DIY PATIO POND FOR RARE GUPPIES! (NO FILTER & LOW BUDGET)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2024
- POND SEASON IS HERE! Today I'm making a Patio Pond for my Tiger Endler Guppies! This Patio Pond is super easy to make and doesn't require a filter (the plants filter the water)
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Hi MJ really nice pond, it looks quite natural :) I saw some tips on other videos that I would like to share (people has already share some) :
- it might be good the drill a hole on the side below the edge of the bucket and place a mesh behind it to avoid overflow if it's rainning a lot
- place a branch coming out of the pond if for example a mouse wants to drink from the pond and falls inside of it then it can get out by using the branch
Cheers.
Thanks for the tips!
Hi MJ, nice project. Normally myriophyllum must be 10~30cm below the water surface. They are oxygenating plants, and they can survive winter. Mine were stuck into 3cm thick ice layer without problem. For the water lily, that tiny pot is too small. The rhizome will explode it. And the pellets provided are clay. You have to mix it with soil.
Cheers.
Nice what a transformation you made with your outside( balcony). I bet you have a million guppy’s now , as mentioned by someone else you have to make an overflow, a small hole on the back with a little piece of hose which waters the grass plant outside the pond so you can top of the pond with some fresh water now and than and the overflow waters the grass behind .
It's time to start setting up ponds and I am looking forward to finally setting up my first. This came out great. I could listen to you talk about fishkeeping all day, you have such a relaxing demeanor. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do this season.
Need to do a update on this in the future! I want one but would love to see how it last long term.
These little ponds sure can change the look of a patio. Beautiful 👍✌️
Love the idea of the wood stack for lots of little hidey holes. Great job ❤️🇦🇺
Agree!
Just love this video! I thought I was going to make a pond this year, but I still have other landscaping priorities. This makes me want a pond so badly! Thanks for sharing your build process.
Hope you can find the time for it! Totally worth it!
What a sweet little setup. Maybe look at getting a little solar pump so you can have the sound of trickling water too
Solar Fairy lights threaded through the fence and you’ll have a great space for cocktail hour or morning coffee 🥰🐠🍹☕️
Great idea!
What a great space now to come out & relax with a few cocktails. Love the whole effect you did hiding that pipe and that tall grass behind by the large branch was the perfect touch!! Happy Summertime!! Have a great weekend!
I agree about that tall grass abd bamboo fence!
Awesome setup and great makeover of your patio. Very inspirational. Take care.
Lovely and artful, as always, just beautiful!
What a great idea Mark! Gives me some inspiration for my small garden 'make over' i am doing.
A tip for future ponds:
You do not use any nutrients in ponds, at all.
That includes no aquasoils, and the plants you buy must be rinsed with water so that the soil separates from the roots.
I’ve had a Pygmy lily in a pot pond for around five years and it’s doing great, flowering every year. You will need to lower the plant in the water as the stems grow, eventually planting it in the substrate. The lily pads need to be at the surface and the flowers will poke just above. It will look great once it’s grown in.
Very cool set up Mark! That bamboo idea to cover the fence looks great! Man I want a pond now! 😂
Can't help thinking of that Russian handsome guy in stranger things!🥰I just made a pond scape myself and this is just what need to improve mine. thanks so much!
I love it! Think im going to make myself a mini pond too! 😊
Looks great! I have the same plastic barrel that I retired. This makes me want to take it out and setup a new pond!
ive been watching mini pond builds and im gonna make one and now ive seen you do it!
Geee thanks now I need to go do something with my pond lol . Fantastic job my friend. You never stop inspiring and motivating me.
Hey! Ja ik denk dat het maar voor een paar maanden is. Zodra de herfst begint zal het wel te koud worden voor ze
@@MJAquascaping Mark dit is de antwoord voor de gast met de endlers!😉😄
Wow! Beautiful 😍
Turned out great Mark !!! This is what I love about your channel , your attention to details has always been a huge reason IMO for how successful you are & what keeps your channel in a very small community of the best on You Tube . I look forward to see how your pond will do & I have no doubts by the end of your time here there will be a nice collection of some very inspiring living bodies of water 💙💚🌍
Thanks so much!
@@MJAquascaping Hey Mark , I also think ? I want to mention ? I swear I will never just know my native language as good as Norwegian where my Parents are from 🤔 The other day Pond Guru was showing a really good solar powered pump that might just be the ultimate w/ your new pond . Take care ☯️
@@stoneysscapes7544 i will check it out!
Thanks for the video. I use a solar powered pump in my mini pond. It works very well. Just to have a little water movement
Really cool mark,looks great,good job man.👌👍
I loved it. I am planning on diying a pond as well, this will help me lots.
Awesome content my guy, keep it up!!
I would suggest a small overflow hole for when it rains on the side at the top and glue a small piece of screen over it so you won't lose the fish.
Really cool video man. Thanks for sharing
Really cool mini pond. I wish I had the pond plant selection you have on my local gardening center.
I'm wondering how they have such selection! Where I live, aquatic plants and animals are considered invasive, so it is always a struggle to get some. I think we are allowed only those that are clean cell propagated, no snails of any kind!
Very cool MJ!! I'm looking forward to watching updates. I hope ni disaster (overflow, birds or whatnot) will disturb this set up :)
The pond looks beutiful keep up.the good work mark😁💪💪
Thanks 👍
Looks beautiful
Wow, i'm amazed by the final effect. Especially having low cost in mind. Pls make an update with the lilly blossom :)
Will do!
I used same bamboo on my channel lol it's is super to cover up ugly old fences nice job with that and giving me the inspiration to make my own small pond better looking. I subbed ofcourse
Muy hermoso, muy buen gusto y el tutorial muy profesional.
Great job, MJ!
Thank you!
Great video. You could have done away with the aquasoil, gravel and floss by just using pre-soaked LECA (light expanded clay aggregate) . All my houseplants I have put in my aquariums (e.g. peace lilies, pothos, anthurium) are in hydroponic pots which are smaller versions of the large tub you are using. The plant roots will then grow through the basket and get their nutrients from the water column. Layering the top with insect screening would allow you to top it all with moss glued to the screen maybe?
It looks beautiful 👀✌🏽👍🏽
That looks amazing I mite do one myself cos I've got loads of endlers
That container is exactly what I built my pond with this year
planning to do a semi indoor mini pond w/ those oversized chinese inspired pots lying around the house. i'll put a submersible mini solar pump in it too for a little water movement during the daytime.
Looks great, but bit too cold for guppies right? I think typically people use rice fish because they can tolerate a huge temp range
Now that MJ has a pond, I'm getting one
The dragonflies were giving you free food at the end.
I love these kind of videos.
I'm happy you like them!
@@MJAquascaping 👍
Heel erg mooi!!! Ik heb zelf de mud bucket gemaakt die Dean van aquarium co op heeft laten zien..Dit ziet er mooi uit en gelijk geinspireerd om een tweede te maken meer in deze stijl!
Misschien een stomme vraag maar wat gebeurt er dan in de winter? Overleven de vissen de koude?
@@xXVickerdXx I was wondering the same thing! Can anyone please shed some light on the matter please🌸
Hello MJ, I Just fell in love with freshwater fishtanks and bought a 125 gallon. I’ve been really enjoying your serene aquascaping videos. I want to try to propagate a miss carpet using your hand blender and painting method. I would be incredibly grateful if you could give me your opinion on how much actual moss I will need for such a large space? The tank is 6 feet by 18”, and I am planning on hardscaping with a large driftwood “tree stump”, a driftwood arch, and dragon stone formations. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise! You are incredible.
Moss* carpet. Sorry for the typos!
So I went out yesterday and actually bought the exact same pot you have. This was completely random as this video popped up on my feed this morning.. pond is setup now and cycling.. I decided to use a small filter for flow and used 50% of water from a established tank.. hope it all works out.
This is highly inspirational. What will you do in the winter though? This is kinda the only thing that stopped me from setting up such a little project.
I will either move the whole thing inside or just take it down
Very nice 👍
I have been debating this for years also and just keep not finding time 😅, looks great i would love to see you do a black water nano as they are growing on me.
Stop debating and go do it! 😎 black water nano is coming soon 😊
@@MJAquascaping brilliant can't wait this style is really starting to grow on me and a small nano would be great
Really nice mini pond!
This year I've made not one but two :D, but they are getting destroyed by Robins that come to drink and bath...
hee mark, mooie pond kerel!
ik heb hier mijn black bar endlers ook in zoiets zitten, mijn enige vraag is wanneer ga je ze eruit vangen, hoe en zoniet denk je dat ze de winter overleven?
grtz
Mark , is very very good idea 👍👍👍is very very nice 😍😍😍
Thank you! 😃
mj nice project ;) , i found in my garden center a view nice container. A "pond-like setup can created with this, intressting to see the development of your new setup
Nice pond
I really enjoyed this video, please do some follow ups and let us know how it is going.
Hi MJ really nice pond, it looks natural, I just ask one question, please tell me how to check nitrate and ammonia levels to save from damaged plants and shrimps, and how to add beneficial bacteria, your support/tips are very helpful for me,
thanks
nice transformation
Thank you 🤗
nice idea, I have a plenty stock of sad echinodorus. I need to make a pond for them .
currently my guppy pond is loaded with lots of frogbit. so far the guppies are surviving cold night and hot afternoon 😁 they're sooo hardy for such little fishes 😃😃
What temperature at cold do they survive?
@@jiscotube4318 idk I live in the tropics
Dude you were really great in the latest Stranger Things season
Enzo!!!! =)
Huh? Lol
Holy shit he looks just like him! 🤯
🔥🔥🔥
That's beautiful. My question is, are the guppies sensitive to weather changes?
Perfect timing cause I also wanna make a pond using this type of plastic but bigger than this, I confused what sandnor soil I should use cause aquasoil so expensive that if I put too that pond I gone eating grass for 2 month 🤣🤣, any suggestion?
Looks awesome... won't the floating stuff go over the edge when it fills with rain?
Nice vid. Considering something similar. Did the fish survive the winter OK?
Awesome idea, looks great. Would you break down the pond during winter?
Yeah maybe move it inside somewhere
@@MJAquascaping I'm very tempted to try something like this on our balcony. Thanks for the sharing.
Great job! No issue with not having aeration?
Would have liked to see how you attached the bamboo fence. I have an ugly patio also that I would like to revamp like this.
"OH look, it's MJ, on the patio!" These were my words, and only in hindsight did they make me laugh for some reason
Looking Good. Well Done. Would you do it again with another two ponds?
Yes, definitely
Thanks . Beautiful set up . I have raccoons that unfortunately eat everything
Ziet er weer top uit! Wat ga je er mee doen als de herfst/winter begint?
Of ik zet hem binnen neer of ik haal hem leeg
NEDERLAND!
These little mini ponds are just as addictive as the tanks brother, be careful! 😅😂
Yes they are! Whole balcony is going to be full with mini ponds soon 😂
👍👍👍
What about the fish over the winter period? What temperatures do you get?
Great. I tried to set my tub ponds up on the cheap and was constantly frustrated by the plants needed to be closer to the surface. They kept falling over. In the end I got some floating plant holders. Definitely not as aesthetically pleasing as your tub.
Nice!!! Ik wil ook 😆
Ik kom er wel eentje bij je maken! 😎
@@MJAquascaping Gaan we doen dan binnenkort 😉
Que harás en invierno con los peces? Te ha quedado una terraza fantástica!
¡Tal vez mueva el estanque adentro! ¡O los atraparé y prepararé un paisaje acuático para ellos nuevamente!
Where I am in the UK there is No where like the store you got your pond and plants from.
MJ make a hole beside it, so the water wont overflow.
Can we please talk about that apparatus at your house that you filled your tank with
You should sell a portfolio book with nothing but photos of all your aquascapes!
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Any Endlers jump out? Looks awesome
No jumpers 😁
Anyone have advice for adding plants like that AFTER you already have fish inside? I started a container pond similar to this one and want to add the bog plants but I have five guppies already and I’m so nervous of the transferring in and out
what will happen when winter comes? what kind of temperatures do you get where you live in the winter?
I will either move it inside or empty it out
How do you maintain so the water does not turn green. I have a pond and fish into it but the pond water turn green after a week adding the fresh water
Do you feed your guppies or do they eat the plants. Do you have to put a heater in the tub or are they resilient to all type of weather changes. How often are you expected to clean this tub
Try glow in the dark rocks!
We need a 1 year update!
Hi Mark, what kind of bacteria do you use? ❤️
Enzo!!!!
I like all your videos, nice production, btw. But in case of the pond I may have some suggestions. I used to do such things, I absolutelly love mosaic plant floating, but ... what I don't like it is smell. After some number of days water will smell... and algae... ugh! And yes, 3 dead animals floating, good I notice early enough...
Long story short, without some surface protection, proper aquasoil depth and forced filtration I will not do it anymore. But video was nice! All those changes you made on you balcony are nice! Please, show as development after few weeks. Is outside temperature hot?
I've considered making something similar on my balcony (hang-on type), but don't dare because of weight. It's probably in my head, even with all the herbs and tomato plants it shouldn't get close to 100 kg/m^2 (the norm). Second issue is the heat during summer, which might be actual blocker if I decide to go for it.
Often aquarium fish thrive in summer ponds. If I had a garden, I'd dig a pond to keep swordtails in there for 4 - 6 months every year, even if that meant another aquarium during winter time. They are said to grow big in ponds and their colours... White Cloud Mountain Minnows or Paradise Fish could be even better option for outside pond as they come from colder areas.
Ви творили це маленьке водоймище не головою,а серцем,дуже гарно виглядає.Дякую за вашу працю на каналі,на якому дуже затишно.(Україна)
Дуже дякую
what happens to the pond/fish/plants in wintertime??
Omg why don’t I have a garden center like that around!?!?