Muck tub deck pond

[Travis]

Moved the tub back outside today. It overwintered pretty well in my apartment with just a  overhead lamp with a LED plant bulb in it on during the day. Its looking pretty scruffy at the moment will add pics when it grows back in. I pulled all the Amazon Frogbit. It was doing so well that if I didn't pull a bunch every week it would choke out the pond. Switched over to Salvinia minima for my floating plant this year.

Something I didnt share last year was the build for my air pump. I didnt have a safe place for an air pump to sit so I made a housing to protect it from the elements. The outside is a small plastic ammo can I picked up at Harbor Freight. The lid has a seal so it is normally air tight. I drilled small holes in the bottom to let air in and notched a hole for the power cord back near the hinge. I drilled two holes on the latch end just big enough to press fit some plastic air fittings. Inside there are a couple double sided suction cups to cushion and keep the pump centered. In the back is a suction cup bracket from a tube heater to hold the excess cord in place. I run two lines off this with check valves to operate the air stone in the lift tube and a 2nd airstone that just hangs inside the pond for extra circulation/aeration when it gets hot. 

[redfish]

How is your tub going @Travis ?

[Travis]

@redfish it's going alright. Quite a bit of die back on the Lemon grass after putting it back outside. Not sure it will make it. Ive added some mosaic plant that seems to be taking off. Pond still looks a bit rough at this point.

[jasper5150]

I really like this tub! Interested to know what you did with it when the weather changed?

1 minute ago, jasper5150 said:

I really like this tub! Interested to know what you did with it when the weather changed?

Helps if I keep reading!!😂

[Markp2483]

Finished my own version 100gal version. Hollowed out some bamboo. Think it adds a little