hi all new here. i am wanting to make an about 85ish gallon indoor pond to keep a couple red eared sliders in. the pond will be in a corner in my living room and will be a rectangle with one corner cut off. i was planing on framing it up with 2x4's and then take some 1/4 inch foam and build up the pond then take and line it with chicken wire and fiberglass over it once cured remove the foam and put another layer of fiberglass on it that way it would be a fiberglass chicken wire fiberglass sandwich. this would then be supported on the 2x4 frame and a few supports under it. i had also toyed with the idea of putting an acrylic window on the cut off corner. for filtration i was planning on a rio 600 submersable pump inside a diy canister filter. the drain would be at the bottom of the tank and also have a skimmer at the surface. the return would be a small shear water fall in the very corner of the tank furthest from the edges. there would be a basking area next to the water fall with one of thoes combination heat/uv lamps over it. how does my idea sound? here is a drawing of my idea.
