Hi, I have an old plastic barrel and would like to make a small natural pond
out of it, with a couple of gold fish in, can anyone give me some advice on
how to do this, also suggest what plan life to put in it to keep it as clear
as possible, how deep should it be too? any suggestions will be great.

Thanks Keith

On 19/2/06 0:39, in article , "Keith
Hampson" wrote:

Hi, I have an old plastic barrel and would like to make a small natural pond
out of it, with a couple of gold fish in, can anyone give me some advice on
how to do this, also suggest what plan life to put in it to keep it as clear
as possible, how deep should it be too? any suggestions will be great.

If you're going to keep fish in it, it will need some form of aeration for
the water, so you'll need a pump. But in today's Sunday Telegraph I
glimpsed an article by Charlie Dimmock on this sort of thing. I haven't
read it right through so am unsure of the detail but it looked helpful and
might be available online.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

On 19/2/06 11:12, in article
, "Sacha"
wrote:

On 19/2/06 0:39, in article , "Keith
Hampson" wrote:

Hi, I have an old plastic barrel and would like to make a small natural pond
out of it, with a couple of gold fish in, can anyone give me some advice on
how to do this, also suggest what plan life to put in it to keep it as clear
as possible, how deep should it be too? any suggestions will be great.

If you're going to keep fish in it, it will need some form of aeration for
the water, so you'll need a pump. But in today's Sunday Telegraph I
glimpsed an article by Charlie Dimmock on this sort of thing. I haven't
read it right through so am unsure of the detail but it looked helpful and
might be available online.

Sorry, Mail on Sunday has the article!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

"Keith Hampson" wrote in message
...
Hi, I have an old plastic barrel and would like to make a small natural
pond
out of it, with a couple of gold fish in, can anyone give me some advice
on
how to do this, also suggest what plan life to put in it to keep it as
clear
as possible, how deep should it be too? any suggestions will be great.

Thanks Keith

Hi Keith
in my experience you cannot have a 'natural' pond
with goldfish in... they will eat all of the larvae, insects etc...

Dave H