Basically, but putting in fish & plants isn't that big a deal or people
like me wouldn't have 3 ponds, 2 small above ground ponds, one of which is
inside, and half a dozen aquariums. The biggest maintenance headache people
get into when it comes to ponds is trying to support too many fish. Your
little pond with plants could support 2 fantail goldfish with a small
bucket filter around the pump easy. Maintenance would be small water
changes (10-20 gallons twice a month). All you'd need is something to
dechlorinate the water or do like my MIL and just let it dechlorinate out
in a tub between changes. If you have problems than we could discuss water
tests to fix the problem, or remove the fish and plants and go with
chlorine tabs. ~ jan


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~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
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Does this mean I should treat the water in the pond the way I treat the
water in the spa?

-- Vinnie




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