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Offline shelgirl

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I finally came up with a trickle tower.
« on: June 15, 2009, 10:45:58 AM »
Got this cool vase/pot thingy at a local nursery.  It already had a hole drilled in the bottom of it.  I turned it over, set it on a rubbermaid bin and ran the pump tubing through it.  Filled it up with white rocks and there ya go!


Me enjoying my pond on my birthday.  My husband and kids got me the cement bench as a gift, along with the blue "trickle tower"


The pond at night with the underwater light.  It had a green cover over the light.  The water is actually pretty clear.


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Re: I finally came up with a trickle tower.
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2009, 10:57:24 AM »
 Your trickle tower looks very nice...and kool bench so u can sit by your pond anytime u feel like it...Nice gifts from your hubby and kids....very sweet of them...btw Happy Birthday

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Re: I finally came up with a trickle tower.
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2009, 11:01:21 AM »
Very classy! I like it!  O0

You could probably plop a dwarf papyrus in there and make it a combo trickle and veggie filter.  8)
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Re: I finally came up with a trickle tower.
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2009, 11:06:29 AM »
Love it, love it! O0
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Re: I finally came up with a trickle tower.
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2009, 11:14:08 AM »
Very nice birthday gifts!!  Happy Birthday!  The vase design is a great idea for a trickle tower fountain in your pond  O0
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Re: I finally came up with a trickle tower.
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2009, 12:07:56 PM »
Looks great! Excellent idea! O0
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Re: I finally came up with a trickle tower.
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2009, 03:09:21 PM »
Very nice.
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Re: I finally came up with a trickle tower.
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2009, 04:10:17 PM »
So that's what a trickle tower is...............I've heard everyone talking about them but never knew exactly what one was...................COOL  O0
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Re: I finally came up with a trickle tower.
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2009, 07:35:30 PM »
Very cool and pretty too!  Happy Birthday!
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Re: I finally came up with a trickle tower.
« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2009, 07:38:20 PM »
Really love that!  Happy Birthdaty

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Re: I finally came up with a trickle tower.
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2009, 05:01:57 AM »
That blue is very pretty. Suppose the white rocks won't stay that way very long. Do you have a filter on the water before the pump or does the pump sit in a filter of sorts? The idea is to keep the gunk from having to go through the pump.

I had a trickle tower for a couple of summers. It was a strawberry jar that was filled with lava rock. It worked very well.
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Re: I finally came up with a trickle tower.
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2009, 12:03:25 PM »
I Love it  o(:-)....looks good in you're pond too !

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Re: I finally came up with a trickle tower.
« Reply #12 on: June 18, 2009, 04:46:27 AM »
Happy BDay...very pretty pot.
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Re: I finally came up with a trickle tower.
« Reply #13 on: June 18, 2009, 07:45:29 AM »
Thanks everyone!!!!!!!!
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Re: I finally came up with a trickle tower.
« Reply #14 on: June 18, 2009, 11:27:21 PM »
great added filtration!  Love the blue color...  O0

but it's not really a true trickle tower.  Trickle tower the water goes down through the rock and the rock is not submerged in the water allowing for lots of O2 to infiltrate the water and help feed the bio that forms on the rocks.   

I LIKE what you have though!!  It's really much prettier than most trickle towers I've seen and it will add some good bio filtration
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Re: I finally came up with a trickle tower.
« Reply #15 on: June 19, 2009, 10:26:04 AM »
Learning more about trickle towers everyday  O0 So you stick a hose down in there somehow and how do you hide the hose? Maybe I should look for trickle tower do it yourself posts?
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Re: I finally came up with a trickle tower.
« Reply #16 on: August 06, 2009, 02:59:31 AM »
Very artistic.Looks great! Excellent idea


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