I made A pond!!!

[DrOizo]

Yesterday I picked up a 33 gal preformed liner and dug in my pond yesterday. i've de chlorinated it and put a power head in. Today I'm gonna pick up some plants aswell. But what do I need in the way of filtering? It's quite a small pond so its going be suseptible (sp?) to big nitrite etc levels under a small load isn't it? Also are there any interesting Fish I could keep out there? I already want one or 2 goldfish. any suggestions?
Cheers everyone

 

[DrOizo]

Will it need to be heated aswell to prevent death over winter as the pond will deffinatley freeze over!!

 

[ryan]

I would recommend one of the Bioforces or Ecoclears but there are others like Cyclone, Ecopower and so on...........Now depending on which filter you purchase you may need to buy a pump to run it off, if you purchase a Bioforce for example this likely to be the case.

Some fish suggestions:
Golden Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)

Golden Minnows (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Stone Loach (Nemacheilus barbatus)/Weather Loach (Misgurnus angullicaudatus)/Gudgeon (Gobio gobio).

Stone Loach (Nemacheilus barbatus)

Weather Loach (Misgurnus angullicaudatus)

Gudgeon (Gobio gobio)

 

[DrOizo]

Thanks alot ryan thats been a great help!

 

[DrOizo]

The only problem being with all these filters is that my pond is a mesley 33 Gallons (damn townhouse) so these sought of pumps would be extreme overkill I'm going to make a filter instead to attatch to my powerhead

 

[ryan]

Ok, although there are plenty of small filters on the market that could do the job well.

 

[bribones]

hozelock do a good range of small pumps check out argos

 

[Fire534]

Good luck with your new pond. Just make sure you get a heater.