I also placed this in the shark and ray section on this site but wanted to be sure I also put in the pond section for all the guys who have pond experience and may be able to share opinions and advice on the build
I am nearing completion of my 125 gallon fowlr which has always been planned to be a growout tank for a pair of cat sharks and my intention has always been to immediatly start a pond once the sharks are aquired. Well me and the wife went out into the garage we are converting more into a games room and lounge today and came up with some firm ideas for what we both wanted and I decided to make a serious effort into my first sketchup.
The pond will be built using 2x6 construction and rather than using a liner I will be running pondshield, the walls and floor of the pond will be insulated as well a large closed loop (think hot tub) will be ran through the walls to hide all plumbing. The filtration basin will be skimmer and reactor chamber that will then lead into the wet/dry chamber and finally to a mangrove marsh waterfall.
Feel free to share any thoughts or feelings and if theres any sketchup/3d artists who would be kind enough to do a frame rendering of this for me I would be in your debt as I would really love to have a set of plans to work from when i start this
Forgot to give dimensions the back side will be at 82 inches front at 72 before the curve the right side is 56 and left side is 36 to the curve, with 6 inch thick walls and not taking the curve into account I come up with about 330 gallons not including overhead sump which I am not sure what dimensions will work best
I am nearing completion of my 125 gallon fowlr which has always been planned to be a growout tank for a pair of cat sharks and my intention has always been to immediatly start a pond once the sharks are aquired. Well me and the wife went out into the garage we are converting more into a games room and lounge today and came up with some firm ideas for what we both wanted and I decided to make a serious effort into my first sketchup.
The pond will be built using 2x6 construction and rather than using a liner I will be running pondshield, the walls and floor of the pond will be insulated as well a large closed loop (think hot tub) will be ran through the walls to hide all plumbing. The filtration basin will be skimmer and reactor chamber that will then lead into the wet/dry chamber and finally to a mangrove marsh waterfall.
Feel free to share any thoughts or feelings and if theres any sketchup/3d artists who would be kind enough to do a frame rendering of this for me I would be in your debt as I would really love to have a set of plans to work from when i start this
Forgot to give dimensions the back side will be at 82 inches front at 72 before the curve the right side is 56 and left side is 36 to the curve, with 6 inch thick walls and not taking the curve into account I come up with about 330 gallons not including overhead sump which I am not sure what dimensions will work best
