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[Martin_1962]

Taking them for walks is difficult, you need a long lead and a handy river!

[Mr Skrunts]

Hi Skruntie we have a sizeable fish pond at the end of our garden.

About 35ft x 25ft. It is full of golden carp, some of which are 20 inches long. Goldfish, and many others which I'm not sure of.

It came with house when we bought it 5 years ago. Only problem it must have a leak because it constantly needs filling with  water.

Some of the fish have bred, a golden carp has materialised. We call him Kryton because his head is the same shape as the android in Red Dwarf
 

I would shot that Bl**dy heron otherwise you wil have a very empty pond

He is our guard heron.
But he is not very good at his job,as his real friends have already depleted our fish stocks. :-/ :-/

Change the Heron to one thats stood up, it looks more intimadating to other birds.

[unlucky alf]

Hi Skruntie we have a sizeable fish pond at the end of our garden.

About 35ft x 25ft. It is full of golden carp, some of which are 20 inches long. Goldfish, and many others which I'm not sure of.

It came with house when we bought it 5 years ago. Only problem it must have a leak because it constantly needs filling with  water.

Some of the fish have bred, a golden carp has materialised. We call him Kryton because his head is the same shape as the android in Red Dwarf
 

I would shot that Bl**dy heron otherwise you wil have a very empty pond

He is our guard heron.
But he is not very good at his job,as his real friends have already depleted our fish stocks. :-/ :-/

Change the Heron to one thats stood up, it looks more intimadating to other birds.

or better still build a scarecrow with a pink shirt & yellow clogs , lets face it, who wasnt frightened by that image

[Ian_D]

i had 2x 4` tanks a while back until one busted during the night & flooded the front room, so the mrs said only one tank in future, so ive now got a 5` tank that holds approx 65 gallon , also got another 5` tank [custom built with double thick glass]that ive got to get rid of due to the mrs objecting so if anybody needs one give me a shout,  

If only I had somewhere to put it  

Looks like ive got to stick with my tiny tanks for now. Dont know what size they are,  ones prob 35L ish and other about 25L ish. Oh and their tropical.  

[Mr Skrunts]

or better still build a scarecrow with a pink shirt & yellow clogs Thumbs Up!, lets face it, who wasnt frightened by that image

or just stick a poleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee up LK's arssseeeeeeee and leave him flapping in the wind.

[unlucky alf]

ive only got cold water fish [orandas etc] as well as my pond in the garden, the tank im using was a marine setup with a hole drilled through the bottom,blocked the hole with 2 glass coasters from the pound shop & a tube of silicon & its holding fine, oh ive also got a sump tank to get shot of as well

[Ian_D]

ive only got cold water fish [orandas etc] as well as my pond in the garden, the tank im using was a marine setup with a hole drilled through the bottom,blocked the hole with 2 glass coasters from the pound shop & a tube of silicon & its holding fine, oh ive also got a sump tank to get shot of as well

Aye we have a pond too, Infact ive just gone and bought a UV light thing for it today, got it wire that up some time this week.

Ive always wondered about marine setups, but dont know anything about them.

Do they require more maintenance / extra Equipment etc?

How big is the sump tank? Guessing it could be used as a normal fish tank still??  

I did take some photos of my main tank few weeks ago, will have to see if I can find them!

[Ian_D]

Here we go,found the photos:

[unlucky alf]

as far as i know marine is a full time job but never tried it, as for the sump tank its got baffles siliconed into it but would cut out o,k, its 3`long, 12" wide & i think 15" deep [approx]. also got loads of external filter units knocking around, im not trying to sell them on here as its a miggy forum, unless you are thinking of putting a water feature in the boot of course

[Ian_D]

as far as i know marine is a full time job but never tried it, as for the sump tank its got baffles siliconed into it but would cut out o,k, its 3`long, 12" wide & i think 15" deep [approx]. also got loads of external filter units knocking around, im not trying to sell them on here as its a miggy forum, unless you are thinking of putting a water feature in the boot of course

Hmm... that could be an interesting 'car mod'! Wonder what insurance company would say!... 'Is the Omega factory spec with no modifications', 'No madam, its got a marine set-up in the boot with a sump tank in the rear foot wells'  

[unlucky alf]

those fish would look better in a 5` tank ian-D

[Ian_D]

as far as i know marine is a full time job but never tried it, as for the sump tank its got baffles siliconed into it but would cut out o,k, its 3`long, 12" wide & i think 15" deep [approx]. also got loads of external filter units knocking around, im not trying to sell them on here as its a miggy forum, unless you are thinking of putting a water feature in the boot of course

May not be the best for me then  :-/

What was the hole in the bottom of your tank for anyway if you dont mind me asking?

[unlucky alf]

as far as i know marine is a full time job but never tried it, as for the sump tank its got baffles siliconed into it but would cut out o,k, its 3`long, 12" wide & i think 15" deep [approx]. also got loads of external filter units knocking around, im not trying to sell them on here as its a miggy forum, unless you are thinking of putting a water feature in the boot of course

May not be the best for me then  :-/

What was the hole in the bottom of your tank for anyway if you dont mind me asking?

i bought it like it, it had a pipe going down into the sump tank, but as it wasnt needed i blocked it off, the spare tank im getting rid of dont have a hole in the bottom though.

[Ian_D]

as far as i know marine is a full time job but never tried it, as for the sump tank its got baffles siliconed into it but would cut out o,k, its 3`long, 12" wide & i think 15" deep [approx]. also got loads of external filter units knocking around, im not trying to sell them on here as its a miggy forum, unless you are thinking of putting a water feature in the boot of course

May not be the best for me then  :-/

What was the hole in the bottom of your tank for anyway if you dont mind me asking?

i bought it like it, it had a pipe going down into the sump tank, but as it wasnt needed i blocked it off, the spare tank im getting rid of dont have a hole in the bottom though.

So what are the sump tanks for then?  :-/

[unlucky alf]

to be honest he did explain it but cant remember, it did have a pump in it though to feed the water back up to the tank as well as a bit of filter media, i just wanted it simple for my orandas,lionheads & loaches