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Sears sells 1500 watt floating heaters. Depending on how warm you want the water and how high you can stand your electric bill you could get more than one. They are about $100.

Yes sir

The pump should be placed at the lowest point, that pump should be connected to a bucket with a hose by cutting a hole in the side of the bucket towards the bottom and sealed with aquatic glue. Another hole should be made at the top with another hose that allows the water pumped into the bucket...

A diy canister filter using a 5 gallon bucket or larger using any water pump moving between 400 and 800 gph would be you best choice. Just use the pump to push water into the bottom edge and flow out the top edge of the filter into the pond, with the filter filled with at least two types of...

Lucky duck. Leave the babies in the pond, they already are a few weeks old being that they are an inch long and gaining color. All you need to do is buy some flake food, because the babies cant eat sticks, too big. I would also do a partial water change to reduce the algae bloom causing the...

Haha. 5 years and you trust him to feed but not change water. Haha that makes sense. Good luck

Freshwater is what i am about so this is great news.

I am actually in Elk River. Where do you go for supplies?

I would ditch the carbon, but thats because i feel that BB are better than some carbon.

I'm in the NW burbs. I do not treat my water, but I only keep Koi and goldfish. The hard water does help plants grow, if you were thinking planted.

I stand so both of you are lucky.

Why no plants?

Switch your bleach with hydrogen peroxide, it is safer for the fish. Also i recommend not boiling larger rocks, they sometimes explode from the random air pocket inside them. Otherwise your plan is solid, I also use natures free supplies. Remember when collecting wood that hard wood is what you...

Leave the clouding in the tank it is a bacterial bloom that after a few days will attach to your filter media. In other words you are doing a fish in tank cycle. Do some research on tank cycling and you should feel better or at least know what is taking place in your tank.