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Could you use a clay plant tray/saucer turned upside down? You can get coloured ones, or paint it yourself. A brilliant idea I came across the other day was painting outside pots with glow in the dark paint. A bit random but thought I share as I thought it was such a good idea :D Garden, and...

Hmm sounds like a good idea. I'm also thinking about getting hubby to suspend baskets along that edge ( I'm sure he'll have fun getting to the middle :D), and putting some water forget-me-nots or something there. Should grow a fair ways up. That and moss growing from the top down should make it...

Thanks :) And I know, it could look good. My only concern has been whether or not moss would stay moist enough up near the top - there's quite big areas where it stays dry. It's got me thinking about ways to get other plants on there too though! I love this time of year. The fish are up feeding...

I haven't been on for a while so sorry about the delay in replying. This for the idea about the mesh and moss - I'll have to give that a go :) Viv

Thanks for the comments :) It's taken a while for my fish to come up to my hand to feed because I was plagued by a heron for a while. One of the best parts of my day now is getting up first thing and going out to feed them. That and seeing all the 1 and 2 year old's hanging out in the shallows...

Not sure if I've shown my pond before. It's nothing compared to some of the beauties I've seen on here but it's mine and I love it :D Its about 13 ft long x 5 ft max width and 4.5-5 ft max depth. This is how it was last July: We added a waterfall-type thing at one end after this photo was...

Re: help setup my first pond One way of having plants where there's no shelving/raised area is to hang the planting baskets over the sides. I've threaded nylon rope through some of my baskets and tied them behind big rocks so that the baskets are at the depth I want. Using sleepers you could...

Thats true Martin, I did but as with a lot of things its more complicated than that - I was cutting things down for simplicity. I never seem to have much time on here either and was trying to be quick. Unfortunately that means I don't always explain myself very well :) I also had/have concerns...

Thanks Ed, I will :thumbup: I'm going to get the waterfall made first though. One final question, do you think I'd need the 50 gallon tub or would the smaller 20 gallon one I have be enough? Viv

I had written a long response to Martins post but the damn laptop died on me before I could post and quite frankly I can't be bothered to write it all out again! The long and short of it is this - you've convinced me :) I'm going to do a DIY filter when I replace the one I've got. Martin made me...

I'll have a look Ed, thanks :) Is there any particular reason for avoiding pressurised filters? Viv

Ady I have a separate uv so having one on the filter isn't essential. Martin I've looked at sooo many filters and some said back-wash, some said reverse flow, some said something else and it all got mixed up! :crazy: Thanks for explaining the difference so I know what I'm looking at :) I've...

Thanks Ady, I was looking at the lagunas but this ones cheaper (on this site at least) and sounds like it does the same job. Being able to hide the filter away is another thing I like about the pressurised ones. My pond is built up above ground a bit and atm I have to have the filter box raised...

I've been looking at this one: http://www.cmcaquatics.co.uk/fish-mate-15000-bio-pressure-filter-p-203.html?osCsid=773b284188997880888f0cc921ec5170 I'm open to suggestions if this one isn't any good though :) Viv

I've currently got a Green 2 Clean filter but want to change to a pressurised for two reasons. 1 my current filter can't take the full flow from my pump so I have to have it set on half so water doesn't leak out of the filter, and 2 I really like the sound of back flush facility on the...

I've seen these in my local garden centre and like you thought it was a nice idea but not really any good for fish. As a nature pool though the viewing windows would enable you to see lots of aquatic life other than fish. Viv