600Ltre Heated Tropical Fish Pond In England

[Malawi MaD]

Just to show you i did have a tropical pond with malawi's last year, heres a few pics. It was close to 1600L absolutely loved it but it was kinda expensive to run.

 

[SaTiVa1984]

Just to show you i did have a tropical pond with malawi's last year, heres a few pics. It was close to 1600L absolutely loved it but it was kinda expensive to run.

That's awesome, did you have any issues with algae? being outside and that.

 

[Malawi MaD]

Not to bad as the UV light in the filter did help but malawi's enjoyed grazing on all the rocks

 

[ZoddyZod]

There was an article in last months pfk that showed a tropical tank that was kept inthe garden. It used fridge insulation to keep the heating costs low . Tank was very large and looked great. Had side glass and closed top. Might be worth trying to find out about it.

 

[tribalbrit]

Why not see if you can get hold of a heater they use in hot tubs? Insulate the sides of the pond and have a lift off top for the winter months.
My hot tub runs at constant 40 degs and costs about 80p a day to run.

 

[lloyd]

80 p a day is good. i was really set on the tropical pond but since posting this post im really thinking that i like the native idea

Just to show you i did have a tropical pond with malawi's last year, heres a few pics. It was close to 1600L absolutely loved it but it was kinda expensive to run.

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Im glad somebody has actually achieved this. did you run it through winter. why did you get rid of it. its a good idea to keep malawis as they are so colourful and love all the algae growing. how did you heat it?