Gary Rollwage
Arlington, Tx
>From: "R. W. Wolff" <choupiqu_at_wctc.net>
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
>Subject: Re: NANFA-- plastic storage tubs as aquariums?
>Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 13:39:24 -0600
>
> > Do you find it necessary to do water changes and use mechanical
>filtration
> > in this kind of setup?
>
>None of my tub ponds have any filtration or areation other than the natural
>from the vega mat and the wind and rain. They stay really clean and clear,
>unless some garbage or animal falls in and goes undetected. I use several
>ponds like this, some are the larger preformed ponds from the store, then
>some barrels cut in half, and then some assortment of tubs that are all
>roughly 8 inches deep, 2 feet long and 18 wide. All my ponds are sunken
>into the ground to hold heat at night and keep cool in the day. It works
>great for getting many tiny species of fish, native or not, to spawn, as
>well as non fish critters.
>Ray
>
>
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