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Wed, Jun 16, 10 at 10:50
| If all goes well, I will soon be a first time home owner, and not a minute too soon! I must provide our quickly-growing slider turtles a larger habitat. Does anyone have advice on creating and above ground pond, no smaller than 100 gallons for someone with little building expierence and even less avaiable money? this is my first post, and I am grateful to hear from any of you. |
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- Posted by catherinet z5 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 16, 10 at 12:06
| I use Rubbermaid stocktanks, but I guess they're not very aesthetically attractive......but that doesn't matter to me. On an immediate, temporary basis, you could get a child's swimming pool. Some people dig a little into the ground, and then build a 4x4x post shell around the hole and line it with a liner. But for now, I'd go with the vinyl swimming pool. |
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- Posted by albert_135 Sunset 2 or 3 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 16, 10 at 12:43
| My spouse made a 450 gal tank from an old hot tub. As a kid on the farm we grew goldfish in stock tanks. I think the seats in the hot tub makes it a bit more interesting. |
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- Posted by rayandjanice (My Page) on Wed, Jun 16, 10 at 12:56
| We had our pond built with our rapidly growing slider turtles in mind also. Ours is a waterfall and concrete pond, but we designed it with steep sides so the turtles can't get out and an island for basking. |
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- Posted by kimberlypa Pocono Mtns (My Page) on Wed, Jun 16, 10 at 16:26
| Awesome. Thanks for the helpful ideas and please feel free to keep'em comin'. Are there any features, and/or aquatic plants you have found helpful? What about pumps,filters or fountains you have used to not only improve water quality but add to the aestetics (this will probably be on our front deck, maybe surrounded by stacking fieldstones i find on the property.) And then I will due it all again (although hopefully smaller) INSIDE the home for the winter! TY again for sharing your precious experience with me. |
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- Posted by nancym1956 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 16, 10 at 16:56
| Below is a link to an article written by one of this forum's members. Pretty informative, with pictures and various types of pond and pond materials. There are multiple chapters, so click on the links at the top of the page to go to the subsequent chapters. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Turtle ponding
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| I have 13 grandchildren and was afaird of a pond in ground. I took and gather LOTS of rock, as large as I could load and (smaller. I then placed them all above ground and did not dig at all. I cleaned all grass and what ever rough object I could fell off the ground. I put sand from the creek on the floor and old blankets on the sand and sides of the rock wall,(I turned the smoothest side of the rocks inward). Then placed my liner and placed rocks around edges to cover liner. My rock wall is wider at bottom and built upward and check for stabbility. I have had this pond now for 5 years and kids all around it. All it cost me was the liner and pump, and a lot of work that I let the kids help with. Iam now trying to add on to it as soon as I decide how to connect a new liner to the old on, already started the new rock wall. |
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