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A pond with tropical fish

Subject: A pond with tropical fish
by nathangoudie on 2/1/2016 19:20:01

Have anyone ever thought about this??

My dad wants me to build a pond for him in a lot of land he just bought recently. It is going to be fairly big (Im not sure the size yet) but instead of keeping goldfish/koi like people used to do. Im thinking about going with cardinal tetras, angels, rams, discus, some corydas catfish, maybe a shoal of sam algae eater too. And lots of ghost shrimps as they are very cheap anyway.

Water quality in the area is again soft but neutral (low hardness but pH and 7). Which is also been great for keeping tropical fish in my experience so far. Temperature in the area would never make the water go below 25C. Highest temp would be 30C but for a large body of water like a pond, I'd say 28C would be the lowest.

I plan to use a variety of plants to keep the water clear as it is very important to view tropical fish.


Do you think this idea would be possible? Any suggestion is really great.

Im still deciding which filter should I take, I have done some research and it is said that gravity fed filter would be best for big ponds. But since Im having small fish and plants there, would be possible?

Also with gravity fed filter, the water outlet will be at the bottom of the tank, which means I can not use substrate such as sand?
I thought about having a small area of the tank that is completely empty that is netted to create small chamber. That area will be the only water outlet for the whole pond.

Also for tropical fish, would 50-60cm deep is enough? Should I try to go 100cm deep? Im afraid that I won't see bottom dweller fish if I do that