Barrel Ponds

[KiltyONeal]

Originally Posted by Eddie Would GO

awsum idea what are the diemensions and what liner did you use?

The barrels are about 3 feet wide and 2 1/2 feet tall. I used a flexible plastic liner that I got from a hardware store. For $5, you can get enough to line at least four barrels.

[mr.dark-saint]

I got me a "food grade" plastic 55 gallon barrel with Cattails and Duckweeds. It's white and not so rustic.

I picked them up years ago for the purpose of farming daphnia and gammeras with seasonal mosquito larva to feed my Bettas. But years past and done got tired of Bettas but before I ended that psychotic affair (about the same time the Half Moon Bettas did their debut). I saw a fragment of a Cattail while collecting some daphnia for the farm I thought maybe it'll grow. Threw it in and sure enough it sprouted but never seemed to be really "healthy" (eventually it just died). Since I got used to seeing green blades a poking. I went down to the local river and collected some "good" and sturdy samples. They're doing very well, since every year I seem to get more "Corn Dogs" .