Hot Tub Pond Anyone?

[LiamMiller]

I'm a fish geek too and the idea is awesome

 

[Camshaft Ramrod]

lol, I thought the thread title said, "hot tub porn anyone?" I was like, *click*!...


I've always thought about taking a bunch of hot tubs and linking them with water falls.
I see them all the time for free on my areas craigslist. I've seen three or for in just the last few days.

 

[GermanRam]

Aesthetically it seems sort of lacking. My first impression would be "looks like a broken hot tub filled with fish." My second thought would be "Cool, what better use of a broken hot tub".. But the second is because I'm a fish-geek, and I think pretty much anything that holds water should be filled with fish. Non fish-geeks are going to think its really odd though.

Nice fish in your avatar One like that would look great in my hot tubMy thought on the tub is that, with me being a renter and the tub/pond being portable I could have my cake and eat it to. I would not have to leave a great pond that I built when it was time to move.
Kinda redneck I know but after all I and a Texan

 

[kallmond]

Thanks, it was an outtake from my first ever underwater photo shoot.

I'm originally from south Georgia, I know redneck! What about a pond in the back of your pickup?

 

[DaRKdan]

I did this, but went the cheap way and just dumped in a pond liner (there was a hole in the bottom of the hot tub) If you place landscape stones around the edge noone would be the wiser. Anyway fish deserve a spa more than we do!

 

[GermanRam]

I did this, but went the cheap way and just dumped in a pond liner (there was a hole in the bottom of the hot tub) If you place landscape stones around the edge noone would be the wiser. Anyway fish deserve a spa more than we do!

Did you heat it, filter it? How did you keep it in the winter? What fish did you have in it? Pics?

 

[mrunlucky07]

I am on the side of it will always look like a dirty broken hot tub with some fish. The design just isn't efficient either. Most are light colored and the fish will likely be skiddish and any debris will show up. Tubs use the volume very poorly for a pond, a 300 gal tub would hold about 3x as much water if you just framed a box with wood or cinder blocks and put in a liner. (pretty cheap too) I looked at used spas for about a year on craigslist (eventually spent decent mony on one and even it has been a lot of hassles) The free and cheap ones I found were a mess and don't think it would be worth the hassle for a pond when a liner is so easy.

 

[kallmond]

OR you could just spraypaint the tub part black with plastic-friendly spray paint, that takes care of the ugly fake marble fiberglass they all have as a bottom. Hot tub lights would be cool for fish, outside in the evening you could light your pond and not have to worry about bugs.

 

[cchhcc]

I am on the side of it will always look like a dirty broken hot tub with some fish. The design just isn't efficient either. Most are light colored and the fish will likely be skiddish and any debris will show up. Tubs use the volume very poorly for a pond, a 300 gal tub would hold about 3x as much water if you just framed a box with wood or cinder blocks and put in a liner. (pretty cheap too) I looked at used spas for about a year on craigslist (eventually spent decent mony on one and even it has been a lot of hassles) The free and cheap ones I found were a mess and don't think it would be worth the hassle for a pond when a liner is so easy.

Right there with ya!

Just get a kiddie pool from Walmart (the metal framed kind). They cost next to nothing and can be broken down in about 5 minutes if you get sick of them. A submersible pump and a garbage can full of cheap biomedia and you're set.

 

[tcarswell]

Right there with ya!

Just get a kiddie pool from Walmart (the metal framed kind). They cost next to nothing and can be broken down in about 5 minutes if you get sick of them. A submersible pump and a garbage can full of cheap biomedia and you're set.

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