My new pond....DIY filter/waterfall

[shelbyzman]

I just completed my around 200 gallon fish pond.

It's a 7x10 liner with a DIY filter.

The filtration consists of a pump (aqua active 400 gph $28 shippped on ebay) and a water hose that feeds the water to my filter.

My filter is a modified flower pot that holds pot scrubbies and sponges. The water is then fed down the waterfall.

Total cost:

The filter (flower pot / media) and water hose cost me around $20.

The pump was $28

The liner was $40

Already had the fish

Rocks/driftwood was free

TOTAL= $88

 

[manfromnantucket]

that big peice of drift wood would look great in my tank

 

[shelbyzman]

I tried and failed to put it in my 125 tank. It is such a big piece and there was a lot of pressure (resistance) when trying to put in the tank. If it was water logged it would of worked. I didn't feel like messing with it so I put it back outside around the pond.

 

[D-WALT]

nice im hoping to do something like that soon as i get the chance!!!

 

[swede]

nice. do you have a heater on that?

 

[manfromnantucket]

I tried and failed to put it in my 125 tank. It is such a big piece and there was a lot of pressure (resistance) when trying to put in the tank. If it was water logged it would of worked. I didn't feel like messing with it so I put it back outside around the pond.

yea im sure it was a pain in the ace to try to get it to sink..lol

 

[shelbyzman]

nice im hoping to do something like that soon as i get the chance!!!

It's definitely worth it! It is fun to watch, totally different than my fish tanks

nice. do you have a heater on that?

Nope, last year the pond froze over a couple of times but the fish were fine.

yea im sure it was a pain in the ace to try to get it to sink..lol

It sure was a pain.....there was so much pressure when pushing it under th water that it made me a little scared that it would bust the glass

 

[Wiggles92]

Looking pretty good. How's the DIY filter working for you?

 

[shelbyzman]

Looking pretty good. How's the DIY filter working for you?

I have only had the pond up and running for a few days so I don't really know 100% how it's going to do.

I did look at the media and it is getting crude out of the pond.

Hopefully the bio filtration will get started soon.

Algae is going to my main concern as the pond gets alot of sun

 

[swede]

you can add plants around the pond to lessen the sun and add to the beauty. elephant ears are nice plants to grow around the edges