Green house pond

[Glaive]

Just a future thought I have been mulling around in my head

Someday in the future once I have my own house I want to make a pond in a concrete floored green house. I will be living in South eastern lousiana (north of lake ponchatrain> at the time if that helps.

I want to pour a concrete floor with a 2 foot deep circle that is 8 feet in diameter and inset a 6 foot tall 8 foot diameter acrylic <or some sort of hard plastic>

The suface area of the inner sides of the tube would be approximately 21000 square inches. <if my math works>

I know that it would be approximately 550 gallons which would weigh roughly 4500 pounds.

I believe that something in the neighborhood of 1 inch thick acrylic would do...

I was thinking of using something like a pool pump and filter with modifications for filtration.

I still have a lot of research to do with reguards to sealing the concrete and adhering the tube as well materials and filtration.
Though I am guessing I have a good two years.

Any feed back would be appreciated, be it ideas for filtration or what meterial to get the tube made from, or even what fish to put in it.

My thoughts towards fish was to go with south americans, maybe a couple of oscars, a couple pacu and an arrowana...

Ty in advance... And if I ever were able to do this you can bet there would be pics.


Just looking for some feed back from my fellow fish folks, especially any who happen to be structural engineers.

I need ideas on

[tbrodale]

That would be amazing! Here I am dreaming of a hole in my yard with fish in it...your fantasies are way better...can i join?

[jennigypsy]

oohh! mee tooo...mee too.....

[Photorah]

http://www.acrylicaquariums.com/aquariums.htm


http://www.acrylicaquariums.com/aquariums_cylinder.htm

http://www.fishtankstore.com/


These were the best of the many sites that offer that service and the first one will give you a quote online it states

The second has some tanks i never thaught of before like a cofee table

In the picture below wich is from the first link the pump and filter system is built into the center trunk looking object

[Photorah]

If i were you i wuold do Tanganyika Cichlids much more rare than SA/CA species and about the rightsized tank if you do it

[Glaive]

There's the begining of the structural side , will have to contact the company to see if they are willing to just send me a 96 inch diameter cylinder and how thick it is.... Still want to stick with the partial in ground idea. Was thinking the other day about filtration and cleaning... might possibly do a drain line in teh middle and pour the concrete so it tapers down towards the middle...

I was contemplating extra plants to help filter and a stump even a very large lava rock with tunnels and caves

of course if I ever di get this going i'd be the loser who would put up a web cam lol

[Vip]

after seeing there webpage i never though i would say i have seen a tank that is too big for your home.

[crazyfishlady]

& I never thought I would see the words "tank that is too big" on this forum. LOL :)

[tanghappy]

I agree with crazyfishlady. What's wrong with you vip? There isn't a tank that's too big for you home. Your home is just too small for the tank.

:dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

[PedroPSK]

The "wave" one is amazing!!!!
WOW!!!

:jaw: :jaw:

[Photorah]

Originally posted by Glaive

of course if I ever di get this going i'd be the loser who would put up a web cam lol

I hope you would as long as you dont clean your tank naked a tank that cool must be shared

[Photorah]

instead of concrete use a poly resin it is safer and not toxic to the fish it can be bought at pool supply stores, some home depot type stores and online from 3m most places that carry items for koi ponds it also comes in colors so ytou can make it a part of the tank.

Or you could make it out of concrete than coat it with the poly resin to fish safe it up.

conctete and cement and will leach hydroxies from the water in addition, cement/concrete is very alkiline so if you do africans you should do alright but for lower Ph fish you will need the poly resin to keep your Ph down

[Glaive]

Ty for pointing that out photorah, seems I forgot to mention coating the concrete with spray on bed liner lol.

And don't worry I would not clean my tank naked.

Though now that you mention it <oh lord the gears are turning>

I could pay some young gals <18+ of course, I'm not a freak> from the local college to clean it naked and port the stream to a pay site to subsidize my hobby. :sygypsy:

[Photorah]

Good idea just get a image release first