I built a box frame to hold the pond shell. This shot you can see how the one lip of the tub extends over the box frame. It is in dimensions of 34 inchesX36 inches. With a depth/height of 14 inches. Leaving the back with only a 7 inch cover since I ran out of wood..
Placed the plants all around it. Added an old mirror. Now you can not really tell about the back cover being smaller. 
Grizzle freaks out thinking there are "others" in the house when she walks by the mirror. Growls and stares into the mirror. She does that to Ray Ray too. She'll will adjust soon enough.We need to repaint the walls from little people hands. This time a semi gloss in the Sweet Annie color.
The pump came with water fountain features, so the kids and I have been playing around with them, seeing which we prefer. Now what fish should I put in there beside gold fish? Something I can get local and that we could eat maybe? O.k That does seem kinda odd, but yet kinda cool. Growing your own fish for food right in the living room. Eventually Hydropnics with large tanks holding fish in the basement...
Hmmm. Maybe we should just start with the plans for the new chicken coop. Stay tuned for the post. I assure you it will be interesting and prove to be what puts me in the " bit eccentric and rather eclectic" category, to many outsiders...
I still can not believe this is OUR indoor pond:
I have been baking bread like crazy. I had the extra starter which had to be used up and now have 4 loaves of bread. I experimented with one and replaced one cup of unbleached all purpose flour with whole wheat graham flour. Now that was some GREAT bread.I have garden tools which need painted~ rake, shovel, spade, pitch fork. Also a wheel barrow that needs some attention. Guess what color they will be....
Sweet dreams,
~Tammie
4 comments:
Wow, your indoor pond project looks cool. If I could raise fish, they'd be trout.
How cool is that?
You can use goldfish in this pond. But then, in the spring, if you really want, you could catch some "wild" fish and keep them in with the goldfish. Don't know if they will grow big enough for eating or not. Trout need lots of arreation but the pump should help with that.
James, thank you for stopping by. I actually did some researching on the trout you suggested.. Maybe if we had a bigger indoor pond in the basement, but this one is too small and the aeration is not what they would need. I would go trout if I could. LOL
Connie, The captain bought 2 very large "pond fish- looks like huge gold fish but at least we can spot them in there. We added the kids wild minnows we caught last summer and Panda's african clawed frog into the pond. The aquarium is no longer in use and my bakers rack is now in its spot. I hooked up a smaller grow light under one shelf and have seedling under it. the basement got too cold for the lettuce so they cam back upstairs.
our spinach sprouted along with some oregano, and the basil.
The corner looks much better with the bakers rack, used as a plant shelf/ seed starter home.
I may purchase some base boards to frame in the top of the pond, but we will see.
Love your blog! Have you heard of Backyard Aquaponics? I stumbled across this site a few months ago and have been fantasizing about a fish farm ever since. The Forum is where the action is. http://backyardaquaponics.com/
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