Hi Ingrid, I need your help!

[Budbudford]

I love your outdoor pond on your website, and I am planning on
building one either this fall or ealry next spring very close to
yours. I have a few questions, what type of plants should be used for
a veggie filter? Should filter pads be placed at the point of water
entry on the veggie filter? I estimated my pond to be about 300
gallons in size. 6'x3'x'3'. It will be placed on a concrete slab and
have about 6 solid hours of sunlight each day. The pond will be home
to exotic goldfish: ranchu, ryukins, and lionheads are what I have.

Thanks,
Ed

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yes, the course filter pads can be placed at the beginning to slow the water so it
drops silt AND grab the bigger stuff, but I put the fine filter pads towards the end.
this year I didnt get the pads in and the filter works fine cause it is long enough
that the water slows and drops silt. the water is clear.. tea colored but clear to
the bottom.
I really, really like water celery and cyperus, that tall papyrus stuff. they grow
tall and make massive roots that really filter well. Because the biomass grows up to
2-3 feet much of my veggie filter can have flowers tucked into pots (which arent
really part of the filter cause their roots arent in the water).
water celery and cyperus are cheap. AND in northern areas the cyperus over winters
inside and the water celery is winter hardy.
Ingrid

(Budbudford) wrote:

>I love your outdoor pond on your website, and I am planning on
>building one either this fall or ealry next spring very close to
>yours. I have a few questions, what type of plants should be used for
>a veggie filter? Should filter pads be placed at the point of water
>entry on the veggie filter? I estimated my pond to be about 300
>gallons in size. 6'x3'x'3'. It will be placed on a concrete slab and
>have about 6 solid hours of sunlight each day. The pond will be home
>to exotic goldfish: ranchu, ryukins, and lionheads are what I have.
>
>Thanks,
>Ed



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[Tom pepper]

I am also nearly finished building an outdoor pond for my 5 inch
goldfishes
how can i heat the water for the winter, and what temp do i need to
maintain/not go below for the cold months. Also when is it safe to stop
heating the pond. ( i live in cheshire in northern england, where the
winter temp raely falls below -5 and usually is several degrees above
freezing ?
thanks
Doc

"Budbudford" > wrote in message
om...
> I love your outdoor pond on your website, and I am planning on
> building one either this fall or ealry next spring very close to
> yours. I have a few questions, what type of plants should be used for
> a veggie filter? Should filter pads be placed at the point of water
> entry on the veggie filter? I estimated my pond to be about 300
> gallons in size. 6'x3'x'3'. It will be placed on a concrete slab and
> have about 6 solid hours of sunlight each day. The pond will be home
> to exotic goldfish: ranchu, ryukins, and lionheads are what I have.
>
> Thanks,
> Ed


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all you have to do is cover your pond with some plastic over PVC hoops or wood.
http://puregold.aquaria.net/mypond/winters/winter.htm
a good temp to shoot for is 50oF as they will still want to eat (give them small
amounts every 2nd or 3rd day) and their immune system stays up. you may find the
temp in the pond never falls below this if the pond is in the sun and have plastic.
but the heater (aquarium type, I have a 500 watt for my 1600 gallon pond) is great at
keeping the temp even. dont run a waterfall but I use a "bucket filter" on mine to
provide some filtering and I do check for ammonia before feeding. Ingrid

"Tom pepper" > wrote:

> I am also nearly finished building an outdoor pond for my 5 inch
>goldfishes
>how can i heat the water for the winter, and what temp do i need to
>maintain/not go below for the cold months. Also when is it safe to stop
>heating the pond. ( i live in cheshire in northern england, where the
>winter temp raely falls below -5 and usually is several degrees above
>freezing ?
>thanks
> Doc
>
>"Budb


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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.