RE: NANFA-- Crazy idea for ultimate pond

Chip Rinehart (crin_at_glassmaster.com)
Mon, 19 Apr 2004 08:53:32 -0400

In my pond system I'll have the 60gal pre-form full of elodea as a
vegetative filter. It will flow into a 15gal streamlet pre-form (3 sections
that are approx 5gals each) filled with lava rocks. I'll probably have at
least one Japanese or Louisiana Iris in there as well. Currently the
streamlet has java moss, water iris, azolla (kept in place by a screen),
some type of fern I've found growing in the water and a couple of arrowhead
plant and pickerel weed tubers.

>From here it runs into a 25 foot long stream that is divided into two
sections by a gravel dam (which water flows through so it could work as a
bio-filter). The upper stream currently has fieryblack (Cyprinella
pyrrhomelas) and yellowfin (Notropis lutipinnis)shiners and the lower
section has lined topminnows (Fundulus lineolatus). The stream then flows
into a 165gal pre-form which currently has blackbanded sunfish (Enneacanthus
chaetodon) and banded topminnows (F. cingulatus). This flows into a 100gal
pre-form which has more blackbanded sunfish along with golden topminnows (F.
chrysotus), bluefin killies (Lucania goodei), and pygmy livebearers
(Heterandria formosa). This flows into a 125gal pre-form which is currently
empty except for a few Heterandria, some plants and a covering of azolla.
The upper two ponds (165 & 100) have nymphoides spp., parrots feather, hair
grass, and several other plants growing in them. I have a screen over the
spillways to prevent fish from moving downstream (I hope). I still have a
lot of work to do to get them presentable such as the rockwork around them
and the plants in them.

Chip

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From: Gastropodmania_at_aol.com
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 8:19 AM
To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Crazy idea for ultimate pond

How will you perform biological filtration?

Gastro

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