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@primalsurvivor7000

4 жыл бұрын

OMG I just made one yesterday, thanks to your old video... BTW try lotus plants, duckweed and isopods...

@unusualaquariumecosystems5805

4 жыл бұрын

@@primalsurvivor7000 How big is your pond?

@primalsurvivor7000

4 жыл бұрын

@@unusualaquariumecosystems5805 bucket size.... Holds 6 species like salvinia, duckweed, pennywort, water lettuce, lotus, frogbit

@xueli834

4 жыл бұрын

The blog article is gone!!!😭😭

Honestly, watching you just shank a plant was kind of relaxing in an odd way and I don't know why. You are just super awesome, keep it up!

@caewalker9276

4 жыл бұрын

That was cool.

@AquariumPlantLab

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent shanking form!

@Fish-mc2gs

4 жыл бұрын

excuse me. What?

@OptimismNinja

4 жыл бұрын

Right?! That was amazing!

@thestarspark2288

2 жыл бұрын

I found it slightly disturbing lol

legit thx for going through bit by bit as u go, nice to see the whole process instead of just pure broll or time lapses

That’s going on my list. Can’t wait to see how it progresses. Good luck.

Under gravel filters clean them up really nicely.

I have just been given a little metal tub like yours, so this video was super helpful. Thank you for sharing 😁👍

I'm so glad I found your videos!!! Thanks, this is great. I can't wait to make my pond!

@AQUAPROS

4 жыл бұрын

Yay!

Beautiful pond. Well done 👍🏻

wow this is so relevant my aunt gave me a little pond today!

Definitely gonna try this

Great video mike, got me thinking weather to give it a go now

Awesome video! Keep up the great content. 👍

This is great already

Super cool really like it

OMG I made one Yesterday!!!!!

Great video with good ideas! I also literally live 15 minutes away from the Monterey Beach!

@AQUAPROS

4 жыл бұрын

Thats cool! Although im not sure what the "laws" are regaurding that sand, I know many businesses have lost thier ability to mine for it or whatever. You might be chill tho if ur just gettin a lil bit, world is crazy tho so watch yo back 🤔🤠🤠🤠🤗😇

@gustavovaldez8033

4 жыл бұрын

@@AQUAPROS I agree with you! 👍😁👊

I've seen ponds with sareacenia, that would be so cool.

🔥🔥 Dope set up 🔥🔥

For everyone else : Have an amazing day and don't give up on your dreams, Stay home stay safe ))

@_Miss_Mary

4 жыл бұрын

How about get out and get some fresh air and stop being afraid of a 99.6% survival rate.

Very interesting, Thanks!

Nice🤓👍Thnx for sharing this

Neat, looks cools really cool 🤓

If you are worried about zinc, maybe put a pond liner in it?

nice mini pond there :D "D cheers

I’m making one thanks

Interesting idea!

If you are concerned about leaching you can use a spray epoxy from home depot or lowes. It's cheap and eliminates the mixing required of standard epoxy so anyone can do it

I have an outdoor pond ecosystem with daphnia snails guppies and plants and without us feeding it it has been going for almost three months

@borisbuliak3626

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you have managed to let nature take its course. Would love to hear the particulars of the set up.

Nice idea

Thank you so much for this video!!! I can not wait to do this!!! Can I ask what you do with it in the winter and what do you do with fish in snow weather???

Omg this is awesome do you have more videos like this???

2:27 More like Prison Mike

You go mike

Mike bringing out that knife at least once per video 😂

Thank you for that me and gf is planning to move to a new apartment and some points I'm hoping to get a balcony so I can build an outside pond for my 3 turtles I have

@AQUAPROS

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

You got the solar panel why not get a battery to run the pump at night. That solar panel should be good to change a battery. Looks good 👍

@AQUAPROS

4 жыл бұрын

Genius! This is why I make vids 🤯

@BlatentlyFakeName

4 жыл бұрын

Just a low powered air pump with sponge filter will do. You can get off the shelf solar ones with a battery built in. It will probably never run flat.

Totally love that mosquito basin.

Hi, do you drill holes in the tubs, in case it may rain to stop over flow? Do you do water changes?

Awesome video... But is the plant fertilizer fish safe?

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Love this video! Got a question for you: We're setting up a small pond (ca. 17 gal) for the first time, and thought we did things well enough to be pre-cycled . . . used a large, established sponge for bio-filtration, started out with transferring water from established tanks, loaded up on plants from established aquariums . . . but the nitrite (middle step in cycle) is still reading high -- though the nitrate is also increasing daily. What would you do to get it ready to add fish? Add some bacteria supplement (e.g. "Cycle")? Water Change and assume the best since nitrate is being produced? Add another established sponge filter? Just curious.

@scouthall1940

2 жыл бұрын

try using safe start

@cocolocobirb981

2 жыл бұрын

Lemme guess, you’re using. A plastic storage tub with rope handles? I’ve been looking at those :)

@justinjones2926

Жыл бұрын

Are u really a folk if u didn’t know about dis

Geat video! I am making an exact mini pond for my back deck. Just wanted to know what kind of grasses did you use? Are they especially for water or ponds? I got some water hyacinths. THanks!

@Lazy_Fish_Keeper

2 жыл бұрын

You can look at marginal reeds, sedges and grasses to select good pond / bog plants.

I wanna replicate this just for my goldfish

Can you tell me the name for the metal container? Also what type of plastic container you recommend for keeping turtle?

Looks great...but won't it be hard to see white fish against the light sand?

your probably fine with the galvanized steel but if you didn't want to take it one step further you could always spray it with something like plastidip given a bunch of coats.but honestly I seen people do it to and they never had a problem. Ps thanks for a great vid.

@AQUAPROS

4 жыл бұрын

Dank 🤠🤠🤠

@daslage7067

Жыл бұрын

@@AQUAPROS They Make paint on Liner called Pond Shield.

Thanks for the video,i have an old tub of my mother's,been wanting to make a water garden.didn't know where to start,just want plants,will mosquitos get in the water?

@AQUAPROS

4 жыл бұрын

Check out my newest video, all about mosquito contol!

Great video. Are there any no-nos in regards to what container to use? Are most pottery coating and glazes pretty safe?

@AQUAPROS

4 жыл бұрын

Ive heard people raise concerns about certain glazes, not sure which ones. I thinks odd are you will be fine with whatever you use tho 👍

If you want to remove the zinc coating use vinagar

This might be a dumb question but is the soil from the potted plants safe? Worried about added fertilizer in the killing fish

@brightyourdaychannel9309

2 жыл бұрын

I am wondering the same thing over here

@rogerhust

Жыл бұрын

Not a dumb question. If the plant was purchased at a garden center, rinse the roots off well and repot the plant in inert clay soil. Or purchase the plant from a pond supply store.

@charlottebowler2497

11 ай бұрын

Plant soil is safe to put in water as long as it is old soil, which has much lower concentrations of chemicals, fertilizers, etc. New soil is not good in aquatic planters

Yaaaaa

Read reviews that it's not a good material as a pond, let alone for fish. Also heard stories about them leaking. The plastic barrel is much better and doesn't bow. They also come in 20+ gallons and cost only around $30.

If you were to put fish in here what would you recommend using to heat the water

What brand is the stronger pump?

Good work

Hey Mike! How's this pond doing? I just made my own pond with that exact same tub, but I noticed the water gets pretty warm after a while. It is in direct sunlight from morning up until 2 or 3 ish I think. I created a make shift cover for half the tub today, so we'll so how it holds up tomorrow during the day. Do you recommend me moving it to a shaded area? I'm scared if I do the pond plants won't get their daily sunlight. I also added some "fatheads" and they all died after a couple minutes. Even when I let them adjust through the bag. Just added a water pump today and there's also a small filter which really doesn't do much

@Lazy_Fish_Keeper

2 жыл бұрын

It sounds like the water was oxygen depleted when you added the fish. Latitude and temp affect how hot the water gets, and how much aeration is needed. My friend in Dubai has to keep the pond in shade after 8 am, and has to run a pump and fountain from 8 am to 10 pm so the water doesn't overheat. They also had to select fish that matched the temps, and have the fish imported. Keep 75% of the surface covered with floating plants (and not more than 85%) to reduce evaporation.

The soil that the plant came in- did you have to throw out the soil and put new soil in before putting it in the pond?

You think TriColored Swordtails would work in something that small???

Is this the 16 gallon tub?

Hey there😁 I live in Las Vegas and am building a pond for my small patio at my apartment in the next 2 weeks. I'm experienced with ponds but it's been about 5 years since I've had a house with a yard. I get great morning sun until about noon but not a lot of light the rest of the day. I'd love to have flowering plants, can you recommend a pretty one that would do well in the Las Vegas heat? I will have a stronger current with a waterfall to help cool and oxygenate the water, however I've never had such a small pond. What are your thoughts on the material that would be best to cool the pond? Do you think that a liner is the way to go or a galvanized Steele would be better to keep it cool? Thank you in advance lol

@cristhianzerimar

Жыл бұрын

How'd the pond go? I'm also in Vegas and thinking of making one.

Does the Aquaclear HOB really work outside exposed to the sun and rain? I have an extra AC 50 somewhere that I could put to good use in a setup like this but in rains fairly frequently in Houston, and I wonder if it would work

@borisbuliak3626

4 жыл бұрын

If your “mini” pond is set up correctly there’s no need for filtration at all. Plants and fish will live of each other. In Japan as well as in tropical locations like S. Florida they fend(the fish and the plants) for themselves. Rainwater is their water change with occasional fish loses. No biggy if fish are reproducing. Lastly a power head or a water jet maybe used to create current, but even that is not necessary but optional. Some fish species do not like heavy flows like the rice fish.

What does the pump do? Filter? Oxygen or what?

Would the fish survive a frost ?

how often do you clean a mini pond

Dam I need one of those floating plants hyacinth but I believe I can’t buy them in California

I killed my goldfish in a galvanized container. It usually happens slowly. So you don’t know why they died. But goldfish live for a long time when properly cared for. If the water is being changed daily, or the container is old, then it is ok. But if the water is not being changed often, (DAILY) then it slowly poisons them.

Doesn't the steal over heat in the summer?

If you need pond plants and your located near or in Toronto Big Al's has some huge XL plate sized water hyacinth and water lettuce, got my 3 for $25. (Was a deal going on at the time)

@arthurdewith7608

4 жыл бұрын

big als is dead this spring

How do you control the temperature? I've been wanting to turn a kiddie pool into a pond, but the temperature gets so high on hot days!

@sarasthoughts

3 жыл бұрын

Simple: you can't. The water needs to be deep for fish to be able to move around in the correct temp. That's why lakes always have living fish, summer and winter.

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I would think that using this tub is going to create excess heat in the middle of the summer whereby creating problems not just for the plants but you don’t wanna cook any fish

I remember you’re tank where you OD’d with C02. Happened to me when dosing Excel. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have known how to save them

@breanneloro1277

4 жыл бұрын

Ironic you say this! I came home to my CO2 diffuser popped right off my airline hose and it was just pumping into my tank. My boyfriend was home an hour prior to me so I know it happened within the hour or so. My fish were on the verge of death I think. And I instantly started doing water changes I did a 100% water change I’m sure. And had NOT ONE FATALITY!!!!! all of my fish and shrimp bounced right back and are all still alive. ( this was around Christmas). sooooo thankful for Mike because I also probably would not have known what to do either!

@JoseGonzalez-fn8wo

4 жыл бұрын

I have a school of 20 serpae tetras and only 2 passed away. I was sad but relieved that I saved most of them. They were gasping for air just like in fish tank Mike’s video.

@AQUAPROS

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you saved em!!!!

@AdriCr4ft

4 жыл бұрын

What happened with excell ?

Do you need a pump for a pond?

Pond Tub Mike

@AQUAPROS

4 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

Is it possible to DM you to throw an idea your way that I've had for the past decade to make a pond on my deck it seems crazy and I haven't seen anything close to what I've imagined that I want to do

Id put some straps (preferably metal) around the pond to prevent bowing, just so it holds up with time

@arthurdewith7608

4 жыл бұрын

why it's strong enough i have used it to water cattle on the farm

@dennisflanders1957

4 жыл бұрын

@@arthurdewith7608 If it wasn't clear enough I was concerned with the bowing. Albeit I have never used one of these so your word is more useful then mine here.

I used a metal container too then I got scared of electrical shock but never got shocked but still want to use one I guess it's safe ?

What about mosquito larva?

Idk even know if I'm first cus yt is broken oooof!

Even hardy fish like minnows shouldn't go in it if the pond is in a full sun area?

do these miniponds attract/produce mosquitos?

@Mr345696

4 жыл бұрын

Yes they sometimes can but once you add fish they will eat any mosquito larvae!

Mike Mike mike

@AQUAPROS

4 жыл бұрын

HUMP DAYYYYYY

I've watched so many of these beautiful ponds! I've noticed the aquarium chemicals.... Would the chemicals hurt my birds that bathe in it or drink from it? It's not so much for fish as it is for frogs and birds

@AQUAPROS

8 ай бұрын

What chemicals???? Water conditioner and beneficial bacteria? These are all safe 🫡

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Why don't you cut off the top rim of the pots of the pond plants? I think it would look a lot better without those above the water line. Or do you want to keep the rim above the water so the fish won't get in there?

@AQUAPROS

4 жыл бұрын

I think thats a great idea!!!!! Thank you very much 🙏

Does it neeeed a filter? Don't they keep rice fish no filter in Japan? Or is that just bad practice like keeping bettas in bowls?

Galvanized is not good for fish, beside the galvanized leaches out zinc, which is good for plants, other animals, but not fish. There are several studies on the zinc from galvanized tanks and the dangers it has on fish. I took my 100Galloon back due to that. I hope all is OK with your fish.

This is what happens when people wrong Fish Tank Mike. 2:30

@AQUAPROS

4 жыл бұрын

Lolllls

If you added sand wouldn’t it make the water salty

Would this be a massive mosquito magnet?

@AQUAPROS

4 жыл бұрын

Fish will eat the lavae, if you have no fish, they make misquito dunks that are animal safe and kill the larvae

@icatchtinyfish1112

4 жыл бұрын

they like stagnant water, But the fish would eat it.

@AQUAPROS

4 жыл бұрын

That too 👍👍👍

@f0t0b0y

4 жыл бұрын

Very cool. Thanks!

@cindyvan635

4 жыл бұрын

Use mosquito bits or discs, safe for plants and fish

Unless you get fish, that’s just asking for mosquitoes to come lay in it

@doradora6160

4 жыл бұрын

yes same question?

@Marius-eu8dh

4 жыл бұрын

3:30 he clearly says he intends to add fish later

@borisbuliak3626

4 жыл бұрын

Adding flow greatly declines the prospect of mosquitoes laying larva. Adding fish will just about keeping as close to zero a naturally possible.

@josephcampese5347

4 жыл бұрын

mosquitos like stagnant water. he spent a great deal of time talking about and showing the pump and filter. did you miss that?

@cindyvan635

4 жыл бұрын

Just use mosquito bits or discs, no harm to fish or plants😉

My pond is also galvanized and some of the zinc coating came off

@AQUAPROS

4 жыл бұрын

And?

how do you prevent wild animals getting into it and eating your fish?

@AQUAPROS

3 жыл бұрын

Its up on a deck so no issues with anything that has legs.... Birds dont seem to be an issue in my part of the world ;)

So something to consider is what you’ll to do with the fish in the winter...in most of US I doubt they can overwinter in a small pond like that. So you’ll need an aquarium to house them, or let them die. Plus if they breed in there, you may need several aquariums...it’s fun to set up a tiny pond, but you need to think about the consequences.

@AQUAPROS

4 жыл бұрын

I talk about this in the blog post, part of the reason why I encourage people to read it 👍

What if u get a big rain and ur pond overflows

@AQUAPROS

4 жыл бұрын

Nbd

@arthurdewith7608

4 жыл бұрын

then there is fresh water on there its all good

@gigiberlogea9878

4 жыл бұрын

And no fish will jump out, I know

Hi

@hunterrhodes137

4 жыл бұрын

lol first people watching

won't that at some point rust

The zinc will contaminate the water

i thought it been hit by a rain 😂

Hi i wonder why you never used your new logo :/ is something wrong?

@AQUAPROS

4 жыл бұрын

Coming soon 🥰