Swimming pool pond

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I would be a little concerned about the longevity of a cheap kiddy pool? I think they are designed to be set up temporarily and not left full of water for a whole season?

I'd be worried about what would happen if it sprung a leak, they are pretty flimsy! As a temporary measure it would probably be fine but be careful for extended periods?
 
Howdy,
phreakyfaerie said:
we rent our house and i'm not sure how the landlord would feel about me digging a really big hole.
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An inflatable pond will ruin the grass underneath if you have it set up for more than a couple of weeks....
Benfica540 said:
thats why i suggested the liner ;)
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... which doesn't protect from cats that think it's a great place to sharpen claws. It also doesn't protect from mice digging underneath and chewing it.

My personal advice would be: Don't do it. Rather get a big tub from a home improvement store. You can also cover that more easily with a grid to prevent the loss of fish by stray cats. I lost 4 goldfish last year. That's also something to consider.

HarleyK
 
phreakyfaerie said:
ok i know everyone has seen the swimming pools with the inflatable ring around the top right ? they are big blue inexpensive and easy to setup and tear down. so please don't laugh at me but, would it be possible to use one of them as a pond? I live in michigan and everything freezes here in the winter and the ground freezes really deep too, i only want a pond for a summer vacation home for some of my fish so one that i can tear down when the fish go back to their tanks in the fall would be ideal for me. any feedback will be greatly appreciated
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Yeah, i did that at my school for a while. We kept 4 oscars in a kiddie pool. We had a sump natural filtration system that was routed through our 2 400 g tilapia aqualcultire tanks, so we just patched the pool into that. However, I later use the pool for upward of 1 month withduckweed in it, no pump, and only 2 water changes.
 
Nic said:
what about winter?
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it gets too cold here in the winter i will be bringing the fish in and putting them back in their tanks for the winter, the pool will just be a summer vacation home for them.
and ewurm, with the weather here, i need an above ground pond that i can break down in the winter, the swimming pool was a less expensive alternative.
oh yeah and a real good laugh for when the nieghborhood kids think about hopping the fence and giong for a swim :ROFL: :ROFL:
 
HarleyK said:
Howdy,

An inflatable pond will ruin the grass underneath if you have it set up for more than a couple of weeks....

... which doesn't protect from cats that think it's a great place to sharpen claws. It also doesn't protect from mice digging underneath and chewing it.

My personal advice would be: Don't do it. Rather get a big tub from a home improvement store. You can also cover that more easily with a grid to prevent the loss of fish by stray cats. I lost 4 goldfish last year. That's also something to consider.

HarleyK
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no grass anyway, and there's a dozen of those pools up in my neighborhood every summer and noone has problems with cats or mice
 
most everyone here has too much sand in their yards to grow grass, we live on reclaimed swamp land
you'll see grass in the front yards more than in the backs because people will buy soil for the front yards
 
phreakyfaerie said:
no grass anyway, and there's a dozen of those pools up in my neighborhood every summer and noone has problems with cats or mice
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I would say your fine man, no problems. Just place a pond liner on the inside and your fine. You may not even need it, but some kiddie pools have those annoying fish designs and they piss me off :swear:. good luck
 
i was looking at a plian blue ont you know the ones with the inflatable ring around the top, they come with a pool filter i was thinking about running that, without the chems of course
 
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