My new heated pond.
Hey All, it's been awhile since I have posted anything so I decide to post some new things of mine. I used to have a 200 gallon aquarium for about 5 years but I moved and my new landlord would not allow a big tank. In my tank I had a Fly River turtle, snake necked turtles, giraffe catfish, frontosas, bichirs and a red eye pleco. I did not want to get rid of my fish so I ask if I could put a pond in the back yard. They said yes, so I didn't wast any time looking.
Looking around on the Internet I found a 300 gallon rubbermaid tub. It was tough and had a lot of room for my turtles. The next thing was trying to find one for a good price. I looked at feed stores but their prices were high. Then I found this web sit called Zorrotools.com and they had it for $199.99 with free shipping to my door. If you register with them before you buy, a few days before they send you deals. My deal was $50.00 dollars off $200.00 or more. So of course I did and it was a great buy. Four days later they delivered it to my front door.
I have grass in my yard and I hate wasting water so I set the pond in my yard where it looks good and also allows extra over flow water to flow into the grass. For water changes, I drilled two holes for two, one inch bulk heads. I just drop a hose in let it over flow into the grass.
For filtration I'm running one Fluval FX5. I purchased the filter off Craigslist for a $100.00 and its been working great for two years now. It was on my aquarium first before the pond. I also installed a inline heater, it's only 300 watts but it works.
Living in SD our weather is nice but mostly on the cooler side. It nice and all but for a tropical pond it does require a heater most of the year. One of the ways I help keep the heat in, is by covering the top with thick 2mm clear plastic. It helps but I found that in the summer the sun was hitting it more causing algae bloom so I added a 5mm tarp for more shade. On my weekends I take both traps off for the turtles, so they can get UVA and UVB. During the rest of the time I move the dark tarp back a few feet rotated around for that week. It helps keeping the algae bloom under control.
Hey All, it's been awhile since I have posted anything so I decide to post some new things of mine. I used to have a 200 gallon aquarium for about 5 years but I moved and my new landlord would not allow a big tank. In my tank I had a Fly River turtle, snake necked turtles, giraffe catfish, frontosas, bichirs and a red eye pleco. I did not want to get rid of my fish so I ask if I could put a pond in the back yard. They said yes, so I didn't wast any time looking.
Looking around on the Internet I found a 300 gallon rubbermaid tub. It was tough and had a lot of room for my turtles. The next thing was trying to find one for a good price. I looked at feed stores but their prices were high. Then I found this web sit called Zorrotools.com and they had it for $199.99 with free shipping to my door. If you register with them before you buy, a few days before they send you deals. My deal was $50.00 dollars off $200.00 or more. So of course I did and it was a great buy. Four days later they delivered it to my front door.
I have grass in my yard and I hate wasting water so I set the pond in my yard where it looks good and also allows extra over flow water to flow into the grass. For water changes, I drilled two holes for two, one inch bulk heads. I just drop a hose in let it over flow into the grass.
For filtration I'm running one Fluval FX5. I purchased the filter off Craigslist for a $100.00 and its been working great for two years now. It was on my aquarium first before the pond. I also installed a inline heater, it's only 300 watts but it works.
Living in SD our weather is nice but mostly on the cooler side. It nice and all but for a tropical pond it does require a heater most of the year. One of the ways I help keep the heat in, is by covering the top with thick 2mm clear plastic. It helps but I found that in the summer the sun was hitting it more causing algae bloom so I added a 5mm tarp for more shade. On my weekends I take both traps off for the turtles, so they can get UVA and UVB. During the rest of the time I move the dark tarp back a few feet rotated around for that week. It helps keeping the algae bloom under control.