pond in her enclosure?

[heyprettyrave]

i came across the idea of making a pond in my red foots enclosure. i thought it would make the environment more friendly and more realistic. came across this idea when i bought some hydro balls today. has anybody tried this or has one they could show me a photo off? or would this be too difficult and messy to do?

 

[Kristina]

I have a stream. It has a small shallow pond at either end. There are Fathead minnows living in it to eat the mosquito larvae, and they swim all the way from top to bottom.

 

[heyprettyrave]

oh your photos are soo cute

 

[Maggie Cummings]

What a great enclosure! I sure wish I had something like it. I am seriously impressed...

 

[Angi]

LOVE IT!

 

[Greg T]

That is one nice enclosure! Excellent job on the water feature. It looks like they really enjoy it.

 

[Kristina]

They certainly act like they do Thanks guys.

 

[harris]

You just HAVE to post more pictures throughout the Summer as everything is growing in! That 2nd pic is my fave.

 

[shellfreak]

what a great enclosure. what kind of pump did you use?

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

VERY cool enclosure!

Plan to "steal" a few of your ideas!

 

[Kristina]

It is a Catalina 800, 370 GPH return pump, purchased off Ebay for $25 I think. I use the same kind of pump for water changes on my big tanks.

I made a housing for it, out of a small plastic container, filled with filter floss, to protect against debris and filter the water somewhat.

 

[doubledfight]

how did you get your pont like that. ?
what did you use at the bottom of it its black as i can see.
it looks great, .
whats the measurement of your cage. ?

 

[Kristina]

I just dug it out in the shape that I wanted it, lined it with pond liner, and then added the gravel and sand. I had to cut the pond liner in a couple of places to make it fit, and I just glued it together with silicone.

The pen is 14' X 24'.

 

[doubledfight]

oh , its so cool. i love it haha,

 

[natalie]

wow great enclosure! just got a sulcata and was lookin for some ideas on a small river/pond area. Hope mine looks as great as yours!! A++++ Love it!

 

[85hardy]

That looks great. I've been wanting to do that too in my Red foot's area. I will have to see what i can do with the pond liner i have.

 

[DoctorCosmonaut]

wow... just wow