Water Features - Planter Box

[LMF 0]

Hi all,

Wanna do up a water feature for a planter box, maybe some fishes, plant, water flowing, any contractors/companies to intro?

[blue_skies 3]

Hi all,

Wanna do up a water feature for a planter box, maybe some fishes, plant, water flowing, any contractors/companies to intro?

I don't think any contractor is going to do that for you coz it's actually not allowed by HDB

http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10324p.nsf/w/...ow?OpenDocument

Examples of Renovation Work Not Allowed

- Partial or total enclosure including installation of external grilles at planter box. No permanent sealing of planter box.

- Change of use of planter box and air-conditioner ledge.

However if you decide to go ahead and do it yourself, you'll need to get cement and waterproofing. Can be done

Some things you might want to take note of:

- If the sun is too hot where your planter box is (e.g. direct afternoon sun), you are going to end up with a lot of algae inside the fish tank (aka planter box)

- Sometimes the paintwork on the HDB walls contains fungicide or something toxic, and if they recently painted the external walls, your fish and plants may die if the runoff from the rainwater flows into your fish tank

- If you decide to put fish inside the planter box, choose those fish ($2 for a bag type) that you find, don't get those pretty neon tetras etc coz they won't be able to survive...

Any photos to show how the inside of your planter box looks like?