luckdown
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Well! I got permission to build this pond a while ago with the one restriction that it needs to be raised, I thought this was because my dad didn't want the grass messed up but it's actually due to wires and pipes. I may be able to dig into the ground slightly (and will if things map out so it's possible) but I'll worry about that later.
My dad wants me to start now cuz he wants more fish buddies for my goldfish. He wanted koi but I explained to him why we can't do that and thankfully he understands the needs of the fish need to be put first and we don't have the room for it. Hes being extremely understanding of everything despite knowing nothing about fish.
So the plan is to use a 300 gallon stock tank and build 1-2 waterfalls off of it. I have a couple design ideas in mind that I need to draw up and show him. But I'm not 100% sure how to best make the waterfall from them. And therefore not entirely sure if they'd work lol
I saw something using smaller stock tanks where they cut a hole and put a cut dustpan in it, which looks like a good idea but are there better ways to do it?
The 300 Gallon part will be for goldfish while the waterfall sections will be a summer home for whatever Platies, swordtails, or guppies I'm raising. So I need to find stock tanks that would work for that and I'm not too sure about sizes yet.
We agreed on using stone around it and I'm going to be building my garden off of it as well. Which will mostly be herbs/edibles and possibly a few flowers since my dad loves flowers.
He has expressed interest in having plants in the water so I'm thinking of having some potted plants that are raised up at various heights. But no clue what type of plants.
I feel like I should of started this sooner but we only just sat down to talk over details and placement and what we can and can't do. We've settled on a fountain filter though he wants the focus to be the waterfalls.
I'm still looking around for the best place to get all my supplies at and figuring out exactly what supplies I need.
My dad wants me to start now cuz he wants more fish buddies for my goldfish. He wanted koi but I explained to him why we can't do that and thankfully he understands the needs of the fish need to be put first and we don't have the room for it. Hes being extremely understanding of everything despite knowing nothing about fish.
So the plan is to use a 300 gallon stock tank and build 1-2 waterfalls off of it. I have a couple design ideas in mind that I need to draw up and show him. But I'm not 100% sure how to best make the waterfall from them. And therefore not entirely sure if they'd work lol
I saw something using smaller stock tanks where they cut a hole and put a cut dustpan in it, which looks like a good idea but are there better ways to do it?
The 300 Gallon part will be for goldfish while the waterfall sections will be a summer home for whatever Platies, swordtails, or guppies I'm raising. So I need to find stock tanks that would work for that and I'm not too sure about sizes yet.
We agreed on using stone around it and I'm going to be building my garden off of it as well. Which will mostly be herbs/edibles and possibly a few flowers since my dad loves flowers.
He has expressed interest in having plants in the water so I'm thinking of having some potted plants that are raised up at various heights. But no clue what type of plants.
I feel like I should of started this sooner but we only just sat down to talk over details and placement and what we can and can't do. We've settled on a fountain filter though he wants the focus to be the waterfalls.
I'm still looking around for the best place to get all my supplies at and figuring out exactly what supplies I need.