Tag: goldfish

The Pond Frog

My patio pond is a repurposed poly stock tank. It’s 8 foot across at the top, and tapers a bit to the bottom to about 7 foot, and it’s about 31″ deep. That’s about 725 gallons of water. Here are the goldfish that thrive… Continue Reading “The Pond Frog”

An Underwater View

I’ve had a generic “GoPro” underwater camera for a few years, but I rarely think to use it. In the last few days, we finally have had very bright, morning sun which illuminates our patio pond. It helped me decided to get out that… Continue Reading “An Underwater View”

The Patio Pond is Coming To Life Again

Our first Spring in our new house (2017) we used an old 400 gallon poly stock tank to create a patio pond. We bought eight feeder goldfish at Walmart. They were about the length of my thumb. We added a “toss and grow” boxed… Continue Reading “The Patio Pond is Coming To Life Again”

The Patio Pond

First published as a “page” when I created this blog back in 2019 because, well, I didn’t really understand the difference between a page and a post back then. I’m tidying up my blog and this content truly is best categorized as a post.… Continue Reading “The Patio Pond”

Patio Tranquillity

The first DIY project we did when we moved into our new house (2017), we turned a 400 gallon poly tub (livestock water trough) into a patio pond. The aquatic plants help to keep the water clean for the fishes, that actually produce waste… Continue Reading “Patio Tranquillity”

Wakie-Wakie!

After enduring one heck of a cold winter, the fish in my patio pond finally woke up and came to the surface to be warmed by the sun. We created this patio pond using a 400+ poly stock tank that sits next to a… Continue Reading “Wakie-Wakie!”