Blue pond liners anyone?

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I have a slight dilemma. I am currently building an indoor pond for my three P. Reticulatus. I want to have liner that is bright enough that you can actually see the rays against it. I feel like blue would be an excellent contrast.

Here is my problem.

I have searched far and wide for blue pond liners. No such luck. Just black.
I hear that pool liners sometimes are not fish safe due to fungicides and the fact that some raise the ph. I keep my rays in a relatively high ph and I know a lot of you will disagree with this but honestly they are thriving, I know people who breed them in high ph, hard water so I am not conerned with it.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/5590/ray.html

I am ready just to get a pool liner. Is this a bad choice? Any help would be appreciated. I have seen David Webber's indoor pool and it looks like he is keeping them on a pool liner.

http://www.aquarticles.com/images/David%20Webber%20Stingrays/stingray17.jpg

Any ideas?
 
Sand will make them feel more comfy, AND give them something to do all day.
 
BOOO!!!! Trashcan them filters and incorporate YOUR own filtration since you're building from scratch.

Believe me you'll be MUCH happier in the long run. Reson being you can incorporate a means of doing waterchanges along with the filtration.

This is half the fun......LOL
 
MFK search my friend......

There's something new to learn, and a new idea around every corner.

I keep having to re-build shibby cause the longer you're here the further the ol "knowledge horizon" reaches...... Pretty soon you are sitting there scratching your head staring at something you built 6 months ago asking yourself "Why the "F" did I do that" Not that the design was bad to begin with, but you get so much smarter in such a short time that once "good" ideas are looked at as "mistakes"

I call this the evolution of the MFKer. The bad news is I think it takes a great number of years to play out, and the more you look and dig the longer it takes. I'm still a newb after a few years. Just when you start to think you have it all figured out.....BAM, someone schools you on the way things really are.

It might be best to just take the quick way out and assume you know everything now. That way you don't have to spend years learning......LOL Kidding of course.
 
Sand won't clog a Fluval. If your pond is not elevated, your Fluvals will be a PITA to get started/primed. Search for DIY bio towers, that is the kind of filtration you will be looking at making. You can make quite a large one for very little money. Just don't skimp on your pump, buy quality.


Back to blue, what about just a sheet of blue plastic for the bottom, over a black pond liner? Have one cut to fit and sand/smooth all the edges of it, then drop it in after the pond is full of water and liner has settled.
 
Liners are the cheapest way to go, but if you are concerned with color then use dyed resin to seal you pond. Then you can do any color you want. I agree 100% with DB, some things are not learned until after you spend all your money and time building what you think is your dream pond. Definetly set it off the floor like Tank125's so you can put a drain in it. Doesn't have to be high, just high enough to put a elbow and a valve. When I built my 200 gallon I installed a 1" drain the runs outside and ran hot and cold water lines above the pump chamber of my sump. I can do a 75 gallon water change in less than 10 minutes sitting in the floor chillin.
 
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