new catfish pond, got some questions

[aspear]

inspired be Necrocanis and a few others, and with a rapidly growing tsn I decided to build a pond in my basement. the pond will be a 8 by 10 rectangle with a water height of 3 feet.
my first question is, should i build it out on cinder blocks or wood.
the next question is what should I seal the pond with, and my last question is does the size seem or for my catfish.

thanks in advance

 

[aspear]

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[I<3fish]

First of all, you can build it out of cinder blocks and just put in a pond liner. Second of all that size is perfect for a large catfish.

 

[aspear]

if i can seal with pond liner im gonna build it out of wood.
its much cheaper than blocks here

 

[aspear]

whats the best place to find pond liner.
i cant seem to find enough for this pond for under 300

 

[aspear]

i drew a sketch up model real quick.
the framing is 2x6's and is all to 1:1 scale

 

[zennzzo]

Google up Pond Liners...

 

[cvermeulen]

I think a quality pond liner will run you $300+ anywhere in that size range. Given the alternative of fiberglassing/pond armoring/sanitred-ing, it's very cheap and easy.

 

[cvermeulen]

That said you can buy firestone pond liner for around $0.60 per square foot, but in a box shaped indoor pond like yours I'd want one cut to shape and seamed already.

 

[aspear]

what size do i need. 15x20? 20x20? 20x25?