New Tropical Pond

[Soggy]

I can't say how impressed I am with this pool/pond, this is just over the top amazing. If I'm ever in a situation where I can do this I'm digging this article back up to base it on.

Thanks for posting pictures and details at every step of the project. I've had a blast reading through such a well maintained thread and seeing this amazing project from every angle.

As far as fish go, personally I think African Cichlids are absolutely perfect for this sort of project. Africans are super colorful and to small to bite if they get pissed (I've seen large Oscars draw blood from fingers) and they won't try laying messes of eggs in the tank as they're mouth brooders. I'd be stocking it with all the brightest Cichlids I could find.

 

[tuggerd]

Feeding time in my major fish pond. The redtailed catfish about took the head off of my painted turtle while he had ahold of a piece of liver. It's a good thing he was able to retract his head into his shell.

 

[dragonsong]

Nice catfish! Love this build, turned out amazing too!!

 

[amazonfishman]

If you don't mind my asking how much do those sealing wax palms go for in your area?

 

[tuggerd]

Sorry but I don't know what your talking about. What is a sealing wax palm?

 

[HungDang]

Sorry but I don't know what your talking about. What is a sealing wax palm?

I think he is talking about those palm trees ! they are called red sealing wax palm !

 

[Hesh69]

ur one crazy m'****a lol Wow mann great job =)

 

[gangster]

NIce little update....ever think of adding any aro's to the ponds?

 

[tuggerd]

Anyone who has followed my pond thread this long must have a serious interest in nature and all that it has to offer. I hope this post doesn't get too goofy but here it goes. I just did some major changing in my fish pond. I feel kind of guilty though. There was so much peace and natural order in the pond then I jump in and started trying to catch fish. Holy mother of god those fish are strong. I took the bridge out and started at one end cornering them into the plants to assure the calmest collection of fish possible. I had the camera ready to be sure to capture every precious moment. The excitement started with a 10lb orange koi swimming straight up the mesh where my wife was holding the wooden frame firmly to assure that no fish would escape between the wall and the mesh. At about the time the koi was inches from her face she let go of the mesh. What a woosy! As I was laughing hysterically balancing the mesh and a hand held net a 6lb guapote rammed the mesh, ripped right through the plastic and started swimming up my shorts. Boy did it get crowded quick. Seconds after my shorts episode all of the fish went airborne and started jumping over, around and through me. Needless to say I about crapped my pants. I had no idea I had so many fish. It was interesting to see them so close to say the least. I managed to catch one peacock bass because with all of the screaming I think we scared him and he ended up in the grass. I grabbed him and ran him in to the house and put him in my 280 gallon tank.
Now I'm no genius, but it didn't take me long to figure out that this wasn't working too well. I decided to call a friend of mine and have him bring his net over. Once again I got the camera ready to catch every moment and once again the fish stared going airborne. This time one of the tetras about went up my sons nose who was dangling over the edge of the pond to get the best view possible. We finally caught all of the peacock bass that I wanted to bring into the house and enjoy in the big tank. I also got the tilapia out of there. They're like a plague. They eat like crazy, they make friends with their predators and they're ugly as heck.
Here is the final product. Its kind of a dream come true. I still feel bad about the chaos I caused in the pond though.

 

[Conner]

NICE! Next time you need to take a video though. And where are the action pictures!?