peacemaker92

Your pond looks great! I love the fountain design thing. I agree with everyone, your koi's will look great with your awesome pond!

gremlin

I had my pond up under the porch for a while and it got NO direct sun. It was on the east side of the house under the overhang. I put house plants around it and as long as I kept them watered, they did fine. They got plenty of indirect light and humidity from evaporation from the pond. Here are some of the plants that I tried:
schefflera
pink polka dot plant
dracaena
small ivy (the house plant varieties)
pothos
and a bunch of others that I don't remember the names of...
The ivy really took over all around the pond. There was enough of it that I cut bunches of it to decorate for my nieces wedding one year. Now that my pond is out where it gets full sun all morning, I have various thyme plants and dichondra planted around it.

Jess

Hi Rick,
You would need some filtered light for the elephant ears. I wish I knew what their Latin name is. But you can find them at most garden shops. Usually you buy the bulb and just plant them in soil. They take a while to come up but its truly tropical by the end of July.
I'll see if I can post some pictures.
Thanks,
Jess

gremlin

Colocasia esculenta aka elephant ear

Jess

Thanks Gremlin : )

Jess

Rick, I found a photo of my pond from last year. Jess

hockeyref88

WOW Jess that is a lovely pond you got there....................Very nicely done...............

Jess

Thanks, It was the beginning of my fish keeping. I bought my house 7 years ago with the pond. It was never large enough and deep enough for the fish to survive our winters. So I brought them in and set up a 55 gal. tank. Try keeping large Karp in a 55 gal. tank. I was changing the water constantly and I didn't even have my python then. So when finally I enlarged the pond and depth, increased filtration, added a waterfall and lights. . . I had a very nice 55 gal tank empty and sad looking. Also I missed watching the guys inside. So after quite a bit of research I now have Discus/community tank. Keeps me very busy. But of course I now want 120 gal. tank. Have to save my pennies for that one. I enjoy both. And its not the end of my hobbies. . . I race sailboats too, its all about the water for me. : )
I see you've got an extensive list of tanks including a pond. Do you have any pictures?

Fishies-for-me

Wow very nice looking pond....I once thought about making a outdoor goldie tank out of an old clawfoot bath tub...i was going to hook the filter pump up to the drain and have it coming back into the tub threw regular old taps...lol thought it would look cool in a flower bed ...never did follow threw ...think it woulda looked cool tho...lol

hockeyref88

That actually sounds like a really good idea.......................Just what I need is another idea for fish.

Rick

Fishies-for-me

Thank you...why don't you try it out for me...lol then LOTS OF PIXXXXXXX!!!!