Setting Up A 'Temperate' Pond

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Offline Helen

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #120 on: February 17, 2019, 08:23:37 AM »
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That lily is beautiful.

What volume of water have you got in your pond? Also, it strikes me as quite square, so perhaps it is also a really good shape for minimising heat loss.

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #121 on: February 17, 2019, 06:25:45 PM »
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Pond holds 300 litres of water approx. ( including filter). It’s rectangular (950 x 550 x 575) actual internal dimension.
I am going to push up the temperature to 22 C and modify the heating to include another temperature controller as a ‘failsafe’. I have found that 1 of the 300 W heaters is perfectly capable of heating and maintaining the temperature even during the recent cold spells. I can run one of the controllers at the same temperature setting (22 C) with a slightly increased heating / cooling differential (say 1.5 C). If the main heating circuit fails the backup will take over.
I can change them round occasionally to allow each heating circuit to operate.

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #122 on: February 21, 2019, 09:53:55 AM »
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Latest video of the pond inhabitants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIGiTqJSE7k
Looks like I have mainly female Rainbow Shiners. Have to pick up more males if I can.
I think I'll also add a few more WCMM as well.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIGiTqJSE7k

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #123 on: February 21, 2019, 11:17:59 AM »
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I had stopped for a coffee after cleaning the tank that contains my rainbow shiners, and watching your gang in your pond made me chuckle with joy. They all look so perky, and with great colours. Your plants look lovely too.
Well done.  :cheers:

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #124 on: March 26, 2019, 04:53:52 PM »
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Just started slowly "cranking up" the temperature in the Pond (see pic of last 7 days).
Its on 23 C at the moment. The Sunny weather were having is helping enormously.
I will probably start transferring a few of my 270 litre tank inhabitants next week.

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #125 on: March 30, 2019, 08:15:29 AM »
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Temperature is now set to 24 C. A bit of Sun on the pond yesterday and the temperature crept up to 25.1 C (red warning on the graph). I had the high temperature warning limit set to 25 C so I set it to 26 C to cater for the increase.
I might have to get the fan out sooner than I thought.

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #126 on: September 04, 2019, 11:30:25 AM »
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Firstly apologies I haven’t been around recently so will need to catch up with everything that’s going on with the Forum.
Here is the latest video of the mini pond, now in its 2nd year. https://youtu.be/ohq1xGNmH4Y/
I have now decanted the fish from my Eheim 270 in order to strip it down and thoroughly clean it.
Had to turn the temperature up to cater for them and they appear to be loving it in their new environment.
I will try to get some stills from the video and add them later.

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #127 on: September 04, 2019, 10:33:37 PM »
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Hi @daveyng great to see more of your pond!  :cheers:

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #128 on: September 08, 2019, 10:34:17 AM »
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Your fish are looking great.  8)

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #129 on: March 11, 2021, 04:10:10 PM »
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Here's the latest on the Pond which is now in it's fourth year.
Current inhabitants are mainly Barbs (Golden, 5 Banded and Odessa) with some Diamond Tetras, White Clouds  ,Swordtails and a few male Endlers. There are also a few Rainbow Shiner left from my original shoal.
There are also Amano shrimp and Cherry shrimp as well.
I keep the pond covered in Winter and place a fine plastic mesh over it during the Summer which keeps the temperature down to a reasonable level. Currently the average temperature is around 24 C.
I have 2 x 300 W Titanium Heaters on Separate controllers in case of failure.
The Pond is monitored with a Seneye device.
I have attached a few pictures from a video I produced recently(I'll add a link to that soon).

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #130 on: March 11, 2021, 04:34:57 PM »
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Here’s the latest video #Invalid YouTube Link include https#

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #131 on: March 11, 2021, 04:36:39 PM »
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Have to remember how I added the videos. I’ll try again later.

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #132 on: March 12, 2021, 10:34:33 AM »
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Latest video of the Pond inhabitants at feeding time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVbMzHWliiE

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #133 on: March 12, 2021, 10:58:18 AM »
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One thing I have noticed is the difference in behaviour of the fish in the pond in comparison to aquarium residents. They tend to be more ‘lively’ and aware of their environment than their indoor counterparts.
They seem to grow more rapidly and their colours are more intense.
Probably due to the extra live food (insects etc.) they have available to them.

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #134 on: March 12, 2021, 04:03:23 PM »
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Few more 'Stills' from the video.
You can see one of the Golden Barbs and a few of the Odessa Barbs in one of the Shots. There is also a female Shiner in view.

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #135 on: March 12, 2021, 06:22:21 PM »
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Have to remember how I added the videos. I’ll try again later.
I usually find inserting a third / after the https: sorts out the problem (think @Robert advised that long ago), but glad you've somehow managed to upload it.

Great to read of the pond updates and to see how lively the fish are - wow!  :fishy1:   :fishy1: :fishy1:
How do the titanium heaters work ie do you have a power supply somehow connected?
I imagine the extra space in the pond (.v. an aquarium) likely helps the fishes' growth.  I once spotted an x-ray tetra in a LFS which was a lot larger than any of mine ever reached - I suspect it had lived in a comparatively large tank but had been brought into the LFS for rehoming.
Thanks for sharing the video and the 'stills'.  :cheers:



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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #136 on: March 12, 2021, 06:43:58 PM »
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The titanium heaters I have are made by aqua medic. They are used with a thermostatic controller. I use a D-D controller which has both heating and cooling output. The heaters are more efficient than the glass alternatives.

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #137 on: March 13, 2021, 09:26:27 AM »
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Your gang are very active in the video. Great to see them all doing so well.  :cheers:

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #138 on: June 01, 2021, 02:54:14 PM »
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Latest pictures of the Pond inhabitants. The Plants are starting to grow rapidly with the increased sunlight hours. I have to prune them on a weekly basis.

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Re: Setting up a 'Temperate' Pond
« Reply #139 on: June 02, 2021, 06:11:32 AM »
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Thanks for the pics and update on your pond.
Great to know that everything is going well and looking good.  :afro

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