Let's talk Saltwater Ponds!

[Forty-Two]

There is someone here in Israel who created a 20 000 litre tank at the side of his house that powered by natural sunlight. He has to build his own skimmer etc to make it work.

 

[MillennialReefer]

I think If I had a pond, which at this point would be the size of a swimming pool. I would probably just hire an aquarium maintenance service, just to save me the headache lol.

 

[ylreefer]

Just came across this by accident so I thought id post. I run Hong Kong reef club which is in the process of helping set up a venue to which we have access for club events.

The rooftop patio is dedicated to aquaponics, there are 2x 300g ponds, the plan is constantly changing and for some reason it's ended up with one being a saltwater lagoon. . Its intention was to grow various veg which apparently do well in saltwater, so I guess we have a saltwater pond. Kind of. Cycle hand been started yet and we've no real idea what we're going to keep in it, how is going to be heated in winter or chilled in summer .

We had a spare MH lying around so I hung that over it and it actually looks kind cool with the mangroves.

What it turns out to be is anyone guess at this point. He's a not so great pic of it from our last event.

 

[Isak]

Julian Sprung has a nice one outdoors with corals and a mangrove. You can find a few videos on YouTube where he goes into a lot of detail (light, rain, temps, etc.). He doesn live in tropical Florida though.

 

[Kooma]

interesting .
So many differing opinions .
ive also read a while ago .
light from a close window can promote unwanted algae growth .

Thats a spectrum and nutrient issue mainly. Shallow water grows algae.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Lets talk ponds and lets get inspired!

Here’s my pond today. Very little salt in it, however. lol

 

[Isak]

Thats a spectrum and nutrient issue mainly. Shallow water grows algae.

Seems to actually just be a nutrient imbalance issue, not spectrum. Julian answers the light question at the end of this video (49:15)

According to him natural light is not a problem, it's mostly nutrient imbalances that cause excessive algae.