pumps and cutting back the plants in the bog, they grow very very fast.
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Very impressive ponds in this thread....which makes to set-up a pond of my own...but i have to get a property which can have that kind of space 
...As of now have two fish tanks with African cichlids...
...As of now have two fish tanks with African cichlids...
All the ponds look great. I have been flirting with the idea of building a pond at my house in Massachusetts.
What does everyone do so their ponds do not become a mosquito breeding ground?
What does everyone do so their ponds do not become a mosquito breeding ground?
Just a little surface movement honestly. I get more mosquitos from an upside down frisbee left outside than from my pond.
Our pond, dug in 79, no filter, runs through a natural spring in a top pond , into the main pond, then into a stream. Theres Ghost carp, Orfe and a couple 5-7 inch koi. Oh yeah and probably hundreds of rudd and goldfish.View attachment 1033349View attachment 1033350View attachment 1033351View attachment 1033352View attachment 1033353View attachment 1033354View attachment 1033355You can still see the linner around the front of the pond because we are going to build a deck around it in the spring. Just finished it this yr, (except for the deck) But I a thinking of building a real bog in it this spring and getting rid of the 300 gal bog I have currently in place.
