hi any help much appreciated....
Im thinking of setting up a container pond. I have a half wiskey barrel which I could use for this.
and would like to eventually put my little fry in there for growing on. however.....
I do not have access to any electricity outside so I probably wont be able to run a filter on it.. any one have any ideas?????Is there some alternative method for keping the water safe for the fish??
ps. the barrel is only about 2 foot in diameter

Cultivate green algae in there. You wont be able to see your fish very well, but the algae will act as a natural filter. Even so, if you wish to keep fish you will need some airation...

Hmmm....you may not be able to keep fish in there, but you can keep plants! I have seen solar powered fountains that you could use! You dont want stagnant water. It needs to be moving. Stagnant water will only habor a place for mosquitos and other nasties to grow and fester.

There are solar pond pumps, you might want to check that out?

Scott

solar pumps sound ideal however i dont think they are available where i live.!

do you think some kind of homemade gravity type filter might work? dont know the details yet just something Im thinking about.

like if the water came out the bottom of the barrel and into a canister/box type filter with all the media inside and then back into the barrel. I wonder would the weight of the water be enough for it to flow back into the barrel??

do you think this could be done????

Doesn't sound like it would work but you could try.

No, hon. I dont think that would work, unfortunalty. Solar pumps are not available? What about trying online? I have never seen solar pumps in stores but I see them all the time online.

ya ill have a look on ebay and see what I can get. Thanks for suggestions