My Emersed Pond Setup (warning 56k!)

[Aaron]

Here are some pics of my pond that I setup every summer. It's a whiskey barrel that is lined with thick black plastic. There are bricks underneath the pots to elevate them to the correct height. The pots are filled with 3M T-grade black colorquartz sand. I don't do any fertilizing because there are tons of endler's and diamond tetras in there. I estimate the pond holds about 30 gallons of water.

Whole Setup:

Hygrophila sp. 'red'

Pogostemon stellatus 'broad leaf'

Ludwigia repens 'rubin'

Ludwigia repens 'green'

Polygonum sp. 'Kwaegonum'

Rotala indica


The Rotala indica was of particular interest to me to grow emersed. This is the same plant also being traded as Ammania sp. 'bonsai'. From the emersed pictures it does appear to actually be Rotala indica. I hope to follow up on this thread when the plants get flowers in early September or so.

[fredyk]

You have everything but frogbit.
Ivo has done amazing things with frogbit. He has it in his aquarium.
Outside, in his pond, it's grown in an emersed form that looks very very different. the leaves rise up out of the water on stalks instead of lying flat like lily pads.
the water is pumped into a barrel filled with frogbit which acts as a filter.
The whole barrel is filled with emersed frogbit.

Mark

[Aaron]

You mean like this?

[fredyk]

hehe : )
mARK

[Jeff120]

Looks great Aaron, cool to see the plants in emersed form. Cant wait to see some flowers!