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	Need advice on a small balcony pond
just_one_more Hobbyist Posts: 122 Kudos: 138 Votes: 31 Registered: 31-Mar-2004	I have a small pond (20 x 20 x 15h) on my balcony. It has 3 platies in it. I want to try a few marginal/pond plants. Anyone have any suggestions? I have experience with regular aquatic plants.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:22
ronnfive Enthusiast Posts: 188 Kudos: 219 Votes: 0 Registered: 28-Jul-2004	Try anacharis and hornwort, they really work for me and it is also good for platy fry to hide in; I also got 4 types of crypts (don’t know what type though) and some water hyacinth, they looked very nice. I got 2 SQM pond, and the occupants of my small pond are 12 pot-bellied mollies/balloon mollies; 6 coral platies/dwarf platies, 2 albino plecos and 2 regular plecos. And now I got a bunch of 60+ molly fry floating everywhere.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:22
koi keeper Moderator Posts: 3203 Kudos: 2033 Votes: 240 Registered: 29-Dec-2001	Once you get pond plants be prepared to see a lot less of the fish, but with my livebearer ponds I used water hyacinths. They will do an excellent job of keeping the water clean and clear and will actually bloom even in that small of a container. Koi Empty chairs at empty tables, the room silent, forlorn.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:22


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