Mini pond idea… Really need help!?
Hi there. I have recently redone my kitchen and ended up with a huge sink. I was thinking of turning it into a small outdoor fish ‘pond’ or ‘aquarium’. It is around 50cm x 60cm x 40cm. I used an online calculator and found it should hold around 30gallons of liquid.
I am thinking of adding goldfish or koi to the container once it is in place in my garden (btw I am in the UK). I have all of the necessary bacteria supplements, food and other bits and bobs for fishkeeping from a friend who didn’t need them anymore.
I just wanted to know the answers to a few questions;
1) How many Koi or Goldfish can I put in (I don’t want BOTH)??
2) What about winter-time care?
3) Any tips for a DIY filter for a small setup like this one?
4) How can I plug the bottom correctly to prevent it leaking (I do have the original sink plug – should I add silicone around it?)
Thanks for your help!
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ok hi
1) hearing how small it is (for koi) i wuld say just goldfish becuase the koi will grow huge they are not like goldfish and will just keep growing no matter how big the tank
2) winter care is a problem depending on how deep it is so if its really shallow you can buy really thick covers to go on top which reduce coldness
3)OK maybe you could put like a small waterfall affect on one side and a filter underneath that dont plug up your sinkhole use it a mnini pump to make water go away
4) Same as number three at end!!!
hope this helps!!!
maybe you can get really small koi and sell them when they get bigger
30 gallons is not large enough for keeping goldfish. If you wanted to keep just one fancy goldfish, you may be able to get away with that, but only if you can keep the water from freezing. Another problem may be the chemicals and soaps that have been in this sink. Any trace at all will kill the fish.
In short, I just don’t see any way you can turn this into an outdoor pond.=
Unfortunately that’s too small for Goldfish and Koi outdoors. “Small” and these fish shouldn’t be in the same sentance. They wouldn’t last a winter at all.
For Goldfish in a pond setting they need around 500 gallons and Koi need over 1000 gallons. Filtered. Outdoor ponds should be at least 3ft deep to allow the fish to over winter without dying – they go to the bottom of the pond. In that sink they’d die (if not picked off by a passing cat first). Bear in mind common and comet Goldfish get over 10″ and Koi get over 2ft long. Fancy Goldfish are not hardy enough to survive crappy english winters!
By all means turn it into a water feature, but its not suitable for fish.
yikes you got winter in your area your sink is not deep enough for winter you need atlest 4 ft. deep.
kOi keeper & goldfish keeper.