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My tanks are scattered throughout my house and office, and I thought it would be fun to share them one at a time. Each has some sort of quirk that makes it special to me or my family. Hope you enjoy! Coming from the computer world, I have named each of my 12 tanks to make it easier to refer to them in conversation. "Atlantis" is easier to say than "the-top-middle-20-Long-in-the-office-with the-multies" Welcome to SHANGRI-LA aka "Livebearer Skittles" This 20-gallon long is the only tank in in my home with a highly unnatural background. I wanted to give the tank an overtly Asian theme, so the background doesn't convey anything lifelike. I found the dragon imagery online, made some changes with Photoshop, and then sent it out to be printed. (All links are non-affiliate.) EQUIPMENT 1. Filtration: Grech CBG-800 hang-on-back filter. I like this filter because its media section can work exactly like the AquaClear line, with foam blocks and lots of space. I added three layers of Aquarium Co-Op coarse sponge pads to the foam block it comes with. I also add a layer of blue-white floss, and I replace that every 1-2 weeks. This filter also has a surface skimmer, but for me, the extra benefit of this filter is the on-board 5 watt UV sterilizer! The whole thing is about $50, but I like combining my equipment when I can. 2. Heater: Orlushy 150 watt submersible heater. I like this brand because the back of it has no printing. I can turn it around facing the glass, yet the setting numbers are on the end, so I can see them from the side. 3. Air: I use an Aquarium Co-Op USB nano pump and a never-clog airstone on the side of the tank opposite the filter. 4. Circulation: I really like the Sun Sun JVP-110 wavemaker pumps, because they are very reliable and very low-cost. A two-pack can be had for under $20 and a four-pack for under $30. I aim mine directly at one of the rocks to disperse the current a bit. I also cover the pumps with these eFlux PreFilter sleeves, which protect the fish from getting sucked into the circulator. 5. Light: I'm really in love with the NICREW ClassicLED plus line of lights. They are quite a bit brighter than the Finnex Stingray, a lot less money, and only 18 watts for a 30" light (vs. 16 watts for Finnex). Sure, they may not last as long and there's not much of a warranty, but at $43 for 30", I'm not concerned. 6. Light timer: One advantage of using NICREW lights is that they have their own line of timers. I use this NICREW single channel timer to handle my day-night cycles, and it can even be programmed to do gradual sunrise/sunset dimming effects! The timer costs $13, which brings the light back up to a Stingray cost, but it's still brighter! 7. Feeder: I use the iLonda wi-fi auto-feeder on all of my tanks larger than 10 gallons. It costs $20 on Amazon, and is shaped exactly like the older Eheim auto-feeders. The down-side is that it must be plugged in (USB power), but the upside is that it can be controlled by wi-fi. I can trigger a feeding manually on my phone by talking to Alexa/Google Home, or on a timed basis. Calling out "OK Google, turn on the feeder" impresses the guests! DECOR 1. Substrate: I am using 40 lbs. of Carib-Sea Super Naturals Sunset Gold sand. I had hoped it would be more coarse than it is, but it still looks nice. 2. Rocks: I have six pieces of lava rock set up in a semi-circle, like stone pillars. I put the circulator behind one of them, which helps disperse the water flow a bit. 3. Dragon statue: Just your run-of-the-mill PetSmart decoration. 4. Plants: For greenery, I have a single Anubias nana. Being on its own, there is a lot more involved work keeping the light and nutrients balanced, and the plant is constantly struggling against algae. But I think the overall look is worth the effort! STOCKING This is a large livebearer "Skittles" tank, so the intent here was to stock it with a large variety of colors and styles of platies and swordtails, get them fully de-wormed and otherwise medicated well, and then feed them heavily to bring out the colors. These guys are ALL rescues from PetSmart. They've had a full round of each of the meds in the Med Trio (not just one dose), and are really bulking up and coloring up fast. The flurry of bright colors and fast motion makes this one of my favorite tanks. At last count, I had the following: - 2 koi swordtails - 1 old pineapple swordail - 4 sunburst platies - 2 gold dust platies - 4 blue wag platies - 2 red wag platies - 2 gold mickey mouse platies - 2 gold twin-bar platies - 1 panda platy - 1 hi-fin blue wag platy - 1 hi-fin orange mickey mouse platy - 1 black molly - 1 errant hatchetfish that survived a previous iteration of this tank MAINTENANCE I know, that's a lot of fish for 20 gallons. but my maintenance keeps the nitrates at bay: 50% water change and a filter pad cleaning every weekend. My auto-feeder provides a medium-small amount of Hikari micro wafers twice a day. I also supplement with frozen spirulina brine shrimp almost every day. I keep this tank on the top of a cheap Home Depot shelf rack in my home office: Hope you enjoyed, thanks for reading! Bill

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Some are hobbyist and some are not. You can email and ask them if they bred the fish themselves. Price always comes down to what is it worth to you. Offer what you think you would like to pay (sometimes there is a reserve price) and see what happens. Buying fish at an auction can be its own thrill! Shipping can be costly, usually $15 - $50 dollars. Typically I spend as much on shipping as I do on the fish. I often chose the more expensive 1 day option, especially now because the Post Office has been slower recently.

Ive only been in the hobby for about a year and I love it. I have 5 tanks so far. 1 community tank. 2 betta tanks and 2 shrimp tanks. I still have so much to learn and looking forward to getting involved in this forum.

i love a natural looking tank, who else keeps pondstyle tanks? i would love to see what everyone else is keeping! ill post some photos of my nano daisy ricefish and orange shrimp tank. full tank shots a couple taken during a water change ricefish have only been in for a few weeks, they’re still young what do you all currently keep? id love to see some inspiration 🙂

Please share some of the tanks/fish rooms your are proud of here are a two of mine. The first is a tank I had in college it had the plants were native collected the fish were hybrid white bass and other natives from jonah's aquarium. The second set of pics are of my 300 gallon hillstream community inspired by Rachel O'Learys 150 gallon. I'm shooting for more US natives like darters and other shiner species.

When I have time, I like to 'tinker' in the fish-room. Am a big fan of the product Wonder-Shell and generally purchase the large (giant) 2 1/4 ounce product. Often times, I just break it up into small pieces anyway, so ultimately, am left with a fine residue & smaller particles of Wonder-Shell, left over. The dosing instructions are fairly loose and experimented with my preferred tank 'remineralization' levels after water changes, through trial and error. As fish-keepers, we measure medicines, chemicals, food and various other supplements, but I wanted to narrow down the Wonder-Shell dosage some more. What I have found is that 1/4 teaspoon of fully pulverized and dissolved Wonder-Shell, per 1 gallon of water, raised the measured water GH by approx 10 degrees. So, if applied further, the same 1/4 teaspoon did indeed raise the measured water GH by 1 degree in an approx 10 gallon aquarium. 📊 Not sure if all Wondershells are made exactly the same, every time, but tried multiple shells and they were fairly close in test results. Ideally, the product is supposed to be dissolved slowly in an aquarium over time, but I like to more quickly remineralize/add additonal GH a bit after a water change and at other times of my preference. There are many other products that will work too; but I like using items I have on hand and this did not disappoint. Just thought I'd share my findings with everyone as a means of comparison and experimentation.

One thing I've taken for the saltwater side is the use of GFO. Granular Ferric Oxide absorbs phosphates and is used to control algae. I used it in a reactor on my 110 gallon African cichlid tank. I hardly had to clean algae over the year I had it setup. I haven't used it in a planted tank but it would be an interesting experiment to try.

saw this funny on FB, fleshed it out a bit on Canva. 😉

Well, if you want REAL trailing effects, can I interest you in some thread algae? I will send a huge portion to you for just $9.99, plus shipping. Guaranteed to grow! You will be successful! 😆

Sloppyscaping: instead of separating micro culture plants and painstakingly gridding them out in ADA soil, you grab handfuls of guppy grass, slap a rock on the bottom part, anchor some in pool sand, and call the hair moss intentional. It will not win awards, but your husband won’t divorce you for spending more money on Anubias than you do on food. And it leads to some cute moments like this one: This is just meant to be sort of a picture journal of experiments and failures in aquarium keeping. New to the hobby so if you see me try something that will result in complete disaster please do intervene! the Sloppyscape, A Gupster’s Paradise. I am not sure how many mutts are in here but there are also Corydoras julii, MTS and ramshorn snails, and pond snails that feed other fish. 40g with a canister filter, trying to figure out what else could go into it. I am playing with the idea of trying to do some kind of Pandaria themed tank with panda guppies, and potentially panda corys? I have a variety of 5-20 gallon tanks I could use, but am not sure where to start with stones or plants. I have a 12 gallon rimless nano with an integrated back sump that I would like to use, but I’m not yet sure how intense the flow on the pump is or if it can be adjusted.

One of my yellow snakeskin guppies managed to get himself tangled up in umbrella grass, looked like it was in his gills. Tried to gently get him off but to no avail. Plan formed in my mind, get a tub, cut the grass with guppy tangled, put in tub & figure out how to free the poor little guy. Good plan right? Well cut the grass, guppy shoots off happy to be free at the start of the cut, the end of my cut with the curved scissors went through the skin on my finger! Ouch! Bandaid required. Guppy completely free & much happier after some daphnia & bloodworm for dinner. That’s my first fishkeeping injury, thought i’d share as i’m sure we have all got a story to tell. Please share your incidents, injuries or other disasters.

I got this 36 gallon bow front with all the equipment and stand included for only 75 bucks on Craigslist the other day and I now have it all setup the way I want and it's currently cycling. I have well water with a PH of 8.2 and I think I'm going to do a live bearer tank.

I am a married 46yr old with 3 adult children and the best grandbaby ever.😁. I kept fish years ago but never truly enjoyed it. So, I naturally got out of the hobby. About 1 1/2 to 2 years ago I was perusing YT and came across one of Cory's videos. I got hooked on them. I loved the learning of his video's and his no nonsense approach, yet how he cared about the fish and the fish community. Well, needless to say I had bought a tank, which then turned into another, and than another. You know the story. I now have 9 tanks ranging from 75g all the way down to 5g. I am truly enjoying fish keeping now and plants and learning about both.

Greetings from Chicago (Far North Suburbs)! Long time Aquarium Co-op member and fan! After first getting into planted aquariums in college, I recently rejoined the hobby about 2 years ago! I currently have 3 tanks, including a community betta tank (which my daughter may believe is hers), a thriving shell dweller 29g, and I am in the progress of building a 120g high tech planted tank with sump -- photos to come I'm loosely involved in the GCCA - Greater Chicago Cichlid Association as time permits. I used to be very active in fish forums in the early-mid 2000s, and I'm very glad to see this forum bring the community back to those days! Thank you @Cory!

New fish for the week of 8/17-8/23 Some nice bettas in this week! Frogs, Inverts, Snails African Dwarf Frog Amano Shrimp Cherry Shrimp Orange Shrimp Red Rili Shrimp Green Jade Shrimp Blue Velvet Shrimp Bamboo Shrimp Nertie Snail (Red Spot and Zebra) Mystery Snail (Black and Gold) Bettas (All Betta Splendens Are Male Unless Noted) Veiltail Crowntail Halfmoon Plakat Super Red (Nice and red, looks amazing when flared up!) Plakat Red Snow Dragon (Stunning!!) Plakat Blue Black Plakat Alien Steel Blue Plakat Alien Blue Betta Mahachaiensis (Unsexed and from Dean) Gouramis And Other Anabantiformes Sunset Honey Gourami Goldfish Black Moor Assorted Fantails Cichlids Pelvicachromis Taeniatus "Nigerian Red" Pairs Apistogramma Borellii "Opal" Golden Dwarf Cichlid German Blue Ram Small Philippine Blue Angels (From Dean) Corydoras And Other Catfish Panda Cory Salt and Pepper Cory (Paleatus Corydoras) Brochis Cory (Nice Big Green Cory) Corydoras Agassizii Pygmy Cory (Wild) False Julii Cory Sterbai Cory Similis Cory Malayan Yellow Pygmy Cat (Really cool catfish, schools mid water column!) Plecos Common Otocinclus L128 Blue Phantom L134 Leopard Frog (Been a long time since we had this in shop!) Loaches Reticulated Hillstream Loach Tetras Cardinal Tetra (Wild) Congo Tetras Male Ember Tetra Neon Tetra Black Phantom Tetra Rasboras Neon Green Rasbora Brigittae Rasbora (aka Chili Rasbora) Rasbora Het (aka Harlequin Rasbora) Barbs And Other Cyprinids Cherry Barb Panda Log Sucker (Wild) Livebearers Albino Snakeskin Guppy Pairs (Nice yellow with a bit of blue) Assorted Fancy Female Guppies Assorted Fancy Male Guppies (Sunset, Blue Variegated, Cobra Green, Eclipse, Leopard Tuxedo, Neon Metallic Blue) Assorted Male Endlers Blue Tuxedo Platy Rainbow Fish Neon Dwarf Rainbow Ornate Rainbow Ricefish Orange Medaka Rice Fish (From Dean) Oddballs Zig Zag Eel Hairy Puffer

For fun, I doodle a lot. I’d like to try my hand at more fish. Post a clear, high-quality photo of your fish and I’ll give it my best shot. i might end up using the artwork in something crafty to sell, so please be ok with that. You’re more than free to use the doodles for whatever personal use you might want. Also a doodler? Feel free to hop on the doodley band wagon.

Testing three different egg tumblers and methalyne blue in attempts for higher yields from my Egyptian Mouth Brooders eggs.

This is a shot I took with my iPhone 8+ of some of my fish. I am not a photographer by any means but I got a few that I like. It took me a hundred pictures to get one I liked but it is possible.

Congrats @Daniel, @MickS77 & @Bill Smith I’m sure your fish will enjoy the Care Package.

So a shout out to the CO-OP! I have never tried growing plants until I found a Aquarium CO-OP video that got me thinking why not. I started growing in 55 gallon at the start of Covid and just had to get a 75 gallon. And this is it! i think you will see meany plants and ideas inspired by the endless hours of watching YouTube videos. I have never done a sump. thought id try a DIY made from what i had laying around. This is where its at, just starting to install it today.

if you have a hangon back filter, you can also put the crushed coral in a filter media bag and place it in the filter. Since your tap water is more acidic than your tank water, the more water you change the more acidic it will be, but 10% water change a week shouldn't alter your PH level in a significant way, if you can get away with that then i think that's fine.

Pro mode is the way to go. I'm using a Samsung Note 9. I still don't know what I'm doing. I adjust the settings until I like what I see. I think a quick shutter speed is key. Using manual focus is best. I find setting the focus once and waiting for the fish to swim into focus works better than constantly trying to adjust it. This is the clearest photo of a Rainbowfish fry that I've been able to get. You can easily see the full stomach of baby brine shrimp.

Wowzer! He is impressive! No monsters here... just little guppies. 😃 Welcome!

My kitten loves falling asleep watching his buddies/sworn enemies. I bought a 75g in the petco sale, convincing my husband that it would be a great birthday present. I want to move my three weird cichlids into it (blood parrot, electric blue acara, cobalt blue jack Dempsey) but I don’t want to spend a ton of money. - Substrate: black diamond blasting sand, 100 lbs ~$40 delivered to my door - Filter: Polar Aurora 266gph - this is only my second canister and the other is the smaller version. Not sure how great it is but I found it simple to set up. - $64 - Light: Random 4ft LED grow light. I don’t know enough about lights to spend more money yet, but I like growing cuttings out of the top of my tank. - $41 - Stand: traded labor for glowforge time and had a buddy weld a steel stand for it. He says it’ll hold 900lbs, I’m not going to put the fish in right away.... $30 in materials + I owe him one. Primer and paint (rustoleum self-etching primer, rustoleum hammered spray paint) - $20 - Tank: $100 setup so far: $195 not including plants, driftwood, fish, which are all kind of collectively used between the tanks. Any obvious disasters in waiting?🤞🏻I will add aeration of some kind as well. For the lid, I’m planning to do plexiglass with holes cut for plant holding. Just for fun, here’s an experiment in a much smaller tank: aquaponic succulent propagation.

Share your goofy fish videos. YouTube, TikTok, Instagram... we all likely have videos our friends just don’t seem to appreciate at the right level. https://vm.tiktok.com/JYk7Q2Q/ - Onip slow mo https://vm.tiktok.com/JYBeksb/ - ramshorn snails + the Bieber https://vm.tiktok.com/JYBFQ1m/ - adorable yet murderous puffer https://vm.tiktok.com/JYkthYW/ - bonus kitten Let’s see some fish videos!

Truth! I never get enough likes on these from my "normal" friends! 😁 I just love the baby assassins!!! https://youtu.be/GJ8oNu5xWWQ

I have first one set up now, it's a 75 gallon. I've recently added the first Tetras in. I now have a school of Lemon Tetras too.

Those plants in the first tank look awesome. Any idea on name? Super cool hillstream tank. I really want to do that one day. I've got a much smaller one now with 10 rainbow shiners and 3 hillstream loaches.

Ouch! Those magnets are no joke. Interesting to see that keeping fish can actuallybe a dangerous hobby. Thanks for the replies folks, i’m glad it’s not just me but sorry for your injuries/allergies

When I want to buy fish from another hobbyist (i,e. a humane breeder), I usually go to AquaBid.

@RovingGinger they filter all the tanks with large sumps they all overflow into filter socks and from there the water hose into the sump and is pumped out to a large pressure sand filter on its way there it passes through a UV sterilizer Then from their it goes into the bio tower with biological media we also have carbon in all the bio towers so the water has to pass through a carbon layer and from there it ether goes through a chiller or heater and back to the tank. Salt tanks have skimmers. im more into fresh because I'm more into this fish I have (bubbles my alligator gar) I also have a little problem with going overboard on things. I have 5 tanks in the house and almost 2000 gallons my smallest is a 90. If I were to keep salt I would need at least a 3000 gallon tank for what I want to keep( triggers and a Wobbegong or two). Salt and fresh aren't that different the goal is the same to keep the fish happy healthy and clean they may look different like corals and weird worms compared to plants but the Idea is the same grow and make more if possible.

Hello my fellow fish lovers.. I'm recently getting back into the hobby. Had fish tanks while growing up and the last time I had a fish tank. I was in my 20s with a 55 gallon with cichlids. Decided to get a 10 gallon started which I regret, should of got something bigger. But was afraid of the rookie mistakes which I made plenty of them. But started to do some research and bumped into Aquarium co op. Learn alot and learned that alot has changed. As time goes by I hope to learn more and meet some new fish loving friends. Hope everyone has a great day. 🤓

Dang man Bubbles is a monster. Sounds like you have a very unique fishroom. Welcome to the forum.

Hello and welcome.

Took the family camping this weekend. Not the greatest state park but better than another weekend in the livingroom.

Blue area: christmas/taiwan/willow moss or, if you feel adventurous, do the moss AND try tucking a tiny sprig or three of hydrocotyle tripartita japan into the moss....If it takes it will do the trailing thing well. Just not sure if it will manage totally unrooted... Red area: same moss as above. Green area: Bucephalandra!! or, anubias nana....Additionally, after MUCH patience (like, a year) anubias will send trailing roots downward that look like jungle vines if they are in a "bonsai" tree set up.

You could try to find another pump that will dose properly. I believe the pump it comes with doses 1 ml. I had found 0.5ml pump tops online at some point I'll post if I can track it down

I am also an extreme newb so take my advice with a grain of salt, but java moss with cotton string tied around or glued would probably be a good idea. I haven't heard of a plant that will cascade down like that though. Frogbit's and Water lettuce's roots reach down really low but that's a floating plant and wouldn't involve the stick. Moss grows outwards of itself and if you just trim the top and let the rest grow out, it could work. I'm pretty curious now too! I hope someone else has an answer we haven't heard yet. Edit: Fissidens moss looks really good on sticks but grows slowly and needs a lot of light, but it's an option. It grows upwards unfortunately.

Their is a lot to unpack there but I can start off. I work at a public aquarium and I have freshwater tanks at home. - How are saltwater fish personalities? Is there a saltwater equivalent to the Oscar or other cichlid personality types? Every fish is a little different groupers And snappers are a little like some of the larger South American cichlids but the things with the most personality are the stingrays and puffers. Angles are VERY territorial kinda like African cichlids but are little more willing to kill each other. - How do filtration needs differ? Seems like every salt tank I see is drilled but is that just because hey, it’s already expensive and elaborate enough I should have a sump running? so the best way to get all the gear you need into your filter system is a sump. protein skimmers are very useful and biological filtration is important in all aquariums but in salt getting as much bacteria to colonize as possible helps keep a tank stable. Reef people tend to be the type of fish people who like a challenge and want it exactly right so a sump gives people the freedom to customize as well. - Are there things that freshwater keepers should adopt from saltwater and vice versa? Ways of thinking, techniques, equipment, etc? Yes and no do your research on what species you want to keep and how to best keep it. Give the animal as much space as you can and keep the water clean. an aquarium is an aquarium at the end of the day. What’s your overall experience with the pros and cons of each? Pros and cons depend on the person but here are some of mine freashwater pros "free" water changes, less expensive on average, and Can be minimal maintenance. Freshwater cons limited fish with lots of color, less tank tech like lights and other fancy equipment, and that's about it but I'm more into fresh than salt salt water pros lots of cool colorful fish, corals, and cool setups with neat gear. Salt water cons expensive for everything, lots to learn for new people wanting to get into reef keeping, more equipment that is required to run it. brackish pros basically fresh with a bit of salt so you treat it like a freshwater tank, cool fish and some plants, can be fun and really interesting for a fish keeper who has had fresh and would like a little bit different fish and more of a challenge. Cons have to buy reef salt, is a little more expensive to get the fish, and salt creep will begin to happen and starts to look a little like hard water stains it is easier to get off however. please feel free to ask questions and other people will add things I hope

Well, heck. This was NOT in my game plan at all.

I like feeding Sera Micron and Hikari First Bites. It only takes small dusting on the water.

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That's an olive nerite! You are lucky, they are great. He won't breed, and eats like a fiend!

Based on the fish I have owned so far in my hobby, I'm going to go with rainbow shiners. Stunningly beautiful, active, and I catch myself watching them every time I walk by their tank. Now if I could figure out how to breed them... Fish I haven't owned yet but think I will really enjoy. Apistos and gobies both seem awesome and are on my short list.

I can't imagine competing products would be a problem here, there are no such rules posted anywhere that I know of. I would think it's fair to compare/contrast Aquarium Co-Op products with the competition. It's just the affiliate links where posters are trying to generate money for themselves that I would recommend avoiding.

Hi, I'm Irene, and I work as a Content Strategist at Aquarium Co-Op where I write blog posts, make videos, and create all sorts of marketing content! I got into fish keeping because my son became interested in my friend's Glofish tank. That friend offered to buy him a betta fish for his birthday, so I decided to some research on bettas. We ended up getting our first family aquarium, I started getting more fish, and eventually I began a YouTube channel called Girl Talks Fish to help beginners learn from my mistakes. Because we don't have a lot of space in our home, I'm mostly interested in nano fish and planted tanks. I currently have a 20-gallon planted community tank, 10-gallon breeding tank, and a 10-gallon plastic tub for quarantining new fish and doing experiments.

Thanks Cory, that's exactly the one I had ordered and arrived yesterday! At $27, with high mAh and multiple panels, it's worth a test or two, and I can use it for camping if it doesn't power a USB nano pump indefinitely. I'm Southern California and I get lots of exposure, and the time of the year is right...will be interesting to see. Maybe a hybrid approach of manually charging on semi-regular basis, and using the solar to drastically slow down the power drain? We'll see...I'll be posting initial results in a couple weeks, but it sounds like a year-long test to do it properly, unless it's a fail at the outset. Thanks!

My mini pond has given me great happiness this summer! My friend built it for me about four years ago and it was deeply shaded until this season. Sunlight = pond steroids! The total water volume is about 375 gallons. The top box is filled with pea gravel and acts as a bog filter and water fall. The plants are the stars of the pond. In the bog box, I have creeping Jenny, blue lobelia, chocolate mint, elephant ears (taro), pickerel weed and bacopa caroliniana. I have water lettuce and water hyacinth floating. On the right, there is a laundry basket with three canna lilies. Dwarf papyrus ‘prince tut’ is in the ceramic pot on the left. The water lily is the hardy variety ‘wanvisa’. It blooms almost daily! I planted a lotus ‘.perkinensis rubra’ tuber about three weeks ago. I doubt it will bloom this year, but, who knows? If it gets too big I will transfer it to a tub. I fertilize the lily with pond tabs every two weeks. The marginals, including the bog plants get tabs every 2-3 months. Believe it or not, there are fish in here! I have gold fish that I bought as feeders who have grown fat and happy. I live in northern Indiana, zone 6A, so I do have to winterize this later in the fall. I will store the canna and elephant ear tubers in my basement. I treat the mint, lobelia, water lettuce, hyacinth and papyrus as annuals. The lily, lotus, dock and pickerel rush are all hardy. I will run an air stone for the fish and use a floating stock tank heater for the fish. I welcome other winter suggestions, though! Feel free to ask questions! I love my pond!

I live in an apartment and watch you all with jealousy. I have this window sill water garden, growing floating plants and daphnia for my guppies. They are greedy guts and I really need more space to feed them as much as I would like, but it is stable and pretty. The window gets morning sun only and the plants keep it from getting hot. I have to offload plants weekly.