Hey Guys,
I am about to close on my new house in Houston and will be purchasing a 1000 galloon tank most likely for my catfish to go into for the time being. I am looking toward the future and realize that any non custom tank indoors will not be big enough for my full grown RTC and TSN/RTC Hybrid. That being said i am considering building a rather large pond in my yard. I have never built a pond before but am very handy as i used to be in construction type work.
I am wondering some things like how do you regulate the water temperature of that big of a body of water outside in Texas weather?
Also when it rains how do you ensure that the fish will not die from the introduction of new water without aquasafe type chemicals?
Another thing is the light. With the sun shining all day long are the fish ok? and would a tree being overhead be bad if it drops leaves and such into the pond?
Also if i were to pre-plumb all the PVC connections for input to the pumps could i bury them or build a underground sort of encasement for them rather than them being in the tank?
I am seriously considering a pond because they are much more practical than a tank of similar size. I do not know however if my catfish would do well in a pond and if they could have tank mates of reasonable size? So far every fish i have put in with them they have killed. Including my gar that was quite longer than the catfish.
Another thing is i do not want to have a plastic liner shown even if it means covering it in cement. I want to build it like a pool with cement/stone/rock sides so it is purty.
Anyone have any experience with this??
I am about to close on my new house in Houston and will be purchasing a 1000 galloon tank most likely for my catfish to go into for the time being. I am looking toward the future and realize that any non custom tank indoors will not be big enough for my full grown RTC and TSN/RTC Hybrid. That being said i am considering building a rather large pond in my yard. I have never built a pond before but am very handy as i used to be in construction type work.
I am wondering some things like how do you regulate the water temperature of that big of a body of water outside in Texas weather?
Also when it rains how do you ensure that the fish will not die from the introduction of new water without aquasafe type chemicals?
Another thing is the light. With the sun shining all day long are the fish ok? and would a tree being overhead be bad if it drops leaves and such into the pond?
Also if i were to pre-plumb all the PVC connections for input to the pumps could i bury them or build a underground sort of encasement for them rather than them being in the tank?
I am seriously considering a pond because they are much more practical than a tank of similar size. I do not know however if my catfish would do well in a pond and if they could have tank mates of reasonable size? So far every fish i have put in with them they have killed. Including my gar that was quite longer than the catfish.
Another thing is i do not want to have a plastic liner shown even if it means covering it in cement. I want to build it like a pool with cement/stone/rock sides so it is purty.
Anyone have any experience with this??
