Hi all, newbie here with a few questions

Hi all

after many years of keeping fish from tropical to a very large
sal****er reef aquarium (400 gallon tank in the lounge) i now fancy a
pond, i cant be bothered to did a big hole so i fancy one of those
above ground kits with the timber surround they do a 400g model, anyway
can anyone advise a good way to filter this type of pond i dont want to
spend a fortune as its not going to be heavly stocked just a few gold
fish or small koi, will i need a uv to keep it clear and from an
electric point of view can i run a exterior grade cable from a plug or
spur in the house to a water proof junction box out side then split it
to power a filter and pumps uv lights etc, any views on this type of
pond is welcome...

thanks
Harry


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Suggs

A couple of things to consider: Are you looking at putting this in full sun?
Partial shade?

400 gallons isn't very large. What they say about aquariums applies to
ponds: the larger they are, the easier they are to care for. Once you get a
pond established, you'll wish you made it larger.

Do you want to have a falls? Use a BioFalls filter and you kill two birds
with one stone.


"Suggs" wrote in message
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Hi all

after many years of keeping fish from tropical to a very large
sal****er reef aquarium (400 gallon tank in the lounge) i now fancy a
pond, i cant be bothered to did a big hole so i fancy one of those
above ground kits with the timber surround they do a 400g model, anyway
can anyone advise a good way to filter this type of pond i dont want to
spend a fortune as its not going to be heavly stocked just a few gold
fish or small koi, will i need a uv to keep it clear and from an
electric point of view can i run a exterior grade cable from a plug or
spur in the house to a water proof junction box out side then split it
to power a filter and pumps uv lights etc, any views on this type of
pond is welcome...

thanks
Harry


--
Suggs

"Suggs" wrote in message
...

Hi all

after many years of keeping fish from tropical to a very large
sal****er reef aquarium (400 gallon tank in the lounge) i now fancy a
pond, i cant be bothered to did a big hole so i fancy one of those
above ground kits with the timber surround they do a 400g model, anyway
can anyone advise a good way to filter this type of pond i dont want to
spend a fortune as its not going to be heavly stocked just a few gold
fish or small koi,

If it's only 400g the koi will outgrow it in a few years depending on
feeding and water quality. Pass on the koi.

will i need a uv to keep it clear and from an
electric point of view can i run a exterior grade cable from a plug or
spur in the house to a water proof junction box out side then split it
to power a filter and pumps uv lights etc, any views on this type of
pond is welcome...

I'll let someone else answer that one.
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Koi-Lo....
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Aquariums since 1952.
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Hi
yes i know that 400g is small for a pond, as much as would love to the
truth is we havent got a lot of room in the garden so cant have
anything too big without loosing a lot of the lawn, ill stick with some
goldfish then as koi wont work long term that did cross my mind as they
do get very big..

thanks
H


--
Suggs

forgot to add, the pond will be in partial shade..


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Suggs

Suggs Wrote:
forgot to add, the pond will be in partial shade..


nice website jani, i may well make a filter myself ive made them in the
past for my aquariums..


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Suggs

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forgot to add, the pond will be in partial shade..

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That would be ok unless you want BLOOMING water lilies as they like all day
sun.
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On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 10:16:41 -0500, "Koi-Lo"
wrote:


forgot to add, the pond will be in partial shade..

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That would be ok unless you want BLOOMING water lilies as they like all day
sun.

I've read that some bloom with only 5 hours of sun.

Regards,

Hal

"Suggs" wrote in message
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Hi
yes i know that 400g is small for a pond, as much as would love to the
truth is we havent got a lot of room in the garden so cant have
anything too big without loosing a lot of the lawn, ill stick with some
goldfish then as koi wont work long term that did cross my mind as they
do get very big..
======================
A 400g for goldfish would be fine. Aside from my larger ponds I have
several smaller 150g inground ponds and the GF thrive in them.
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Aquarium FAQ are at:
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Hey Carol

STFUB and just incase you do not now what those letters stand for....

SHUT THE **** UP BITCH





On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 10:02:12 -0500, "Koi-Lo"
wrote:

"Suggs" wrote in message
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Hi
yes i know that 400g is small for a pond, as much as would love to the
truth is we havent got a lot of room in the garden so cant have
anything too big without loosing a lot of the lawn, ill stick with some
goldfish then as koi wont work long term that did cross my mind as they
do get very big..
======================
A 400g for goldfish would be fine. Aside from my larger ponds I have
several smaller 150g inground ponds and the GF thrive in them.

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