acpart
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi,
This is my first post here. I'm primarily a reptile person but I've been dreaming ever since last summer of having a container water garden up on my porch. I've done a lot of research, but I still have a few questions that I can't quite find the answers to. Ideally I would have a 30-50 gallon container with plants and a few comets. My porch has an overhang to protect from the sun. It has an eastern exposure and gets morning sun ; after that the sun goes up over the house. In the winter I plan to bring the pond inside (I live near Boston)
1. Do I need to have 24 hour filtration for the fish if I have the right balance of plants? I'd like to have a solar pump which obviously would not run all the time.
2. Can comets, a pump/filter and a small water lily co-exist in a container?
3. I'm also curious about what kind of containers people have had good luck with. I'm considering a half whiskey barrel (plastic) or possibly a popup container, although I'm nervous about the flexible sides.
thanks in advance for any advice you have.
Aliza
This is my first post here. I'm primarily a reptile person but I've been dreaming ever since last summer of having a container water garden up on my porch. I've done a lot of research, but I still have a few questions that I can't quite find the answers to. Ideally I would have a 30-50 gallon container with plants and a few comets. My porch has an overhang to protect from the sun. It has an eastern exposure and gets morning sun ; after that the sun goes up over the house. In the winter I plan to bring the pond inside (I live near Boston)
1. Do I need to have 24 hour filtration for the fish if I have the right balance of plants? I'd like to have a solar pump which obviously would not run all the time.
2. Can comets, a pump/filter and a small water lily co-exist in a container?
3. I'm also curious about what kind of containers people have had good luck with. I'm considering a half whiskey barrel (plastic) or possibly a popup container, although I'm nervous about the flexible sides.
thanks in advance for any advice you have.
Aliza