tiger muskie in a 800+ gallon pond?
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ive seen a guy convert a box freezer into a chiller for his trout pond. basically the water comes out of the filter into a wooden fiberglasses tank inside a freezer then pumped back into the tank. works great besides the power for the freezers is on 24/7 unlike a regualr freezer that turns on a few times a day for when u open the door and power isnt free.
muckieman;1090409; said:pond liner will be cover and its not that i want to i want the best for my muskie i'm only a teen,so its not like i can do much i know i need it big but would a tree help some for like shade
"just a teen"?!?! Well you've got a nice strong youthful back then! Get your ass in that hole and dig man!!
Seriously if you're worried about the labor you'd be surprised at what you can do with a shovel. I remember when I was a teen and my dad had me slaving away moving mountains of mulch and stone while my friends were farting around all summer (ahh good times). Start it now, take your time, build up the the outside perimeter a bit with the earth you take out making a gradual slope from the bank outward. Trust me, you can make this pond really nice and yes a shadetree would help but still won't be enough. It sounds like you have a true passion and I admire that. A 2000 gal pond isn't all that big. Now make this project a labor of love and DIG DEEP. You can do it.
its more like a 2500gal-3500gal pond and i'm not worried about labor i got help from my dad, and the mopst i would probly be abled to dig would be 6ft and idk about if i need a perment and all that stuff i just statted to look into this stuff, i wish i could afoard a 4000-8000gallon tank
also right now i'm just trying to figur out cost and where to place i can't start now i dont have the money, i only got like 50dollors but my parents(well my mom at least, and my dad dosent even know i'm geting a pond, lol) they will chip in like 200-300dollors since they promised me a pond 5yrs ago and salt water tank wich i never got ether
Thats very true, I scuba in a lot of Minnesota lakes where the top is bath water and 15 foot down im shivering in seconds even with my warmest gear on.ESOX;1086608; said:
why not make the pond an avrage depth of 6 feet then make a deep section in the middle . so the fish can go if they get too hot .
if you got a digger and put a trench about 6 feet deep around the pond and buried pvp pipe in it then pump water through it the cooler subsoil would cool the water . plus if you get one of those large chess type freezers ya could just line it stick a bulk head in it and go
if you got a digger and put a trench about 6 feet deep around the pond and buried pvp pipe in it then pump water through it the cooler subsoil would cool the water . plus if you get one of those large chess type freezers ya could just line it stick a bulk head in it and go
muckieman;1092087; said:its more like a 2500gal-3500gal pond and i'm not worried about labor i got help from my dad, and the mopst i would probly be abled to dig would be 6ft and idk about if i need a perment and all that stuff i just statted to look into this stuff, i wish i could afoard a 4000-8000gallon tank
muckieman;1092125; said:
your dads helping you with labor, but he doesnt know about it? i dont even want to know why he thinks hes digging.
