Indoor Pond

[homebrewed]

my 300 gallon holding tank in the garage is just not big enough for my koi to winter over in again. so I helped build an indoor pond for my parents house. it looks awsome. these pics were taken a week ago, since then, we've put panels over the whole thing to give it a clean apperance. i'll get more updated pics later

me and pops stressing about the mess we got ourselves into (http://pictures.care2.com/view/2/326570235)
all done outside (http://pictures.care2.com/view/2/556230329)
inside after being full for 4 days (no drop in level... thank god), just capping the liner (http://pictures.care2.com/view/2/576365408)
all done, compare to the 200 gallon tank in the wall which is 3'x3'x3' (http://pictures.care2.com/view/2/430674508)

the dimensions are 7'x7' along the wall, 3'x3' off the wall, and 6.5' along the front with 26" of water.
the boards are 4"x12"s interlocking on each end, with 2' dowells every 24". the plates on each end are 1/4 inch plants bent to hold everything together.
makes for roughly a 700gallon pond. The parents do not want to heat it at all because of humidity reasons, so the only things stocked will be goldfish, koi and maybe a nice albino channel cat :)
all in all, about 15 hours of work (including running around time) and the costs were about $200cnd so far (liner $180, planks were free, bolts and dowels $20)

[Tim_Cranwill]

Not bad Tim. Post some pics when everyone's settled in. :)

[homebrewed]

thanks tim

i'll take some today when i visit the parents.
so far i've only transfered some of the expendable fish (large comets and a golden orfe i've had for 3 years) just to test out the waters.

[Tim and Julie B]

Wow I want something like that for my turtles! That would be awsome! TB

[marisa]

Wow thanks for posting these photos. When we buy a house we have been planning on building an indoor pond of roughly the same size for one red earred slider. This really gives us good ideas for sure!

Marisa

[homebrewed]

christ, this thing couldn't be up at a better time. I just got to my parents house to find the outside pond at about 8" of water...... one of the hoses fell off the filter.:(

[vincenzo]

wow man that is a cool looking pond
great job tim!!

[homebrewed]

thanks vince

all the fish are in (minus 3 stuborn black commets) they wre pretty stressed the first day, but they're back to normal and eatting like champs. i'm going to have to stay all over water changes :(