Hi everyone, my partner is building our ducks a house/pen. I would also like to build them a pond. Because my partner is in the RAF, we move around a lot and would like to know if you have any portable pond ideas? We have a very small garden so don't want to take up too much of their foraging space. Also do you know of any good pumps or filters to I keep it clean? I don't want to drain that amount of water directly onto the grass as we are in rented accommodation (marriage quarters). Thanks!
You could try a preformed plastic pond, they are fairly cheap, come in many sizes and are very rugged.
I originally had just 1 and was emptying every weekend with a pond pump that can handle 10mm solids. I bought this so that I could eventually run a filter and reduce the workload!
However if you are just going to empty and refill then a sump pump will be cheaper and quicker. Even in rented you can use this to empty to the drain - I was carrying a pump out to the pond every week followed by 30m of flexible pond hose; I wish I'd bought a sump pump until I was ready to filter the thing; 12 months of that did get old
If you do go the filter route do your research on homemade koi set ups - you'll have to look around a bit but there will be workable solutions to keeping things portable whilst retaining the efficiency to filter duck soup! If you have money to burn then drum filters are amazing.
Mine's all done on the cheap
This is with a second preformed pond added and all filters running.
Happy days and ecstatic ducks!
The filters are handling the waste from 7 ducks extremely well so far
Edit - just to clarify, the ponds above are some of the biggest you can get in plastic; bigger are usually fibreglass. Point being the plastic ponds can be ordered in very small sizes and can be manhandled a bit where you might rip pond liner when relocating - I went with plastic as I was worried about the ducks ripping through liner with their less than gentle attention.
