Traditional Japanese Style Rice Fish Patio Pond in Zen Garden: Easy Maintenance/ Feed & Breed
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Finally, I set up a new bigger Japanese rice fish patio pond (Melaka Biotope) in my Zen Garden. It is the upgraded version of my last mini pond. This time, I got lots of new fish with just easy maintenance and bit more love and care. I made this patio pond with very old Japanese traditional method appeared in 1700s. So, it has no filter, just relies on the natural ecosystem. I am very happy with the result, and very excited to share with you my new pond! Hope you enjoy watching my new baby fish 🐟
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(Garden Makeover/ DIY Japanese Zen Garden With A Rice Fish Mini Pond)
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(DIY Japanese Rice Fish Mini Pond in a Peaceful Garden (Medaka Biotope))
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According to many low-tech fish tank and riparian builds, a key feature of preventing algae growth and natural water filtration was using terrestrial plants and marginal plants without soil and only substrate (such as the akadama or expanded clay). This forces the plants to develop water roots in which they pull their nutrient needs directly from the water column. The lack of excess nutrients in the water column discourages algae overgrowth and keeps the water very clear. While water & floating plants help with this too, they are best at adding oxygen to the water. While terrestrial plants grown hydroponically are better at filtering the water and keeping algae at bay. Hope this helps someone ❤
Thank you so much for the useful tips!!
I just love the way you have experimented on natural and different ways of looking after your fish. They look so happy and content in their home. The plants are lovely too and everything looks so clean and fresh. Well done, keep the videos coming please.
Thank you for your beautiful comment mum. Love ❤️
@@livelovelaughdiy my shrimp, snails, and white cloud mountain minnows live in my patio pond year round. This winter I added an LED light to prevent a complete freeze over, and that started my pond breeding a full 6 weeks earlier this year.
Your videos are so soothing, thank you!!!
I have never seen anyone breed water fleas to feed fish....this amazing
Thank you! Live food is the best treat for the fish 😉
I came here to see how I could make a little indoor pond- got a whole education instead,😅, love it!❤
Thank you for watching this long video. I have made a little indoor pond as well. This is easy DIY you can check 😉
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I know right? Me as well ! So informative
You care your fishes a lot. Your fishes might be one of the luckiest creatures of the world 💝✨✨
Thank you❣️I love my fish so much, and emotionally attached to them now 😅
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@@livelovelaughdiy 🙂🤗👋
Thats a lovely new pond ❤️ Live with nature and with the rhythm of life is a gift, most people lost that today. Thanks for sharing and keep enjoy life 🙏
Thank you 🙏 Yes, I couldn’t agree more! I always appreciate living with nature. It’s such a beautiful thing🌿
For algae overgrowth..especially string algae...if you make a small bunch ( tie with string ) of BARLEY STRAW ( buy in nurseries or produce shops etc... where you buy hay .... ) it works really well to kill or restrict the algaes. I always used it in my ponds. Beautiful video thank you .
Wow what a great tip! I’ll definitely try. Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏
It’s so awesome to see the ponds growth and yours as well! Your channel is amazing and I feel like I’m watching a vid that should have millions of views, so well done 💕
Awww thank you so much! Your comment made my day! This video took a long time to make, but my effort paid off now 🙏
Oh i agréé absolutely....never Seen anything liké this....Fab u lous
Loved this video so much I didn’t even notice it was 21 minutes long!
Wow thank you so much!! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Who knew that the Machia makes daphnia
Daphnia existed in the water from a natural pond, and I fed them matcha 😊
Sensational job and still watching in 2024! ♥️♥️♥️🐟🐟🐟 so much love and labour and seeing it come alive. Just beautiful and peaceful to come along the journey. #Zen #garden it is!
Awww 🥰 thank you so much. I just got emotionally attached to my fish by looking after them.
Magical! Without any techie bits of equipment you produce an aquatic oasis. There is something delightfully childlike in the way you combine all the techniques into something that is truly awe inspiring. The management of the water for the daphna is so well explained I live in the UK so I doubt if my ponds would overwinter, but I'm inspired to give it a try in an adapted format. Thank you :-)
Thank you so much for your beautiful comment from UK! This pond works in Japan where it’s quite cold in Japan and rice fish can survive under the ice. But if the entire water gets frozen, they die. Some people use a styrofoam bowl during winter because it gives better insulation. I don’t know how cold it gets in your area, but sending you the best wishes…💕
It seems to me that outdoor ponds cycle faster.
I suggest adding a pot with plants from another pond into new pond to jump start the cycle, since a lot of the good microbes live in the pot that was sitting in an older pond.
I also suggest giving away some of your medaka and adding some unrelated fish into your pond. It will help you produce more healthy fish in the future, since it will help increase the gene pool.
Thank you so much for your great suggestions. I always appreciate sharing knowledge and ideas! I have let some of the fish go away from the pond but haven’t put new ones in yet. I am hoping that the medaka community is growing in my area so that people can trade the fish easily. Transferring a pot from other pond is a great idea. Thank you for letting me know 😊
@@livelovelaughdiy hi LLL DIY, the medaka rice fish are becoming more popular as of recently, at least in the US. I’m sure in your country it’s growing in popularity too, since the niche for a perfect small, hardy, and colorful pond fish is something that is hard to find.
I’m excited to see more from your channel.
Awww thank you so much 😊 😊😊
I love your channel so naturally spiritual and the music is awesome. I enjoy watching the fry swimming together with the older rice fish. You give us all the information we need to start our pond. I hope someday to have a pond just like yours to enjoy.
Thank you so much for your beautiful comment! Watching little white fish swimming in the pond is therapeutic. I’m sure you will enjoy making your own pond 🐟
Fill bucket with water. Let it sit out side in shade for two days. Chlorine will evaporate into the air out of the water. Better for fish. Lovely garden. Good info on pond soil.
Thank you so much, for sharing your pond with us, and how you put it together. It's so beautiful. I imagine it gives you such pleasure to look at, and take care of. I also love the spot it is in, with that lovely bushy plant that surrounds it, like a warm hug. Everything including the pond looks so neat and tidy. Very peaceful. I love all of it. Thanks again.
I Simply was so taken by your beautiful natural approach & your gentle patient Japanese culture which comes through.
Love that natural Ponds in Japan fish are not fed but rely on natural ecosystems based from (1700's in Japan).
We loved Japan so very much ❤️ 2014 holiday. I sumply couldnot take enough photos. I had wanted to visit Japan since I was a very little girl. I loved it all so very much from Osaka to Kyoto Tokyo, Nagano, & Yaminuchi to see the beautiful snow Monkeys & I felt like I was walking & meditating at the same time.
Love the Bamboo forest.
Have always wanted to put together a Japanese style water garden with fish to keep my memories alive.
I wanted a traditional approach
Arigato goziamas
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Arigato gozaimasu for your beautiful message and sharing the memories that you had in Japan! You visited many different places, that must’ve been wonderful experiences! I’ve never seen snow monkeys, but I have seen some beautiful bamboo forests. Glad you enjoyed this video. Thank you… 🙏
Such concerned and delicate care you provide. love it!
Thank you! Every time I see new baby fish, I want to give them a good care…
Ive really enjoyed this video and I've also really enjoyed listening to you. I spent time in QLD and your manner of speaking is nicely peppered with familiar aussie euphemisms. Lots of good information, also appreciated you sharing the results good and less so. Now im toying with the idea of creating a little pond myself- im getting ahead of myself now though 😂. Ive subscribed and look forward to seeing what else is on your channel. Big l❤ve xxxx
Thank you so much! I like experimenting things. Sometimes I get good results and sometimes bad. Hopefully my experience is helpful. Thank you again for watching this video and subscribing my channel 😊
You have such a beautiful garden AND personality
Thank you 🙏 I’m glad you enjoyed this video. Japanese rice fish can survive under the thin layer of ice. I made a video about the winter care of the pond. If you are interested, you can check this → m.ua-cam.com/video/_htZakHSvU8/v-deo.html&pp=ygUVV2ludGVyIHJpY2UgZmlzaCBwb25k
This was truly delightful to watch. Your pond is sooo charming.
Thank you so much! I enjoy looking after my fish.
very relaxing to watch... and beautiful little pond.
Thank you so much 😊
So great, full of great information. I like the way narrates everything she does!!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much!
I've wanted a outdoor pond for some time now, but my husband refused because he's scared the pond would attract mosquitos. How do you handle the mosquito problem? Also, I live in the midwest, what do you do recommend I do with the fish during the cold months?
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Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I love experimenting things. Hope this video is helpful.
Great video.i enjoyed looking how you experimenting until you got best result.
I will use rain water instead tap water.Thank you
Glad you enjoyed my experiment 😁 Rain water is good 👍 but it’s not recommended if you live in a big city or where air pollution is the issue.
Sorry me again. What's the amazing lush grassy plant surrounding the pond? A type of mini bamboo? I love it n want some.
The plant is Panda Grass. It’s called Baby Panda Bamboo as well, and the scientific name is Pogonatherum paniceum. It’s beautiful and grow VERY well in a relatively moist area. Now I have to pluck them regularly 😅
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Hi. I live in Australia but I’m finding it very difficult to get any water hyacinth for my patio pond. May I ask where you got yours. Thank you.
I understand your situation! Water hyacinth is rated as an invasive plant, and I think it’s banned to sell (and probably give away) the plant (here in QLD). I’ve got a small dam on our property, there was water hyacinth growing there when I moved in. We cleared them out, but I kept some for my self in the buckets 🪣
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メダカちゃんね、こんなにはまると思ってなかったんだけどさ、やっぱり命だから、生まれちゃうとほったらかしにできないし、死んだら凹むんだよね…。それで、今回うまく行ったので、もう数えきれないほど稚魚がいっぱい！でも、これって報われた気持ちになるよ♡
@@livelovelaughdiy ほぉ！多言語対応なのね！😲確かに熱狂的なファンの方は貴重！いろんな国の人たちが見ているんだね。👍️動画を作り甲斐があるね。💡UA-camはいろんなことができるんだね。家事に仕事にメダカちゃんや猫ちゃんの世話と忙しいね。でもCanの動画は面白いから楽しみなんだよ~❗️😆
命を育てるの、ドラマだね✨これからも楽しくメダカちゃん育てして経過をリリースしてね。😄メダカちゃん、増えすぎたら「ザ メダカショッブ」でも開く？😁楽しみだよね。💓
Great pond your garden looks very restful.. Just be aware water hyacinths are banned in all Australian states. You could use miniature water lettuce as a replacement.
Thank you for your advice 😊 Regarding the water hyacinth, they were in the little pond in our property when we moved in. I know it’s registered as an invasive plant, so I got rid of them from the pond, and kept just few of them in my pot pond. I checked QLD government website. It says “You must not give away, sell or release water hyacinth into the environment. Penalties may apply.
You must take all reasonable and practical measures to minimise the biosecurity risks associated with dealing with water hyacinth under your control. “ So with my understanding, keeping the plant already in the property in the controllable small pot is not illegal. But yes, i am not allowed to release them anywhere outside, and miniature water lettuces will be great too 😊
Your pond is beautiful! This is a great video. How did you learn so much?
Thank you so much! Before making this video, I made lots of mistakes. So I learnt many things from my mistakes and also it’s always fun to try some experiment 😆
Very nice, might be too many fish. The environment can only support a certain amount of fish per gallon. There is a calculator if you Google it you will see how many inches of fish per gallon of water that will live without building up too much ammonia which is toxic.
Thank you for your advice😊 I thought they were getting too many new fish too, so I let some of them go already 😉
Please do Bunnings sell the gravel you use and where to get the plants from ?, love this video, it has inspired me so much.
Subscribed! Thanks for the inspiration. I've just set up my rice fish pond. I'm also in Australia so I found the same pot as yours at the local Bunnings (but I went with the larger 75cm size). I plugged up the hole with 2 part epoxy as your video suggested and it worked perfectly. No leaks! Thanks again for sharing, all the best with your Zen Garden!
Oh you got the bigger pot! That's better 👍 I wanted the bigger one as well, but there wasn't enough space in my Japanese garden. You will love your new pond and rice fish for sure! 💕
Love your videos💖.. very relaxing and informative! You are the one who inspired me to set up three outdoor Medaka fish ponds, but now (when winter is over), I’m going to make a pond just like this one in the video! I’m in Melbourne so it’s very cold at the moment but my fish are still going well considering the cold 🥶. Thank you so very much, you are very creative! Best wishes 🙏
Thank you so so much for your lovely message from Melbourne. I’m glad to hear that your medaka are going well in your ponds in winter in Melbourne. I have some friends in Melbourne, and they say it’s cold often these days. Medaka is hardy! I’m sure you will end up with lots of new medaka babies in the large pond, and love them 😊💕
Thank you so much! I very much love my Medaka fish 💕. It’s very strange because I never thought I would love them so much lol!!
And yes I can’t wait till they spawn, it will be the first time I’ve witnessed this! I have the red/orange Youkihi rice fish! All the best ❤️🙏🐠🌺🌿
That pond looks absolutely stunning! I just stumbled upon your video and immediately hit the subscribe button. Watching it is so incredibly relaxing. I've been considering building a pond in my own garden, especially since I also have stray cats around, and your mesh solution seems both simple and effective. I'm thinking of adding guppies to my pond as well. I'll definitely be watching more of your videos to gather some inspiration and ideas. Thank you for sharing such wonderful content!
Awww 🥰 thank you so much for your lovely message! Guppies sound great, they will add wonderful colours! One of my cats loves to drink water from the patio pond. She used to try to catch the fish but she gave up now and just drinks water, but my other young one wants to play with the fish, and also I have cane toads sometimes jump in the pond. So I still need the mesh cover 😅
Medaka is a fish that is very attached to people, so I would like you to try breeding it in your room.
In Japan, I am proposing methods to grow medaka in the center of the dining table.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment! I was actually thinking about having medaka on my table! It’s an outdoor dining table but it’s so nice to see them swimming during dining 💕
So very nice to see your video. You have a special way of teaching. What is the right ph for your fish before you put them in the pond?
Thank you so much 😊 The right ph for Japanese rice fish is 6.5 - 7.5.
Love this! I have a passion for plants and ponds.I have several ponds, water features such as an oak barrel and Claw tub bathtub, hardshell ponds, goldfish and koi ponds. I love what you have created here. Lots of inspirational ideas and knowledge shared for creating a natural ecosystem, raising and keeping fish. Thank you for sharing.
Wow your ponds sound amazing! I am interested in the bathtub pond. Goldfish and koi fish are colourful and beautiful. Thank you for finding and watching this video 🙏
this video was very informative and relaxing
Glad you enjoyed my patio pond 😊
Wow! Your pond looks amazing! I made a pond when we lived in Japan and put goldfish and snails. Some of the fish were gone because there’s a cat in the neighborhood. Anyway, thank you for this video for inspiring me to make a better pond and how to take care/ maintain. Can’t wait for your next video.
You lived in Japan 🇯🇵when I was living with my parents in Japan,! I have had a similar experience. A cat from the neighbourhood took our koi fish from the pond. The fish was quite big, so I was shocked.😅 Thats why I cover my pond, I know it doesn't look good but certainly protects my fish. Glad you enjoyed my video, thank you so much for watching and your lovely comment!
oh hermoso tu estanque, gracias por compartirlo y gracias por la traducción al español, besos desde ARGENTINA
Muchas gracias por ver este video. Me alegra que te haya gustado 😊
Where did you buy those beautiful floating plants?
Actually, those floating plants were from the little pond in my property. They were already there when we moved in this house.
Aquí en México no he encontrado ese tipo de pez. Me vendrían bien para un mini estanque.
El pescado de arroz japonés puede no ser común en muchos países, pero sí, ¡creo que también son geniales para un estanque!
so glad i found this to watch today. thank you for insperation
Thank you for finding and watching this video!
Mangroves will help your filter your ponds water. See my videos to see how.
There are lots of mangroves here. It sounds interesting, I’ll check it.
What did u say the round Medaka was..I couldn't quite catch what u said. Your are very caring to all Ur fish and you have created such a beautiful garden n ponds.. so peaceful. I'm in Perth and it gets alot hotter n dry and also colder in winter I assume compared to Qld. I don't know how I'd go creating an outdoor pond..I only just purchased 4 Platinum Medaka two days ago and have in a 90cm long tank in my lounge that used to be my Sewellia Lineolata river tank. Iv kept the tank scape simple somewhat of a Iwaguma style which iv not done before. I'm used to having much more plants as I like to create a great environment for the fish more so than just for the look.
You really have a stunning garden. Lucky girl. 💙🩵💙
Awww thank you for your lovely comment from Perth! The round medaka is called Dharma Medaka. You will eventually get them as your platinum medaka breed. Dharma medaka is a kind of deformed fish and apparently it happens more often when they are born in a hot climate. Their lifespan is a bit shorter than normal ones, but they look cute, so many people love them❤️
Fantastic video. I am in Melbourne and would like to buy your medaka.
Thank you for your lovely comment😊 I'm nervous to send live fish from Gold Coast to Melbourne...
I love it... I love watching your videos by taking care of your fish. Thank you for sharing your videos. keep up the good work.
Thank you. I was getting emotionally attached to my fish, and tried to do the better things for them. :)
Wow. Lots of dust in that gravel !
Yes, I’m glad that I washed it.
I bought a ginormous half whiskey barrel from amazon, lined it with pondliner and keep it on the patio decking under a big awning and added 4 orandas. Pond going on 5 years now, fish were from my indoor tank and are 7+ years old. Very easy upkeep, but will need heavy duty pond filter, charcoal, clay, those plastic beads, uv etc, orandas are messy eaters and poop a lot (weekly half water change ofc).
Your patio pond sounds beautiful! My mum in Japan has a pond of goldfish. She doesn't change water regularly but has a powerful filter. Orandas are lovely💕 but yes! I can imagine their will poop more than rice fish!
i watched the entire video. its great tbh and i was wondering tho, that happen to the shrimps and snails??
I still have shirimps and snails. But thry are very hard to see when they are in the pond... almost invisible. So it's hard to capture with my camera. Some of my snails are so big now. Snails reproduced a lot, but I don't think shrimps increased the population.
What a great, well put together video. Very informative with so many useful tips. Thank you for that. ❤
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it!
I wonder if you need heater for your pond in winter? I’m new to brisbane as I am not sure about water temp in winter.
It's cold in winter in Brisbane but never cold enough to freeze the pond. So you don't need a heater for Japanese rice fish. They can survive under ice. But if you have other fish like guppies you probably want a heater.
Hi I am trying to get some water hyacinth but can't find any. I'm not too far away from you. Where did you get yours? Thanks!
Water hyacinth is an invasive plant, so it’s banned to trade. But my one was already in my property when I moved into this house 😅
@@livelovelaughdiy ahh thanks! I might have to find a new property with water hyacinth to keep my fish happy! 😂😂
Your videos filled me up with peace, I have a fish pond with two gold fish and one water turtle. Watching this makes me want to have a few more fish pounds.Thanks for sharing!
Your comment made me smile 😊 Thank you so much 🙏
5:07 your gravel is so beautiful. it's a waste to see it being used as drainage hole filler.
That gravel is from my old pond. Since I didn't have any other gravel, I recycled it. But yes, I agree. It's is too good to be in the pot.
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Arigato!
Check out father fish. The dirt then sand works
Thank you for your advice 🙏❤️
Impressive amount of care, knowledge and dedication you show in creating such beauty! Your pond is otherworldly...if i may ask a few questions:
1) did you study marine biology to learn this?
2) can i built a pond without alot of the extra detail to propagate larva?
3) what is the round fish called and its purpose?
Thank you! Joe
Hi! Thanks for your lovely message. I answer your questions. 1) I haven’t studied marine biology before. I just wanted to do some experiments with water flea. 2) You can make a pond with only simple setup. I have made a video of my previous patio pond which is quite simple that you can check. Just need some substrate and plants. You don’t have to give live food to the fish. You can feed them just powdered/flake food. If your fish are young and healthy, they can reproduce. But it’s easier to increase the number of fish, if there are hiding spots for baby fish. 3) The round fish is called Dharma medaka. It’s just deformed rice fish. Dharma medaka has short and round body, and if you breed lots of rice fish, you will get some of them. Apparently, the chances to get Dharma medaka increase if they are born in very hot season. They normally have shorter life than normal fish.
@@livelovelaughdiy thank you!
Thanks for sharing your story of your pond. I’m thinking of making a pond too, so this gave me some inspiration. I don’t know if I’d keep fish though; it looks like a lot of work!
So glad to hear that you enjoyed my pond. I did some experiments for live food, and that was a bit of work. But apart from that, looking after the rice fish wasn’t a big deal. They are hardy. I think I could probably feed mosquito larvae even when there were little fry swimming in the pond because adults more likely catch the larvae before the larvae catch the fry. You can just feed normal dry food like goldfish flakes etc 😉
Hi, did you see the shrimp again after putting them in?
I have seen them only occasionally. Their colour is very hard to see...
I thought water hyacinth was illegal in Aus?
It is illegal to give away and sell water hyacinth, also illegal to release it to environment here. There is a natural pond in my property, and water hyacinth is growing there. I need to keep it in control by law.
Would love an update on your gorgeous pond and stunning Medaka rice fish. Hope all is going well. 😊
It’s winter here now, and the water is cold, so my medaka fish are often sitting at the bottom of the patio pond. But some of them come up to the surface when I feed them. They are going well 😊
Was wondering about the cats...have you shown how to make that lid? Beautiful, inspiring work
This is my first time watching your video, but I fell in love instantly! Love your diary-like narration, the natural shots, makes me feel like I'm there looking directly at your pond :')) Lovely!
Thank you so much for finding this video. I love my fish so much, and feel attached to them. Glad you enjoyed seeing my pond!
@@livelovelaughdiy yeahh i can feel your love for the fishies ❤✨ have fun always and i wish you the best with your fishies and greeneries projects!
Awww 🥰 thank you!!
How do you maintain temperature???
Japanese rice fish can handle the wide range of water temperature, so I don’t need to worry about it. Only when it’s very hot, it’s better be under the shade. But the conditions change depending on the location and size of the pond. Here, they can comfortably live in the patio pond without any fuss😊
What part of Australia are you from? I want to culture some daphnia. I’m in Sydney will it be to cold to culture daphnia?
I live in Gold Coast. It’s warmer than Sydney but I don’t culture daphnia in winter. It’s easier to do when the water temperature is around 25 - 28C. If the water is colder than 15C, they don’t reproduce. Also, my fish is not active in cold season, so they don’t need to eat much either 😊
Thank you so much. You have an amazing Channel ❤️🙏
The pond came out beautiful. I really like your Japanese-style corner. And thank you for putting the names of the plants on the screen, easier to find in the Netherlands using Latin names
Thank you so much for your comment from Netherlands 🇳🇱! Some of the plants I used in this pond are weed, hope you can find them in your area too!
What kind of plants are by the pond?
They are Pogonatherum paniceum (Panda Grass). They look like miniature bamboo.
Peaceful, calm, tranquil and very well done 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it!
What about the cats? Are they going to eath the fish?
My cats are curious about the fish but it’s not easy for cats to catch such small fish, so they’ve sort of given up.
GREAT BUILD....THANKS
Glad you like it, thank you 🙏
Where do you get rice water fish?
I found a gentleman in Brisbane advertised his rice fish on Gumtree, so I went to his place and bought them.
i’m so glad you uploaded more about your pond :) i recently got some medaka myself!
Congratulations on your new medaka! You will love them :)
Lovely informative video. Thank you ❤
So peaceful. ❤
Thank you 🙏
Do you get algae growth in the pond …
Yes I do especially during warm season. I just scoop the algae out when it's get to too much. But I don't have much algae now as it's in autumn here and daylight is getting shorter.
Your pond is beautiful and you put so much work into it. I learned a lot. I want to start a pond but since I'm lazy, I want a relatively low-maintenance one. Thank you for sharing.
I think everyone likes low maintenance pond 😁 Japanese rice fish are great little hardy fish. Good luck with your new pond, and thank you for your lovely comment!
Being "lazy" is a choice, you don't have to be. Make the choice to be more active🙂✌️
I love the look if your finished garden. You worked so hard & then results are beautiful. Thank you for the rice fish video. I love on them Texas prairie (tornado alley). Unfortunately I can't do a full scale Japanese garden in my conditions but I can incorporate some elements here. Thank you for inspiration.
Thank you 🙏 I really appreciate people find beauty in Japanese culture.
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Very nice. Congratulations!!!
My name is Héctor, I'm from México. For now I have a 200 litter planted aquarium. Could you please advise me a little more to install a small pond?
I would greatly appreciate it. I wish you are well and I love your garden and your videos!!!
Thank you for your comment from Mexico 🇲🇽! Your aquarium is massive! I am not sure if I can answer your question about installing a small pond, but I think it is important to find the right location for a pond. Depending on what sort of fish you are having in the pond though, I recommend to observe the area first to find how much sunlight you can get in the day in summer and winter. For these Japanese rice fish, I don’t need aeration or bubbler, but you may want them for certain fish. I don’t have them in my pond, so I add water plant, shrimps and snails instead to balance the ecosystem. Also, you may need some sort of cover to protect your fish from animals from outside, like wild birds, dragonfly nymphs, toads etc… I know my pond is not perfect, but hopefully this information is helpful…
I noticed during some research. Alot of medaka pond in japn have not substrate at all. Or if they do is just. Some crushed lava rock pr another porus rock
I have seen medaka in the bare tank too. I like to have substrate. I placed aquarium soil now in this pond. It’s made of volcanic soil. It helps aquatic plants grow as well.
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Growing that micro organisms for your fish surprised me. 👍🏼👍🏼 over here people buy from aquarium shops and it can be quite expensive
When the conditions are right, water fleas reproduce so fast. It’s winter here now, so I stopped growing my plankton. Thank you for your lovely comment 😊
Im assuming you're in Australia because of your plant choice. I have no trouble getting akadama here in Adelaide. If I can get it in Adelaide at the bonsai nursery, I would have thought you could get in in any major city.😊😊
Wow you can find akadama in Adelaide! I live in Gold Coast, and have never seen it. Bonsai nursery sounds promising, I should check if there is any bonsai nursery here in GC. Thank you for your info!
You have created a beautiful tsubo-niwa. Well done. As I watched your plant choices I knew that one plant you nestled along the rocks would get away from you but frequent pruning will keep it at bay.
The fish will remind you.
Yes you are right about the plant! It’s covering more areas but at the moment, it’s in the green area. Once it starts escaping (?) from the area, I pluck them 😅
How big do these fish grow?
Japanese rice fish grow usually up to 4cm. But I have one huge fish. She is 5cm. She is a super mother, reproduced lots of baby fish.
Such a special space you have created. With great care to the health of your fish.
Thank you 🙏 My fish are happily swimming now.
Could I use glass silicone
I am not sure, I think it depends on the size of the hole. My one had a large hole.
You are a true Aqua Scaper. Did you try a Bristle nose pleco to eat the algae? Two should be good to clear it up.
Thank you so much 😊 I haven’t tried Bristle nose pleco. Wow it sounds so helpful in this pond!
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Awesome very cute
Thank you! 😊
Thank you for sharing how you made your pond. I shall try this, probably just plants for now to see how it grows in colder climate.
Glad you liked this patio pond. Hope you can find some plants that do well in your area 😊
Lovely video. I noticed you have cats. Water Lily and water hyacinth are toxic to cats. You might want to find plants that won’t harm the kitties.
I have 3 cats. Thanks for letting me know! I normally cover my pond with wire mesh cover, but yes I keep eye on it.
I will also make such a small pond. Learned a lot of things from your video. Thank you from🇧🇩
Thank you for watching! I love having a mini pond. It’s not hard to set up and it is so peaceful!
It’s a lot of work.
Hahaha, I just did extra experiments. You don’t need to give the fish live food.
It's almost Summer here in Nova Scotia, Canada. I love keeping Guppies in a fountain pond on my deck and you are my new favorite person on the planet 😄.
Awwww 🥰 so nice of you! I am thinking of getting a guppie pond as well.
You are amazing and love your beautiful work there ❤🎉 and thanks for sharing
I’m happy to hear that you liked my pond. Thank you for your lovely comment!