Building a 9'x25' pond

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
LED's for sure...

There are many new underwater fixtures that are really sweet. I have replaced to of my low voltage spots on the outside of the pond and the look it awesome. I prefer the white color they give off, some don't. I am now thinking about switching my indoor tanks to LED's when it comes time for bulb replacement.
I agree. They are awesome and are really coming along. I built a 24x3w cree fixture for my nano reef tank and love the look of it. I am thinking of keeping it simple for now though and just getting some color changing led lights to mount to the bottom drain aerator to light up the bubble column as it rises and setting it on a timer. The 6x100w floods under the bridge to a good job of overall lighting, so thinking more of an low energy everyday mood light now.

are you going to just stock this pond with koi?
For now. I have a few bluegill and sunfish (which are cool to watch with a snorkel) but am going to let the koi grow and focus on them.

update plz?
Nothing new. Kate did catch me in the pond the other day and took a quick video. Its pretty cool to hang out in the deep end and watch all the fish swimming around. Different profile than the normal top down view. I am setting up a 92 corner reef tank, so probably wont get to any changes on the pond till late July.

Not sure how to imbed video from photobucket, but if you click on the link it should work.

Video
 
Are you going to do LEDs on the 92?

A buddy of mine has a 220 FOWLR w/inverts. and a few softies running on LEDs. It's Rediclious. The shimmer is unreal too.
 
Are you going to do LEDs on the 92?

A buddy of mine has a 220 FOWLR w/inverts. and a few softies running on LEDs. It's Rediclious. The shimmer is unreal too.
Only partial. I love how they look, but have mixed feelings on how everything is reacting to them. I am going to run a bank of leds, 6xT5HO and another bank of leds to get the best of both worlds hopefully. Here is a pic of my nano under the leds.
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Here are some pond pics from this morning.

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This guy is down about 6' deep

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Nice Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Nano looks awesome....

Sarassa w/lipsick is cool fish.
 
Beautiful tank bro!!!!!!!!
 
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