Indoors pond with salt water?

[señor_pescados_felices]

Thank you everybody for your reply,You have given me much to consider.

 

[wendel]

cool

 

[plausible]

hope its sw

 

[krj-1168]

Yes it's quite possible to for a pond to be SW instead of fresh.

In fact it's really the best way to keep sharks or rays. I've talked to a guy that has a 35,000 gallon in ground SW lagoon in his large sunroom. And He keeps sharks in it.

 

[eight2178]

...In fact it's really the best way to keep sharks or rays. I've talked to a guy that has a 35,000 gallon in ground SW lagoon in his large sunroom. And He keeps sharks in it.

wow. any pics of the sunroom lagoon?

 

[HiImSean]

a LFS here in atlanta, The Fish Store & More, has a 600gallon indoor SW pond/tank. its amazing.

from their website

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]For your viewing pleasure, we offer a SPECTACULAR 600 gallon octagonal reef exhibit. It's stellar! We call it "The Fantasy Dive". Its inhabitants have meshed into a perfect ecosystem over its five year history. Acroporas and other SPS corals carpet the upper reaches of the tank. Soft corals, gorgonians and LPS corals blend seamlessly over the bottom two-thirds of the system. The variety of fish and their dazzling display of color will make you gasp as you walk in the main entrance--most people do! Schools of anthias, tangs & chromis swarm through the water in an ever-changing rainbow parade.

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[Wackamole]

theres on at a LFS . its really cool. it has bamboo sharks, rays, and an assortment of tangs

 

[Muske]

In a greenhouse should be no problem. There are several (3) LFS that have indoor SW ponds. One shop has a wooden framed liner pond w/ sharks and rays. They also have a cold water SW tide pool pond made from cement. Another shop has a reef set-up that is made from concrete blocks as well as a shark tank w/ 4' nurse's in it. So I would say it should be no problem. The only drawback w/ the greenhouse might be undesirable algae growth, nothing a few Purple Tangs or Blue-faced Angel couldn't handle.

 

[Rakie]

Thats a huge waste of space, you can keep many other fish in there. I take it you don't want a reef, which is fine. id suggest about 6-7 Yellow tangs. They would make an impressive shoal. Along with the fish you've already listed.

 

[sj.]

I'm running a 3,500 litre salt water pond outside. So far it's going ok but always being improved. It's a coldwater pond so I collect my own stock.

It's a great pond but does need a lot of work. I'm trying to improve the filtration to minimise the expensive water chages. Came across this site looking for more info. Mine started off keeping sand eels for bait in a dustbin and the idea grew.

Well worth a go.

sj