container water garden pond

[samw]

I built this container water garden pond for my condo balcony 5 years ago. It is made of 2 wooden pots and powered by a mini-jet 404 which brings water from the bottom container to the top one. It holds 7 gallons of water.

Here's an update. Currently it has a Helvola and a Perry's Baby Red lily, a dwarf Papyrus and various other plants, and Rosy Minnows.

Just waiting for some sun now so that the Perry's Baby Red lily can bloom.

[Ursus sapien]

Very nicely done. Water features don't need to be big to be effective!

[TomC]

Realy nice. I like the two level idea.

[neven]

wow, looks great!

[samw]

Thanks all. Some new pics with the Perry's Baby Red in bloom.









Night time bloom

[mcrocker]

Very nice! Do you use any filtration, or is it just straight pumping and allowing the plants to take care of the bioload?

Have you ever had any problems with algae?

[Claudia]

Beautifull

[samw]

Very nice! Do you use any filtration, or is it just straight pumping and allowing the plants to take care of the bioload?

Have you ever had any problems with algae?

Yes, the plants take care of the filtration and I will also do water changes. The old water goes to water my potted plants.

[saltwaterfish]

very nice !

[architeuthis]

Very nice.
I had one of my water garden containers set up this year , but a racoon decided to use it as a bathtub. So I had to take it down and won't be setting any of the others up this year.