The Beginning of My Underwater Garden.

Join me on my journey as I set up an outdoor pond for growing aquarium plants. In this video, I share my experiences from choosing the right plants to maintaining the perfect environment for their growth. Learn about the challenges of outdoor aquascaping, from temperature control to dealing with seasons, and discover how I overcome them. Whether you’re a seasoned aquarist or a beginner looking to dive into the hobby, there’s something for everyone. Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe for more updates on my adventure!

[@pelhamsaquatics]

Excellent idea farming the plants 🪴 under sunlight 🙂👍🏻can tell your enjoying the project!⭐️

[@aquaticfanaticsuk]

I've got quite a bit of land to utilise, Jeff! I'm enjoying it because I know what's coming soon 😉

[@garageaquatics2023]

I use a little shrimp net to weed out the duckweed, and stay with it. I've beat it in a couple tanks and working on a couple more. Water changes or filters can cause bits to sink and get caught in in other plants. They eventually work there way up so that's why it's so important to stay on it. It's a nasty, invasive plant! MTC 🙂 That;s a great idea, Keith! I wish I could do that here, but it's already 100F and it's just gonna get hotter as summer progresses. Cheers, my friend!

[@aquaticfanaticsuk]

I started out with duckweed as a food source for my goldfish. But since then, my hobby has become more about plants and less about goldfish. The duckweed has managed to spread itself around all my tanks. I didn't mind in a few of my tanks because it was great for mopping up excess nutrients and blocking excess light. The problem is that when it keeps popping up in places, you don't want it.

[@bigfishlad4847]

Brilliant Keith can tell your enjoying that

[@aquaticfanaticsuk]

I'm looking forward to seeing how this project pans out! Imagine if the next episode was called 'I ordered 600 stems for my planted pond'

[@bigfishlad4847]

@@aquaticfanaticsuk 😂 it will be

[@aquaticfanaticsuk]

Saying nothing 😂

[@bigfishlad4847]

@@aquaticfanaticsuk About what 😉

[@aquaticfanaticsuk]

Dunno 🤣

[@geoffbreen2386]

I'm trying to do a similar thing. My only suggestion, knowing how fast duckweed multiplies, it's worth spending time to get it all out now.

[@aquaticfanaticsuk]

Totally agree, mate. Even though I spent ages trying to get rid of it, I still ended up with some in there.

[@geoffbreen2386]

@@aquaticfanaticsuk Its amazing everyone who grows in ponds seems to have a problem with it.

[@aquaticfanaticsuk]

@@geoffbreen2386 I'd love to see your ponds. It's an experiment for me

[@geoffbreen2386]

@@aquaticfanaticsuk I'm in Australia.

[@greenmachinesweden]

One fish and no substrate, no filter. How will the plants get nitrogen? I think you are up for a failure mate. Looking forward for updates no matter what. There are definetely some learning to gain from it for both of us.😀👍

[@aquaticfanaticsuk]

I want to get a lot more plant matter in there before I start feeding the plants. I'm worried the water will turn into pea soup

[@greenmachinesweden]

@@aquaticfanaticsuk Yes, pea soup is what I expect from this. How much nitrogen do you have in your tap water?

[@aquaticfanaticsuk]

Just under 5 ppm

[@greenmachinesweden]

@@aquaticfanaticsuk oh, that is great! Do you have any phosphate in your tap water as well?

[@aquaticfanaticsuk]

There is some. I think 0.5 last time I tested. But it isn't mentioned on my water companies' results

[@gbeeshrimp]

Still empty, plenty of room for loads more plants 🪴 🤔😎 that is the biggest leaved frogbit I've ever seen 😳

[@aquaticfanaticsuk]

This is only 1 pond. This is about 25% of what I want to get set up this summer