How to make your own mini-pond from a container | WWT
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
- The first in our series of WWT home learning make it videos, these step by step instructions will show you how to create your own wetland habitat to encourage wildlife where you live.
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Thanks. I was watching loads of pond videos and once I watched yours I got up and did it and now, 10 minutes later I have a pond / birbath in my garden!
😂👍 Cool, got any froggy friends visiting?
me too
I literally put this on for background noise and now I'm taking apart an old plastic drawer to turn the shelves into ponds in my yard...
This is a super great idea for recycling old plastic bins that nobody wants anymore and adds a certain unique beauty to your yard...
I think this is great - shows you don't have to do something on a large scale, even the smallest of ponds work just fine. Greeting from Florida !
Hello from rainy Slimbridge Robin, good luck with your pond!
Yes but please don't put a fish in it
Thank you so much for this video! Just what I was looking for!!
Really cool mini pond, and excellent explanation! Great video
I really appreciate this video.... sometimes the truest beauty is completely overlooked
This is a great video - clear, concise, informative and so useful. Thank you.
Great idea going to use a washing up bowl !
This is adorable!
I find this video very helpful Sir. It got very hot here(India) already so toads found a way to enter into our house for moisture and water, It made me to search for this video.👍👍
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.
hey mate,
this is alright!
Good job
thanks :)
thank you friend
Amazing job 💯. 👍
Thank you!
I would have welcomed some advice about maintaining the pond. It's going to need cleaning from time to time surely. How does one go about that without disturbing the residents?
Great video thank you, is there anything I need to do to stop the water going stagnant? Thanks
Getting an air stone should help
Thanks. Frogs are cute, and they'd eat problem insects. I've wanted to know how to have outdoor fog pets.
I made one like yours. The second year and a new spring ahead, how do I prepare it for the a new summer? Is the some does and don't? Or anything goes?
Hi, I'm going to make one of these. What plant is that you're putting in? And where do I get or buy one please? (I'm in South Wales)
Hello, hopefully this video can show you a wide range of options: ua-cam.com/video/YeFtyHoF7Ig/v-deo.html
Just watched your video and am going to give it a try. Do you need to keep topping the water up? it will go stagnant in time I would of thought so what do you do I see you suggested an air stone to someone but anything else?
You put a link on about plants for ponds but what is best in the size pond you have made as that is approx the size I am going to make Thank you
I have the same questions.
Why are you keeping those small pebbles and big rocks inside the container?
Just a quick question, does the water go “bad” at all? And secondly should the water be topped up to keep it level with the rim of the container? I will wait until I have sufficient rainwater and top up if needs be with rainwater. Many thanks 😊
The water didn't have enough circulation
@@ryanstn that’s what I’m wondering, but WWT hasn’t replied, yet
He just created it for video content I think..
Enjoyed this and I want to have a go. How do you put the plants in, you showed them just being placed in,do they need any compost etc?
Hi, glad you liked the video - yes the best types of plants for this mini-pond are the free floating oxygenating species, take a look at our page for more information www.wwt.org.uk/discover-wetlands/gardening-for-wetlands/a-guide-to-native-pond-plants/ let us know how you get on!
@@wwtorguk Thank you. I've had a look and was wondering the best type I could get for Dragon/Damsel flies, for egg laying and emerging larvae?
With aedes albopictus in Paris region…. No water without predators inside otherwise you won’t relax near your pond 😂. Anyway nice job.
Blends right in
can you tell us how to sdd a solar water feature please
Hi there, a small solar water feature would work; you'd just need something sturdy to rest the fountain part on when it is submerged underwater - then a way to keep the cable tidy and weighed-down, attached to the solar panel. Good luck!
What to do in winter? My mini pond is frozen 😁
Hi there, try floating a ball on the surface of the pond - the movement will help to keep ice forming. You can also try melting the surface of the ice with warm water.
@@wwtorguk It is completely frozen, there was a mini boat, but it didn’t help. I'll probably buy a 90 liter container and dig it into the ground, maybe that way it won't freeze to the bottom.
well, the MINI in the title sure wasn't clickbait:D
May I suggest a microscope:)
Mosquitoes problem?
No mosquitoes in U.K that I'm aware of.
@@hookbeak3516 yeah, IN THE UK. You know, the entire world isn't just the UK. Plus, the UK has over 30 varieties of mosquitoes, so...
If the mosquitoes bother you you can add Minnows to eat them , but that could stress out the other creatures in the pond , but if you’re not bothered about them and more concerned fir the newts and such inside the pond don’t be , because the mosquitoe larvae Wont bother them and can even be a good food source .
Frogs and toads eats them right??
If its applied in Jakarta, it will become mosquitos nest, and cause dengue fever
we also have a dengue problem in brazil, i just made my pond, i will keep an eye for mosquito larvae
You should have showed the wild life. Seems too small and crowded to be worth much.
I not
I would say the more effort you put into creating a pond, the more wildlife will be attracted to make it their habitat. The gluteus maximus isn't a oxygen plant, the narrator just seem to spend too much time sat on it, & favouring a cracker box as his minimal effort pond liner.
@@andymerrett That is a bit mean. Yet true.
Spend more time on your grammar.
I think you missed the entire point of this video 🙄.
This video is to show that you can make a small, but effective wildlife pond in your garden very easily and with minimum time/effort.
There are loads of other videos for you if you want to make a more substantial wildlife pond.