kiddie pools as ponds. What type should i look for?

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buy a medium pool with the the material sides and you can use it temporaly and swim in it.they run about 152.00 around here.
 
I have a 12 foot vynal "above ground" that i sank 2 feet into the ground and im gonna use that as a pomng here really soon. i also have an old Spa that im gonna use as well. will be a fe weeks but I'll get pic's up one i do. maybe i'll get some pic's tomorrow of the progress so far!
 
cool ima have to check wallmart out
 
Caveman said:
Go to a local feed/farm store and see what they price plastic ?trofts? at. Local feed store here sales 150 gallon trofts for roughly $70-80.
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Trough is good, Alot of inflateables and hardsided, soft bottomed kiddie pools are made of cheap plastics that outgas fish killing crap. If it has a strong plastic smell when new don't risk it. The little $8 hard plastic kiddie pools work well for things like zebra dianos, guppies, and cory cats as summer breeding tanks but anything bigger tens to jump out. I lost some breeding african butterfly fish that way. They are aslo feeding stations for racoons and ravens, etc. As for cheap filters, you can make box filter from 5g buckets, just have the water pulled down thru it with an inline pump and the out flow forced thru a sprinklerhead for areation.
 
splash pools r pools that are certified to contain aquatic life
look into them kinda pricey :idea:
 
I dont think kiddie pools work for ponds. I tryed ( i am still doin it), to keep tadpoles in one... i found it by the freeway so took it home. Any way it is in fullish to partial shade most of the day. but when the sun hits it, it heats up till the water gets really hot. Like it is actually HOT to put your hand in. So if u get one i cant be a shallow one, unless u keep it in alot of shade.
Also snails always crawl into it and die... since the water warms up and gets direct sun for some of the day the water has turned GREEN u cant even see the bottom... ITs horrible. I cant get rid of it cause its gots loads of tadpoles in it tho lol. The tadpoles seem to do fine... it also is a mosquito magnet and there is loads of mosquito larvae in it. I think u should go with a trough or bigger pond. Or pool...
 
my neighbor once used a kiddy pool asa a pond a clear one had great success but took it down do to wear and tear
 
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