backyard aquaponics waterfall / pond with goldfish - feeding time

The pond has a waterfall covered with moss and has lettuce/other plants growing on top of it to help with biological filtration by converting fish waste to plant matter which can then be eaten or removed. I wouldn't suggest eating the moss simply b/c I have no idea how that will work out for you! The pond is also connected to Aquaponics in order to help with the bio load as the pond is way overstocked for the volume of water.

Here is a link to the Aquaponics connected to the pond:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37262538@N03/sets/72157623405271260/

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• gold
• fish
• spawning
• window
• view
• and
• waterfall
• aquaculture
• aquaponics
• pond
• pets
• breeding
• aquarium
• outdoor
• water
• pump
• nutrient
• removal
• oxygenate
• trickling
• peaceful
• sounds
• closeup
• moss
• plants

[chunnkygoat]

Really cool idea with the frosted glass window looking in

[googolplexing]

@chunnkygoat Thanks! It's not frosted... it's just how those glass blocks are :( It was the easiest/cheapest way to put in a window on a budget.

[DJT77816]

Where are the plants? Looks awesome by the way

[googolplexing]

@DJT77816 click on my flickr link under the description

[shishila]

this is really sweet! how many gallons of water is that approx? thanks

[googolplexing]

@shishila It's a weird shape and I never bothered to actually measure how much water it took to fill the first time but I think it's about 80-100 gallons and then buckets hold about 25-30 gallons.

[stevescam001]

Very, very nice!

[stevescam001]

Very, very nice!



[HylomantisLemur]

Beautiful colour on those goldies.

[googolplexing]

@sayhello2pedro Ooo yea sorry the pond and waterfall are just part of it... I have piping that runs around my yard that feeds the aquaponics... I'll try and update the video with the link to the AP