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Mon, Nov 7, 11 at 19:45
So Iam very excited my indoor pond is built. I wanted to bring in my plants and fish for the winter so Dad and I mostly Dad cunstructed this. It ended up being 6 feet long by 4 foot wide. And took several hours to fill siphoned off water from the pond. The water is very cold I will need to find a way to warm it up some (can't keep my hands in the bottom for more then a couple min before they start to hurt) And I need to add some submersible plants and a pump to filter the water. But so far so good some photos to share YEAH!
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- Posted by waterbug_guy Phoenix AZ (My Page) on Mon, Nov 7, 11 at 22:59
| Cool set up. I can't really see too well, but since this is a temp pond you might consider putting a board across the top with cleats on each end to keep the sides from bowing out. They can slowly and are then hard to get back. The bowing stresses the corners. |
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| Good thought, I would hate to come home to find that it burst out the sides. thanks |
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- Posted by groundbeef (My Page) on Wed, Nov 9, 11 at 12:15
| FYI, if you ever to something like this again turn your 2x4 'ribs' 90 degrees. The 'flat' sides don't have nearly the strength to resist bowing that it would if you had built it with them turned. Think of home construction, and the way a wall is made. Much stronger. Cool concept though. |
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- Posted by waterbug_guy Phoenix AZ (My Page) on Wed, Nov 9, 11 at 22:08
| If doing it again... I'd go one step further and run the 2x4 horizontally and overlap at the corners. Something like one course at the bottom, middle and top. But depends on the tank. The biggest issue is bowing sides. Vertical members don't do much for that. |
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- Posted by meyermike_1micha 5 (mikerno_1@yahoo.com) on Sat, Nov 12, 11 at 22:03
| That is so cool! Will you be adding lights to the mix for the plants and your fishes health? You gave me some thoughts as well. Mike |
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| Hi, thanks so far so good. The fish have started to poke their heads out from the plants. I have added some hornwort, and hyacinth, water lettuce not sure if they will make it but it doesn't hurt to try. I have shop lights to put up plus the rooom lights and the lights from the plant stand beside the pond set up that you can't see in the pics. Going to work on pump and filter today but the weather is so nice I might wind up outside again instead. Kim |
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