COMPLETE GUIDE For Keeping Your Patio Fish Pond ALIVE and HEALTHY!

[@AQUAPROS]

What did I miss???😂😅

[@robertstevens5490]

Me

[@Thehoeh]

Food?

[@mistypadgette7645]

Terra cotta pots

[@AQUAPROS]

@@Thehoeh like for the fish or the plants? I typically dont add any ferts on a regular basis BUT i might squirt like some easy green in from time to time during the summer

[@AQUAPROS]

@@mistypadgette7645 for inside the pond or for the pond itsself?

[@garygregory8025]

Thanks for the Video, I would've covered Cycling your pond and using a heater during the Winter. I raise Ricefish and and use the hand towel with a clip for rain over flow which works like a charm. Keep up the great Videos!

[@kurtbrutting5118]

I never wanted a pond or really even considered setting one up until this video. Great content, keep up the great work. Thank you!

[@AQUAPROS]

Any time!

[@marymendez4178]

Yes on your rainy day, I stuck to the end of this content. I will soon start purchasing my items and will enjoy it soon. Thank you for all this educational video, I love it.

[@debbiemitchell56]

I am working on starting a patio pond. I have been watching all your videos on this and have watched them several times to get really educated on this. I do have 3 tanks in my house. Your videos have given me so much information.

[@TheJake76]

0:04 50% pond 50% the tank top

[@CoreyPelletier86]

Dragonfly larvae are a great way to deal with pre-adult stage mosquitoes; pond or swamp water is a great place to find them if not online. Also, you said this was not a rice fish vid, but the sauce on where to buy them made this one of the most valuable not-rice-fish-videos yet! 🤙

[@AQUAPROS]

😅😅😅😅

[@oioioioioioioioio]

Dragonfly nymphs can kill rice fishes though

[@DavurBeder]

Ive had alot of ponds with wild caught sticklebacks, they are super hardy, but now ive set them free as i was able to get my hands on some rice fish, cheers from the faroe islands 🇫🇴

[@ShrimpinAintEz_com]

A good method for keeping predators out of ponds is a motion activated sprinkler. Obviously not everybody can do this and it may be able to be tweaked for smaller areas but I know that it is very effective with keeping a lot of predatory birds and raccoons out of ponds.

[@dianed4190]

I have a large patio umbrella over my pond so I can open it or close it as needed. 6 rosy red minnows for 2 years now.

[@ellenzinner]

So glad I found you. It took many tries on making a pond for outside. Well I buy a large pot with no drainage holes, and I always put it in the shade ( I live in the high desert) I put plants around it. Where do I find mosquito fish? I bought a solar panel from Amazon.

[@FinnegansFish]

I'll be setting up a 17-gallon pond for my porch, and I'll be stocking it with cherry shrimp! I'll definitely have to take it down come winter as I'm in Southern Ontario, Canada

[@AQUAPROS]

Thats what I forgot! SHRIMP.... ive never done it, thats prolly why 🤷‍♂️

[@Knein1967]

@@AQUAPROS I keep neocaridina shrimp in my ponds year round outside. I live in North Texas and it gets down into the teens most years and the ponds freeze over on top. I don't think they freeze to the bottom. I have red, blue and the plain brown ones out there. Ponds range from a 20 gallon bucket type to a 200gallon in ground pond. I also keep red ramshorn snails out there as well as Japanese trap door snails.

[@AQUAPROS]

@@Knein1967 dude thats sweet, might have to test this out, seems like we have similar climates somehow... hahah

[@FinnegansFish]

@@AQUAPROS happy I could help!

[@matthewsmith22]

These are great! Last season I didn't have a massive yield on my rice fish, I think I just planted too heavily, I think they prefer plants to the lovely mops I provide them! I have a medium sized pond with some koi and goldies. This year I'm thinking I might set up a planter over the bigger pond with a drain back in fed by a solar pump to keep the water fresh. The mums and dads can go in there and, hopefully, mops full of eggs can go in the patio ponds

[@AQUAPROS]

Ya if you got a lot of plants they will def use them over the mops, next weeks video ill show you how I did both last summer!

[@matthewsmith22]

That'll be great. I've only had rice fish for 2 or 3 years now, definitely learning as I go along. For such a tiny fish they are so full of character. I brought some in to overwinter this year for the first time, I swear they beg for food, they're genuinely brilliant!

[@marthastorey8549]

I love this video! I have a passion for fish, ponds and water features. There's always another pond project in my vision! I maintain a koi pond, a goldfish pond, a clawfoot bathtub pond with a cascading tea pot fountain, a 5 x 7 bamboo spout nursery pond for baby waterlilies and several other water features. I have solar powered pumps in the clawfoot and 5 x 7 hardshell, electric pumps in the koi and goldfish, so the water flows and it never freezes totally solid. I keep mosquito fish in my goldfish, clawfoot and bamboo pond. They are so hardy! Living in Vancouver, BC, Canada winters can be surprisingly extreme. Last year we had a 2 week period of -20! They all survived! I have a lot of folks looking for my water lilies as they want to create a patio pond. I will send them your link as you have covered a lot of great information regarding setting up and maintaining a patio pond with fish and plants. Thank you. ♥

[@decksranred4183]

I had a problem with mosquitoes hatching in my indoor aquarium; however, as soon as I covered the aquarium, problem was solved. I no longer have the aquarium, but living in Austin, there are hordes of mosquitoes. This year, toads overtook every container I had in my little garden, and I haven't had a mosquito problem at all. I even made a couple of toad houses to encourage them. I think it is their tadpoles who are making an impact.

[@MarissasAngels]

Fantastic video, so much good information! It’s been years since we moved from our home with our beloved koi pond, and as large pond owners it may seem silly we have so many questions about such a lil pond, but we do! Thank you so much for all your time in creating, editing and posting this video. 😊

[@user-zr1og9qx5i]

Just wanted to say fancy rice fish varieties don't like the cold. It also depends on a lot of factors but especially where you imported them from. A lot of sellers live in warm climates and their fish need to adapt over a generation or more to cold water. There are varieties bred for outdoors like miyukis, and ones that definitely won't survive outside, like longfin varieties, so just be careful which ones you go for, the basic ones are your best bet at first. I had some blue miyuki's raised from eggs from SoCal, they didn't adapt to winter temps along the upper pacific coast even though it's mild by most standards, and by the time I'd figured it out it was too late.

[@taggedgalaxy]

The thirst trap thumbnails get me every time 😅

[@brittalotte5246]

Thanks for the video, good informations and gave me some new ideas for my setting of my little pondtank .

[@AQUAPROS]

Cheers! 😎🫡

[@timothy4122]

Golden white clouds can handle pretty cold weather I left them 8 in a 10 gallon once & I woke up once and there was 2 inches of water ontop & they were still alive swimming (definitely slowed down a lot) But they lived!

[@Big_Gay_Tom]

I've got a little fountain pond on my front porch that has been great.....I made it by using garden pavers to form an outer wall and just lining it with a pond liner on the inside. I have a HOB filter running on the back of it, along with a typeical center pond fountain for filteration/circulation. It's been super sturdy, and the goldies have been in it for 5 years now.

[@sjs9354]

The best and most obvious place to buy outdoor pond plants is a Koi fish store. Many sell and build larger ponds and sell premade smaller ponds. AND loads of pond plants. Big sales for Mother’s Day. Goldfish and guppies are good choices. Never heard of rice fish.

[@sed6]

What is up with the orange dead floating fishing lure thing?

[@sed6]

6:10 Please?

[@macanderson08]

i actually clicked on the video because you are wearing a tank top on the thumbnail 🤔

[@AQUAPROS]

Its almost tank everyday season! 🤠🤠🤠😉

[@martian_heidegger]

His thumbnail game is on fleek as of late.

[@Alexander.makinano]

He knows his audience

[@Big_Gay_Tom]

@@AQUAPROS YAAASSSS!!!! Tank tops in every video!!

[@NamelessNancy1312]

same though FR

[@Multiderek2012]

If you’re say in the Midwest where the water even in the shade is going to hit 90 degrees and drop only slightly at night I would look at limiting plant grow. Floating plants, other plants with roots in the water will suck the oxygen out of water during the night, even with an air stone present. Warm water not holding as much oxygen can quickly become a problem in an overgrown container pond.

[@cut419ram]

I put rosey red minnows in my 40 gallon pond (in ground). Heat and cold tolerant and very cheap price. I do have a heater on the pond so I doesn't go under 65 degrees. Mosquitoes are a big reason to have the fish. Surface turbulence using a bubbler or fountain can discourge mosquitoes too.

[@AQUAPROS]

Thats a super obvious tip that I always forget, thanks!!!

[@shesellsfish]

Mosquito fish, the guppies ugly cousins cracked me up. The info on where to get the rice fish here in the U.S. was worth it's weight in gold. 👍❤️👍

[@glenbarrow8573]

What about a heater for the winter. And to give you more choice of fish!!! For your patio pond.

[@michaelwettstein4424]

I love miniponds. Ill put my golden white clouds and cpd's in there soon. 4 years ago i had Ricefish. unfortunately didnt know how i have to handle them in winter. They didnt survive in aquarium 😢. But next time ill be smarter and put them in the cellar.

[@mikeyfoofoo]

Have you ever thought about putting a clear window on the side of one of those pots? Thanks for the info!

[@AQUAPROS]

Ya i totally did this to a square pond last year, seach my channel for "hybrid pond" cheers!

[@the.medaka.lair.]

🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Great information like always man. Good tips from some actual trial and error is very valuable and definitely needed. My little ones are looking good and plump. Cant wait for you to see them out in the sun shining their best. You'll be blown away. Im doing a complete rebuild over here so i can focus even harder on tweaking the strains. Gonna be a fun year for sure. 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@AQUAPROS]

Heck ya brotha! 💪🏼🙏🙏

[@sal9842]

Great video and it’s helping me a lot every year. I learned something new from you. Thank you.

[@critterkeeper5099]

Plant nerd here- you are likely zone 7 ish. At least between zones 6b to 8, if you're closer to the coast then closer to zone 8. That means with protection, you can grow damn near anything. Much like here in GA. Etsy also has alot of people selling plants that I've had good luck with and i like Pond Megastore as well.

[@marct138]

Luckily no Racoons in sweden where I live. But I overheard a guy in the fishstore the other day when I was buying some fishfood... A Heron emptied his goldfish pond.

[@AQUAPROS]

I believe it!!!!!

[@anlangms4208]

Great video first time watching your videos and I have now subscribed. I have a mini pond in a whiskey barrel so it’s about 23 gallons. I have three comet goldfish which I will upgrade to 100 gallon when needed I live in Arizona. I have this barrel in mostly shade. It gets a little filtered sun I’ve had it going now for four weeks. I have a lot of plants and a bubbler. Everyone seems happy so far. Hopefully it continues that way, but I’m totally enjoying it.

[@rhondafitzpatrick1646]

love your videos... informative, interesting and funny! I live in central NY, thinking about a pond for next summer, I will be retired then!!!!!! yay! and have time to play with it and enjoy it. we definitely have to figure out a raccoon deterrent, I live in the country, lots of those little bandits but they are soooo freaking cute! they visit our big pond , they eat the little bugs and tadpoles and goodies on the edges of it, people think they are washing their food off, but they are just searching for tiny bugs and anything they can eat...

[@AQUAPROS]

New fish pond projects will be perfect for you in retirement!!!! :) Good luck!!!

[@BrandonIsWise]

Siberian Patio Pond is definitely something I need to see now 😂

[@AQUAPROS]

Hahahah same!

[@thomasdeansfineart149]

Great video as always! With 2 covered small terraces 20 floors up, we’ve got a perfect spot with No raccoons! We’re on it. 🙌🙌🙌🙌🫶👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏🙏🙏

[@AQUAPROS]

Thats awesome! 😉🤠🤠

[@debrahall902]

I have 3 feeder goldfish in a 20 gallon dug in pond with 4 oxygen plants under water and duckweed and water lettuce floating on top , a solar fountain keeps the water moving . I am in The Netherlands , so not too cold and no predators .

[@mich421]

Ricefish will become the guppies of the hobby if more people breed them and create new colors

[@dwandascott3947]

Will the small pond/aquarium heaters with thermostats help with freezing?

[@mountainhobbit1971]

the only predators I have noticed are the dragonfly and damselfly larva, but they never seem to do much damage to the fry and I also am ok with them taking a few. I never had an issue with mosquitoes. I am pretty sure the fish in the ponds love eating them.

[@AQUAPROS]

👍👍👍

[@rogeriocanuto6245]

Cara o teu aquário e lindo demais ...por isso me inscrevi parabéns

[@HopeB555]

Lol. As a Minnesotan, MN deserves to be picked on. 😂

[@MattyP650]

15:30 unfortunately the ricefish coming out of Japan now are tropical. They’re keeping them at 80 degrees and the process to gettin them to overwinter here in San Francisco is extensive to say the least. Check out medaka metal, he’s the guy getting stuff in.

[@the.medaka.lair.]

I'm in the bay area too. Should have a good amount of strains this summer. All acclimated to our weather already. Even some fancy Japanese ones😉

[@darrenhayunga4065]

the location is quite valuable because the other 20+ videos I've seen do not address.

[@ESF19791111]

GOOD EXPLANATION VIDEO AND IMPORTANT :) THANK YOU FOR SHARING :) THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)

[@lionfish228]

Hi where can I get a good metal tub like the big pond that you used? Thanks

[@pmmac2382]

GREAT video thank you!

[@new_friends_]

Caught the semi-question about zones - I scrolled and didn't see this explained but I apologize if someone already got it! Literally all the USDA zone tells you is the annual average lowest minimum temperature over a long period of time. The current map is based on data from 1991-2020, so 30 years. It doesn't tell you anything about summer weather, precipitation, day length, or anything like that. Just the average lowest temperature your area has seen in the past 30 years. It's really only about overwintering plants. Plus, like you talked about, different areas of your yard or garden have different microclimates anyway! Right next to the south-facing side of your house is probably going to stay warmer than in the shade on the north side. Anyway, just thought I'd throw in that questionably useful information.

[@AQUAPROS]

Thank you!!!!!

[@TeamCHAGOLLAN]

Can a pond survive with no direct Sun? My mom wants a mini pond on her porch, but it is completely shaded all day, 365 days a year. We’re in Southern California so the weather is fine, just no sun.

[@user-mr7gp2hr5l]

Hello Aqua Pro Guy, love your videos on outdoor fish keeping pots. Do you sell your red cap with the blue eyes Medaka, I’m trying to to find some and yours are beautiful! Please put up a how to do so.

[@rp101aquatics6]

Dwarf Umbrella palm works very good

[@kwackytankslap9339]

I've got an empty half barrel. Guess I'll be filling it with plants and rice fish some time soon 😂

[@leeb4821]

What are the foam looking things with legs in some of the ponds and tanks?

[@scottplumer3668]

I put netting over my 80-gallon in-ground pond to keep leaves out, and it ended up keeping the raccoons out as well. My fish were disappearing, and I didn't know why. Turns out it was the raccoons.

[@andyd834]

I was curious about using that exact planter. But as weird as it might sound I'm gonna set it up in the corner of my mudroom lol.

[@AQUAPROS]

@@andyd834 naw thats cool, i totally would set these up inside like that if I had the room

[@MichelleAussie]

what are the pieces of pool noodle for? I notice you have cut them into slices.

[@zambimaru]

Were do you get your large Pots from?

[@664mariah]

Odd question but can I use a small chest freezer?

[@jamesgrosrenaudjr812]

What about running a heater or like trough heater for the pond fish for the snow belt?

[@PureAndShrimple]

Excellent. I want to try Ricefish outside in the UK. I was assuming I'd have to take them in in the winter...

[@Me-zc7vm]

They are not allowed to keep outdoors anymore since last year I think. 😐

[@ViralBirdNest]

Xin chào Dương... Tôi rất thích video này.

[@martian_heidegger]

Never thought I'd hear the sentence: "Creeping Jenny is tight.".

[@AQUAPROS]

hahahah

[@MisterDemonTC]

it took me all of like three minutes to get an idea for a tiered style pond and now I kinda wanna do it hmmmmm

[@AQUAPROS]

do it!!!!!!! :)

[@evilone543]

I’m hoping to get my first pond out this year. No shade, so no fish this year.

[@storytaste2853]

Which filter u use for this pond????

[@autogeek7258]

What about shrimp? Do you recommend putting shrimp and fish together in these outdoor patio ponds I wana add some cherry shrimp with my rice fish

[@dawnkilbane4945]

What about if you live in England and no electricity power outside?

[@Zetler]

How sustainable is this if I live in SoCal and lazy?

[@ericferguson9989]

Sweet flag would be neat. It's a native species that geows on the margins.

[@ansonlau3640]

What soil shoud l use to put in the container pots?

[@lpoolck17]

Is the dwarf sag plant okay in cold/frozen seasons?

[@AQUAPROS]

not sure about completely frozen solid, but the ponds with the ricefish that froze a little bit, it did survive

[@lpoolck17]

@@AQUAPROS thanks, that's really good to know as my research said nothing below 18 degrees celsius.

[@mememe84]

9:55 how do you put a pot of soil in water and not have water clogged the soil then get root rot?

[@mikevohs3467]

Got a 100 gallon preformed planted for a couple years.solar water fall crystal clear but never put fish in cause the bull frogs showed up. How do you deal with them?

[@Benny777Bzh]

Please make more rice fish videos 😂

[@markdecker2724]

I have a couple quick questions. I have an old galvanized tub, about 45 to 50 gallons. Will that affect plants, or fish? Speaking of fish, what do you think about like feeder goldfish? Thank you for all the informative videos.

[@AQUAPROS]

Ive used the metal stock tubs and fish / plants dont seem to have any ill effects like some will say 🤷‍♂️ maybe im crazy tho

[@AQUAPROS]

Be careful with feeder fish, they ofter have diseases and have a high mortality rate. But if you add them into a pond thats empty fish wise, its totally chill. Dont forget that these small fish can get big if they survive!

[@jonny_mazerati9410]

Next video: workout routine ? 😂

[@AQUAPROS]

😉

[@BeautifulEarthJa]

I live in Jamaica, with many patio ponds, some in full sun. I actually find the ones in full sun are healthier...but maybe that's cause I have tropical plants *shrug*

[@brantonlightcap]

Did you mention neo shrimp for ponds ? They could work

[@amayanut]

Why not throw a heater in the pond to get through the 30 degree swings? Maybe set it to like 60 or something?

[@AQUAPROS]

Ya, totally an option! Just waiting for the season to fully control everything ;)

[@amayanut]

Cool 😎 may try it out! Wasn’t sure if there was a good reason not to do that or something.

[@AQUAPROS]

@@amayanut naw, theres soooo many ways to make it work depending on where you live, thats what makes it so cool (for me at least) 😉🤠

[@amayanut]

It’s totally sigma

[@mikedellafera3904]

Where’d you get those floating fish decorations in your pond? 6:07

[@debbiemitchell56]

Is it ok to add snails to a pond?

[@Dry_Fly_Films]

What’s a good way to do this In a state like Montana and what kinda fish

[@jeffdbaker71]

Great video

[@AQUAPROS]

Thanks!

[@oioioioioioioioio]

Did you get rice fish eggs from online too? If so, how did those turn out?

[@justlovely36]

Will you be building a bigger pond eventually and get some koi

[@terrorbulyfe]

I bought these anti rodent spikes from Amazon and glued them to some bricks. I placed them strategically around my pond and it seems to have done the trick (so far).

[@anlangms4208]

Have you ever used barley pellets instead of the barley bales?

[@AQUAPROS]

No, i actually havent ever used barley straw either!

[@tprav]

What are those pool noodle things floating in the water?

[@erikm8372]

Too little light is a “thing”, for sure, but in a different way than too much light…as in, obviously most plants can’t grow in total darkness. Even the most shade-loving species will do better in bright shade, or bright indirect/filtered light, and some can even handle a range of conditions, including partial to full sun. In my personal opinion, the ideal location for outdoor pond features is underneath a screen, mesh, or something like we see overhead at nurseries outdoors. Greenhouses are good too, though could be more than enough light for algae. I’ve had algae in fully shaded, fully planted setups, simply because the diatoms or whatever were there in the water. Organic detritus fed it naturally… I live in San Diego so obviously my choice of plants might be different than other places. But I put an inch of potting soil under some gravel in my setup. I was able to grow a large Amazon sword, a carpeting of _Eleocharis_ (dwarf hair-grass), a forest of vigorous _Crinum thaianum_ (onion plant, started from a single PetSmart tube) and _Lilaeopsis_ (microsword)… and surprisingly, _Alternathera reineckii_ was one of my top-performing “all star” plants!

[@666nawal]

I wanted to do it is really really cute but....i feel sorry for the fishes is too small for them 😢....i don't know if some aquatic animal that doesn't suffer small spaces exist, let me know if you know this.. thank you!

[@pepperstep]

I'd love to set up a patio pond with guppies, but I live near Phoenix, and I'm not sure how hot the water would get in our 115°F summers

[@AQUAPROS]

2ft + deep bowl, Ricefish, full shade, airstone. I bet you could keep the temp in a decent range?

[@natep6729]

Shade will do wonders. Just like how us humans feel a lot less hot while standing under a tree.

[@AQUAPROS]

@@natep6729 lots of shade is key! Really helps with algae too ;)

[@samuelvine]

Unrelated to the actual content of the video, but I wanted to stop in and say how much I like that you're going against the "jock" stereotype. You're always so smart and thorough with your content, I love it even though I don't currently have any kind of aquarium/like setup. Keep it up man! (and p.s. you're super-hot but that's beside the point lol)

[@toothpicdinosaur3777]

Why are there no rosy red minnows on here?

[@AQUAPROS]

They totally shoulda been, also a good choice!

[@heidi6677]

Could you use a heated horse water bucket, for the winter? Thay are solid at the feed store , the one I have is around 20 gallon

[@TheKitteth]

What if *hypothetically* I use sea monkeys? 🤔

[@mistypadgette7645]

Ok what about a terra cotta pot. What do I need to do to keep it from absorbing water?

[@AQUAPROS]

Not sure if you can! That material is pretty absorbant... 🤷‍♂️

[@jaynine]

Paint in a liner (do not use spray version) of Flex Seal. Give it at least 2 coats, preferably 3.

[@HopeB555]

When is the Legit nano going to be in stock again? 😅 Getting a little bit tired of inconsistency with crumbling the normal community pellets

[@AQUAPROS]

Hey! Nano (and everything) should be back in May, not sure when but ill let everyone know asap 🙏🙏🙏

[@HopeB555]

@@AQUAPROS yay!! I'll have to order a few bags. 12 tanks it goes fast 😅

[@Me-zc7vm]

Hikari first bites is ideal.

[@furiousstyles08]

I heard you mention guppies' ugly cousins...but what about guppies? Would they work? I live in California; it doesn't get lower than 50 F at night generally.

[@user-gy2kn6os1i]

do the fish need to be fed?

[@AQUAPROS]

Ya i feed em my brand LEGIT Fish Food 😎🤠