It was an easy set up. I filled the 2 buckets with water 24 hours before adding the plans and fish. That takes out the chlorine. Then I went out and got the plants from Lukas Nursery in Oviedo Florida. I added the plants, floated the fish in the bags they came in, put in the water conditioner, waited 30 minutes and released the fish. I did a lot of research and asked a lot of questions at the planet nursery and fish store. I also watched videos on youtube and red a few webpages about how to create a container pond. I love it as much as the kids do!!
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| I added an umbrella for shielding the afternoon sun, they can only have morning sun |
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| water lily and fish |
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| calla lily and fish |
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| fish! |
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| more of the fish |
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| volcano tubes |
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| pouring the vinegar into the baking soda |
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| added some gel food coloring |
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| viewing the fish |
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| they LOVE having backyard fish ponds in their play area!! |
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| ice, water, gel food coloring |
I love the container pond idea! Do you have a plan to keep stray neighborhood cats out of it? I have a lot of cats around, including 2 of my own, and would like to do this when my son is older but do not wish to continuously restock it with fish after the cats have gotten to them each day.
ReplyDeleteI have a fence around the play area, there are a lot of umbrellas, I have never seen a stray cat in our yard in the 4 years we have been here. Plus the fish hang out far down in the water.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea! I've been considering getting some fish or some other small pets for our house, but I never thought about doing a little fish pond.
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking about putting a small pond outside for the kiddos, but had never thought about a pond in a container! LOVE IT! So much easier than where my mind was going?! ;D We are so going to do this in our outdoor space. Thanks!
ReplyDeletewow! what a great experience for your kids. thank you for linking up!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a great experience!
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How has the fish pond situation worked? It's a very cute, economical idea, and I'm wanting to do one for myself and my 2 yr old grandson. You don't have a pump? Since goldfish are dirty, how are you keeping them clean? I have a 20 gal aquarium with 8 goldfish, and it's a lot of work.
ReplyDeleteYou have such great things going on for your twins!
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