2500+ Gallon outdoor BUILD THREAD at Ellis Aquatics

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Dude, you have more turtles than the DMV.....BAZINGA!..lol...
But seriously, what a the turtle vs fish count?
 
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Tangwich said:
Dude, you have more turtles than the DMV.....BAZINGA!..lol...
But seriously, what a the turtle vs fish count?
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Off the top of my head we now have:
Turtles:
3 western painted
6-ish red ear sliders
Northern black knob
2 stinkpot musk
Razorback musk
Soft shell
Pink belly snake neck
4 Java leaf
3 northern diamondback
White concentric diamondback

22 turtles if I'm not mistaken


Koi:
16 bottom
5 top large
3 top small
Total 22

Shubunkins: 20+ scattered
Various fancy goldfish: 10+
Mollies: 50-100 through all three areas
American flagfish: 50+ scattered
Bitterlings: 50+ scattered
Mosquito fish: 100+
Total 280+

Hi fin shark: 3 bottom, 3 top large area

Sailfin pleco: 12?
Trinidad pleco: 15?
27?
 
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NEW ADDITIONS!!!!!

Pink belly sideneck (look at it tuck its head to the side hahah)



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And the one I have to thank [MENTION=2546]gumbii[/MENTION] for turning me toward

(Male?) blue concentric diamondback terrapin



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nice turtle list.... a lot of turtles... LOL...

look for some wakin goldfish... i loved my wakin fish... i used to buy them at ATAfish in i think artesia...


 
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gumbii said:
nice turtle list.... a lot of turtles... LOL...

look for some wakin goldfish... i loved my wakin fish... i used to buy them at ATAfish in i think artesia...


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When I started this thing I looked for them but they are hard to find


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Pond has got a little overgrown and time to trim back. I ripped out the whole papyrus in this pic. And a few plants from the other side which were obstructing the view.

I also bought a water lily which I was able to split into 5 plants. So I will have water Lily's and cattails for sale if anyone is interested. Possibly some papyrus also


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oh man... i want a pond just for water lily and lotus... wonder if i can just have one with no filtration... maybe mosquito fish..? i really want a lotus...
 
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oh man... i want a pond just for water lily and lotus... wonder if i can just have one with no filtration... maybe mosquito fish..? i really want a lotus...
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I'm gonna try a lily up front no filtration other than plants and mosquito fish


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I'm gonna try a lily up front no filtration other than plants and mosquito fish


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dude... i just looked it up... growing lily and lotus in bucks is a real thing... LOL... now to find a nice lotus that isn't 50 bucks... :(


although, i said no plants this month... see if i can keep my word...
 
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I have two barrels in from growin cattail, elephant ear and papyrus with just a small solar pump from Amazon and few fish and snails. They grow like crazy. Gonna try water lily now.



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according to the internets, you don't need anything... just a bucket with 2/3rd's of top soil, not even potting soil... then the other 1/3 of water... top it off, every day, or change the water out every week, and that's it... crazy... i'll see what i can use as containers...

the one that i sent you, it comes with the container already... but where did you get them from...? how much did you pay for your lotus...?
 
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Nice, I screwed up and called my water lilies lotus all along, just recently learned the difference lol


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I definitely have cattails for sale . For SCR $3 or 2/$5 (basically enough to cover the cost of the pot and planting material (gravel)) give me a call/txt/pm etc if interested in some cat tail



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