Oh, I wish you could see my fish "pond!"
Half a whiskey barrel, with a plastic tub inside. Swamp cooler pump with 3 tubes. One goes up the base of a ceramic lamp; into an inverted lamp shade; inside a broken, red, glass, mirrored ball; into a large sea shell.
The lampshade is metal. It has 4 holes around it, through which the water falls.
Inside the lampshade, I put marbles, tiny plastic toys, polished stones and three plastic frogs, of various colors.
Another hose goes into a table top fountain in which I put small pebbles and clamb shells.
The third goes inside a plastic bottle, whose base I broke out, shaped like a dolphin. On top of the dolphin, I placed a tiny, glazed flower pot, with an abalone shell on top. The shell has polished stones inside.
Ther's also a brass bowl of polished stones and fishing bobbers that the dolphin partly pours into.
I have plastic fish from a "go fish" game. They each have a dab of styrofoam in their mouthes, so they won't sink. Each is attached to a lead sinker and a plastic "worm" lure, so they'll submerge slightly.
Around the edge of the whiskey barrel, I placed a garland of silk ivy and small river stones.
It's CUTE AS HELL!!!
The fish are VERY happy to be in a larger container.
All my fountains are resting on a concrete block in the tub, so they can swim inside the holes.
I have floating toys Judith gave me for my birthday: a crab, some "rubber" duckies, etc.
Basically, almost the entire surface of the "pond" has something either resting or floating on it, to keep the algae down with the shade. But you can still see down into the water, where another brass bowl of pebbles and two large conch shells rest on the block.
I hung silver, glass xmas balls around the rim of the lampshade.
It's very colorful and playful, cheerful and interesting. THe more you look, the more you'll see.
It's right outside my front door, so I can hear the water from the living room. I have a plastic table and chair out there, under my shade tarp and lawn umbrella, so I can sit out there and watch.
I mean, it's really nice!
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