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I have an indoor/outdoor pond (in a tub). The pond is outside between June and October. Since the pond moved inside I acquired some endlers which are doing very well. When the pond is inside I use a heater set to 76º. When it's outside I don't use a heater and there are some cold days during...

About 2 months ago I started feeding my fish "TetraColor Tropical crisps" that advertises "Natural color enhancer". Just recently I looked at the ingredients and saw that in contains in addition to carotenoids, yellow dye 5 and red dye 3. I have no problem using carotenoids to enhance fish...

My indoor/outdoor pond has been a very successful environment for baby giant danios. I discovered today to my surprise that my neon (and non-neon) rosy barbs have been busy as well. Their babies grow a lot faster than the danios. I'm looking forward to moving my pond outside for its third...

Last year I was sold 3 fish for my indoor/outdoor pond by my LFS (which has since burned down) that were called "Indian Flame Barbs". Supposedly they were males. They are roughly the same shape as rosy barbs but are bright red-gold. Supposedly they were males. I have 2 left and would like to...

I'm already starting to think about plans for my container pond next year when it comes back outside (it's actually not going in for another month but I plan ahead). I need to find different floating plants to keep the algae under control. Without floating plants I get lots of stringy green...

This is my 35 gallon container pond on my 2nd floor porch. It doesn't show the fish --giant danios and Indian flame barbs. I wish it could be outside for more than 4 months a year. Aliza

This is hopefully the last month before I can bring my pond back outside. My taro plant hasn't been doing too well. It got infested with white flies (I think that's what they are) and for too long I thought it was just pollen from the papyrus. I have been wiping the leaves and stem with a...

I don't know if anyone is reading here these days or if everyone is hibernating till spring, but I thought I'd post periodically the results of my first year of having my fish pond inside for the winter (see 2 mo. update below). My water hyacinths and all my larger water lettuce have all died...

At the beginning of October I brought my 40 gallon stock tank pond inside for the winter. It moved from a 2nd floor front porch eastern exposure, to an indoor western exposure in front of sliding glass deck doors. I added a heater which is set at 76ºF and I'm very pleased with the results...

I have been researching on the internet for a winterizing strategy that meets my particular situation with only partial success so I thought some of you may have advice and also suggested websites. I have a 40 gallon porch pond that's coming inside for the winter (I'm in the Boston area, zone...

. . . not the all-you-can-eat kind. I have 6 giant danios in my 40 gallon container water garden on my (2nd floor) porch. I also have a much smaller ceramic container with water since I ended up with an extra plant that didn't fit in the tub. I've moved some floating plants from the big...

I have just set up a container water garden for the first time. It's in a 54 gallon tub which is probably holding about 40 gallons of water. I'm hoping to get fish next week (I started it 2 weeks ago). The only problem I'm having right now is that the water is very murky. There's some algae...

I'm planning a container water garden in a 50 gallon or so tub that's 42"x21"x18". If I put a dwarf water lilly towards one end, would it also work to have a small spitting fountain at the other end, or would that disturb the water lilly too much? Aliza

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...