Growing aquarium plants outside

[Danlacey1988]

So I've bought a battery powered Air pump from ebay she how that goes in there going to add a sponge filter aswell

 

[Danlacey1988]

They canceled my order so now I've bought a dual one from all pond solutions so we're see if this works

 

[Danlacey1988]

So I've attached a battery powered air pump now pumping into the tanks to see if this helps tempted to put a sponge filter in and start a cycle to see if that does it what you guys think ?

 

[Essjay]

Are there any fish in there or just plants?

If there are no fish you don't need to cycle it. With a lot of plants, bacteria won't grow anyway as when there is a source of ammonia (fish) the plants will take it up before the bacteria have chance.

 

[Danlacey1988]

I was tempted to put some tempered fish in there like cloud minnows or something so it's basically a pond as my aquariums grow plants like crazy but it's slow out there compared to inside maybe it's the fish that is missing