Hello All -
We're about to start building an outdoor enclosure for Jet, and I'd love to do a small, shallow water feature (similar to THIS ONE).
My question: One thing that I'm not sure of is how to keep the pond clean. Most of the posts that talk about ponds have some combination of biological filtration and plants (which I think I'm starting to grok), but I'm just not confident those solutions will take care of the... um... "substantial" nature of the solid waste Jet produces. So for those of you who have permanent ponds for your redfoot(s), how do you keep it clean?
I've also seen plenty of "don't-do-a-pond-just-do-a-terracotta-plate-it's-much-easier-to-clean" posts - but with great owners like @terryo and @Kristina having ponds for their redfoots, it inspires me to follow their example!
Thanks!
We're about to start building an outdoor enclosure for Jet, and I'd love to do a small, shallow water feature (similar to THIS ONE).
My question: One thing that I'm not sure of is how to keep the pond clean. Most of the posts that talk about ponds have some combination of biological filtration and plants (which I think I'm starting to grok), but I'm just not confident those solutions will take care of the... um... "substantial" nature of the solid waste Jet produces. So for those of you who have permanent ponds for your redfoot(s), how do you keep it clean?
I've also seen plenty of "don't-do-a-pond-just-do-a-terracotta-plate-it's-much-easier-to-clean" posts - but with great owners like @terryo and @Kristina having ponds for their redfoots, it inspires me to follow their example!
Thanks!