Thinking Of Creating A Pond In My Backyard

[MrNiceGuy]

I have a pretty big backyard that my family and i have been putting a lot of work into over the years, gardening and such. I've always wanted to add a pond, but until now i couldn't decide a place. We have this cement rectangle that has been used as a flower bed over the years. Its about 6-7 feet long and 3-4 feet wide. heres a picture of it...

I began digging out the soil to see if it has a shallow bottom and it does not. I got about 4 feet down without hitting anything. So i'm thinking I can dig out the soil, add some pond liner, load it up with some aquatic plants and boom! I've got myself a pond.


However, one obstacle would be filtration. I dont have an outdoor electrical outlet so I'm not sure if I can power a pump. I have an interesting idea i want to put out there. I've been a fish keeper for a while now and I've discovered that certain fish can thrive in stagnant cold water by getting oxygen from the air. In particular, I'm thinking of paradise fish and dojo loaches. Both of these fish are known to be very hardy and in nature they eat mosquito larve, so they could help keep the mosquito population to a minimum. The pond would be well planted so I'm thinking the plants will provide some sort of filtration. I'd imagine I'd have to bring the fish indoors in the winter, but I have tanks that can take care of that.


So, is a stagnant planted pond possible? or will the water just become disgusting fairly quickly? If not possible, is there anyway to go about powering a pump without an outdoor outlet?

thanks!

 

[simonas]

you could raise it by bricking it so that pond is raised that way you get a deeper pond . I don;t think getting a spark to run an outdoor socket is too big a job. They just run one off mains in the house and you could have a filter then. It would increasethe options so much and there really is nothing better than the sound of trickling water in the summer. you would have clear water then to actually view the fish

 

[MrNiceGuy]

I don;t think getting a spark to run an outdoor socket is too big a job.

thanks for reply, i gut feeling is that installing an outdoor socket will be expensive and difficult. am i wrong? would i need an electrician?

 

[chrisbassist]

yes you would need an electrician,

no it wouldn't be a hard or expensive job. pretty easy really, I'd probably do it myself, but if you're not sure then don't, electricity isn't something to play with if you're unsure about anything.

EDIT: spark (or sparky/sparkie) is slang for electrician, so you were already being told to get one.

 

[MewMew42]

you could get a powersafe box that sits outside that you can join all your electrical equipment that has just one wire running to your house, blagon do em up to 5 sockets at once

Hereis the 2 socket one

depending on how big your pond will be depends on what filtartion thus what number of sockets you would need, the hozelock easyclear range are pretty good all in one pumps/filters with a fountain and UV, comes in 3000 6000 and 9000L varients, pretty good just coming from one plug socket!

 

[simonas]

EDIT: spark (or sparky/sparkie) is slang for electrician, so you were already being told to get one.

lol thats right

 

[Tavares100]

get yourself one of these and you can pretty much plug and go

http/www.toolstation.com/shop/Electrical/IP66+Rated/IP66+Outdoor+Power+Kit+2G+Sw+Skt++Cable++RCD/d190/sd3138/p27175