Working on a NEW set up

Cloverdale, Indiana
July 28, 2025 1:22pm CST
Well don't ask where I get my Ideas from cause I can't tell you, but I have a few good ideas for some changes on the 8 ft pond & for the 75 gal fish tank in the cabin, both will work out great. So if you like reading & new ideas this would be the place to hang out at for a while to vision what's going to be changing in a few wks. Starting with the 8 ft pond 1st, I'm taking it from the front yard to the back, closer to the cabin where I can have more room for it. The place where it is now (in the front) just don't have the space I need to do what I want to do with it & be all cramped getting around it. That's just the start, next after it's moved I'm going to put a awning over it to keep the sun from getting it too hot & turning green & the leaves out of it, then on the (3) sides have shade cloth draped around it to get enough air. & when winter comes tack tarps on the side walls to keep the cold out where it won't freeze + I'll have a good heater in there as well too. I'll also have a beach ball of some sort in there to keep the water from freezing up where it will keep the water moving cause I'll have a heater in the bog filter where it will keep it flowing as well. So there's all that, now here's the rest of what I have gotten for the outside pond since I got it. Danner 02477 Pro 1000 Pond Waterfall Box and Filter Spillway for Ponds (2-Pack) 90% Black Sunblock Shade Cloth Taped Edge with Grommets UV Resistant Shade Net Size: 12ftĂ—12ft, this is what I have over the top of it NOW to keep the sun from turning the water green& from getting too hot along with a 10x10 shade cloth. Dwarf Umbrella Palm Tropical Aquatic Marginal Pond/Bog Plant-Buy 2 Get 1 Free Plant Options: 2'' Net Pot, they're growing but at a slow pace cause I have the sun blocked off the pond. Live White Flower Water Snowflake Aquatic Marginal Pond Plant - Buy 2 Get 1 Free Quantity : 2 Plant Options: 2'' net pot these are growing really good. Japanese Iris Kaempferi Aquatic Marginal Bog/Pond Plant Buy 2 Get 1 Free Quantity : 2 Plant Options: 2'' net pot they haven't really grown that much cause they're not getting that much sun. AQUANEAT Aquarium Filter Media Bags Fish Tank Mesh Media Bags 10 PCS I'm getting these to put gravel in for the hang on side waterfall filters Pack: 5.5"x8" US $8.53 Pond Heater for Small Outdoor Ponds being winter will be here B-4 we know it I just ordered this so I could have it on hand when the time comes. This is all just for the BIG pond after it's moved. Now for the 75 gal tank this is going to be a nice set up as well once I get the OTHER stuff done in the bathroom & kitchen so I can redo the MAIN area of where IT sits cause I'm going to be doing some rearranging once I get my space back in here. But what I have in mind is to tare down the 75 gal aquarium & setting up the 100 gal stock tank & put a bog filter on it & that will keep the tank a lot cleaner & less work keeping the filter clean, but it won't fit where the 75 gal is now, so I'll have to put it on the OTHER side of the room where it'll sit on the floor & a bog filter hooked up to it, instead of just a filter pump, cause it seems like the filter pump alone just isn't doing what I want done to keeping it clean. Being I don't have any dogs in here I won't need a lid or a cover over it so that will be a + & the dust isn't a factor in here any more like it was so that's a BIG + once I get it all set up & going I'll get you a video of it all. I hope you can vision what I'm going to be working on once I get the other MAIN stuff done in the cabin & just see what what I see once it "ALL DONE" If you have any thoughts or Ideas please share them I love hearing what you come up with that I might try out thank you for sticking around & sharing your ideas & thoughts.
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@LindaOHio (199616)
• United States
29 Jul
Sounds like you have two big projects. I hope it all works out for you.
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@LindaOHio (199616)
• United States
30 Jul
@2ndchances24 You're very welcome.
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• Cloverdale, Indiana
29 Jul
Thank you, I'm pretty sure it will all go as planed once I get it going, I have it all drawed out on my paint app that's on my desktop.
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@RasmaSandra (88568)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul
Sounds like it will be a really nice pond best of luck to you.
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• Cloverdale, Indiana
29 Jul
I think it will be a really nice place to enjoy to play or relax in.
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@RebeccasFarm (95857)
• Arvada, Colorado
28 Jul
You have some great plans there Gayle!
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• Cloverdale, Indiana
29 Jul
thank you, I try to come up with things that work for the best in the yard & the cabin.
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@wolfgirl569 (121761)
• Marion, Ohio
28 Jul
Sounds nice.
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• Cloverdale, Indiana
29 Jul
thank you, I think it will be, I'll make a short video of how it all turns out once it's all done, it may be next year to get done but when it's all done I'll make a video of it for every 1.
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