Galvenized??

[Dr Joe]

Plastic is always the easiest, and I like to go with easiest myself. Make sure to measure twice if you've got any turns in the stairs. Ever get a couch stuck on a stairs?

See, now if you had built a boat in your basement first, you'd have experience in moving stuff there (and a big hole in the wall ).

Good Luck, Got my fingers crossed for ya!

 

[ZOO YORK 207]

i was thinking of making my galvanized tub into a pond also mine is 80-90gallons

 

[Dr Joe]

i was thinking of making my galvanized tub into a pond also mine is 80-90gallons

Cool,.

If I was closer I'd let you borrow my shovel

Send pics of your endever.

Will it (the pont) freeze-up there?

Maybe just need a small de-icer to keep it going year round.

 

[jsodwi]

You cant use galvanized without a liner first it will rust second the coating can be toxic( i weld this stuff all the time in my trade) and if you want to paint it you will first have to strip the galvanized coating off. I wouldn't try it. Get some stainless and have someone build you a stainlees steel tub if you want metal

 

[ZOO YORK 207]

Cool,.

If I was closer I'd let you borrow my shovel

Send pics of your endever.

Will it (the pont) freeze-up there?

Maybe just need a small de-icer to keep it going year round.

i was going to use it as a indoor pond

You cant use galvanized without a liner first it will rust second the coating can be toxic( i weld this stuff all the time in my trade) and if you want to paint it you will first have to strip the galvanized coating off. I wouldn't try it. Get some stainless and have someone build you a stainlees steel tub if you want metal

 

[ZOO YORK 207]

Cool,.

If I was closer I'd let you borrow my shovel

Send pics of your endever.

Will it (the pont) freeze-up there?

Maybe just need a small de-icer to keep it going year round.

You cant use galvanized without a liner first it will rust second the coating can be toxic( i weld this stuff all the time in my trade) and if you want to paint it you will first have to strip the galvanized coating off. I wouldn't try it. Get some stainless and have someone build you a stainlees steel tub if you want metal

i was going to put a pond liner in it anyway

 

[Dr Joe]

i was going to use it as a indoor pond

Ok, skip the shovel.

How about moral support?

 

[Dr Joe]

You cant use galvanized without a liner first it will rust second the coating can be toxic( i weld this stuff all the time in my trade) and if you want to paint it you will first have to strip the galvanized coating off. I wouldn't try it. Get some stainless and have someone build you a stainlees steel tub if you want metal

Ok, the galvanizing is there to prevnt rust. Only rusts where you break the surface coating or if it's weathered a long time (same thing).

And there are paint that go directly on galvanizing, plus coatings like sani-tred to seal it.

 

[P. tang]

I've had a 330g (8x2.5x3)galvanized pond for just a little over 4 years with absolutely no problems, I grew out a bunch of cichlids (buttikoferi, midas, jags, severums, rd's trimacs, multiple pacu) with no problems or slow growt or weird behaviors from any of the fish. I also grew out a Leucistic TSN from 10" to over 20" with no problems. I've had clay pots in there from day one and I constantly rearrange them, by cliding them across the bottom and I regularly clean the algae out with a rough sponge and not once has it scratched the tank enough to remove the coating and let it rust.


I just recently sold the cichlids and got some decent large mouth bass (3 18" and 2 22") a big crappie, 2 pacu and a 10" bullhead catfish.


Good luck!

 

[Dr Joe]

I've had a 330g (8x2.5x3)galvanized pond for just a little over 4 years with absolutely no problems, I grew out a bunch of cichlids (buttikoferi, midas, jags, severums, rd's trimacs, multiple pacu) with no problems or slow growt or weird behaviors from any of the fish. I also grew out a Leucistic TSN from 10" to over 20" with no problems. I've had clay pots in there from day one and I constantly rearrange them, by cliding them across the bottom and I regularly clean the algae out with a rough sponge and not once has it scratched the tank enough to remove the coating and let it rust.


I just recently sold the cichlids and got some decent large mouth bass (3 18" and 2 22") a big crappie, 2 pacu and a 10" bullhead catfish.


Good luck!

I used an aged galvanized trough several times for grow-out and aged water, but these had been aged outside for several years. These are after all animal watering troughs.

And to coat them you do not strip off the galvanizing you etch it.

How about some pix to show them some healthy fish.

Dr Joe

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