FINALLY-Saltwater Pond Pics

[lakehorse61]

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The puffers love their pond!!!

 

[LionfishFinatic]

how big are those puffers!? they look huge!!! very nice pond!

 

[bkiba]

that is awesome! I was hoping it would have been outside

nice work!

 

[urbor]

thats realy nice

were did you get that pond liner???
is it hard plastic formed like that
or is like paper molded to that shape

 

[dfleary]

Yeah, I'd have to agree, that is awesome! I'm jealous!

 

[HotRod68Camaro]

why was there no build-up thread on this, it would have been awesome

 

[english83]

I'm going to have to try and keep my boyfriend from this thread.

It's so beautiful! I never thought of doing that.

 

[petoonia]

How about a list of inhabitants?

It looks amazing!!!!!

 

[the real fishman]

a list of inahbitants would be great.
Awesome pond, looks great. how many gallons is it?

 

[howser]

That's so awesome -- you should at least post some of the details about the tank, experiences building it up, lessons learned, etc. That's just such an awesome idea!

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

nice...

 

[Andrew]

Very sweet! Those puffers are huge. Largest ones I've seen. :thumbsup:

 

[thor32766]

Yeah that sure is a show stopper!

 

[Ironsheikh]

Excellent idea come to life....but for me, I like to be able to see the fish from the side and not the top

 

[zoebeaglezoe]

I have been wanted to do something like that for a long time.

how about some more pics of how it is plumed and filtration for

some ideas. great fish, also where did you get the blue liner?

thanks

 

[h20cooled]

Thats pretty cool. Are you going to be able to eliminate the pumps from the pond eventually?

From looking at it I'm guessing that it used to be a hot tub.

 

[Torno]

Sweeeet! What kind of cow/boxfish you got there?

 

[lakehorse61]

wow.........i am glad yall like my dream.........

how the idea got started was tired of having so many tanks & i felt my 200 was getting too small for the puffers so i came up with the idea of building an addition with the pond. you can see the 200 reef in the large reef forum.

there are no pumps in the pond the cords are lights that i am going to pull out because i have added more exterior lights.

Inhabitants:

2 porci puffers--10 inch & 8 inch
1 cream dogface puffer-10 inch
1 golden puffer-8 inch
3 henochious butterflies
1 dejar salfin tang
1 birdmouth wrasse - 10 inch
1 harliquin tusk
1 camel cowfish(trunkfish)
1 yellow boxfish
1 blue dot puffer
1 sleeper goby
1 tube anemone
4 cherrystone clams&6 cleaner clams buried in sand
1 large hermit crab-6 inch
1 tiger cowrie & 1 pencil urchin
200 lbs of live rock & 300 lbs at least of reef bone rock
3 or 4 inch live sand bed

the black covers at the top are drains. the four 3 inch drain pipes go into the basement sump/refusium room. 1 1/2 external pump brings it back upstairs to the pond. the input which comes out in four lines & up into the waterfall which has its own pump that can be adjusted.

i will post some pics of the mechanical room on monday. thanks again. kelly

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[lakehorse61]

also it was never a hot tub. the liner was purchased on line from spring water gardens and was drilled here for the pond. i didnt want a black liner so they did that special color for me. it didnt turn out exactly like i envisioned but it is ok.

we considered putting a window viewer in it for side view but i was afraid it would mess with the strength of the fiberglass.

 

[HotRod68Camaro]

I have also been wondering about side viewing panels but i am not real sure of it.