Just constructed two indoor ponds...

**Blue Ridge Reef** · 03-22-2008, 01:47 AM

These are for my LFS, one will be stocked with fish, the other (smaller one) pond plants.

Currently "cycling" this one with a couple of big cheapies.

And pond #2

I'm going to probably need to suspend lighting over this one. Open to ideas...

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mrbman7 · 03-22-2008, 03:03 AM

Those are really neat! Are those blocks mortared together or simply stacked up? is that difficult to do?

**lauraleellbp** · 03-22-2008, 05:26 AM

Very nice! Here's to wishing I lived close to ya (all my LSFs are nasty).

MH, Tek T5s or HQI combos will be what you want to suspend over those beauties

**John7429** · 03-22-2008, 06:32 AM

Wow... if only I had the room in my 700 sq ft apt...

Birdman · 03-22-2008, 12:30 PM

Very nice. I like those blocks. They look good.

**EdTheEdge** · 03-22-2008, 04:45 PM

Very nice. How big are they?

**Blue Ridge Reef** · 03-23-2008, 06:25 PM

I didn't mortar the blocks, because I figured I might move them one day. The blocks are 18"(?) X 6" and about 4" thick. I bought them at Home Depot for around $5 a block. I was surprised that even buying two pallets there was no volume discount. As for the size, the larger one is about 14 by 6 feet by 2.5 feet deep, and the smaller one is around 6 X 3. I should pop a tape measure on them when I go by to feed, I could be way off!

kaifyre · 03-23-2008, 06:32 PM

Is there a container hidden inside, or is there just a liner held up by the top row of blocks?
Looks good ; ))

--Kai

**Blue Ridge Reef** · 03-23-2008, 06:41 PM

Just a liner. I used underlayment in the larger pond, but realized I didn't need to! Getting the wrinkles out was a beast, but the trick turned out to be laying the liner open in the sun for a half hour.

**Wingsdlc** · 04-18-2008, 01:12 AM

very cool ponds. Someday I would like to do one with tropicals. Maybe African Cichlids.

greatfish123 · 04-18-2008, 02:23 AM

do you know how many gallons the bigger pond holds?

CobraGuppy · 05-06-2008, 01:07 AM

nice pond.

I would think that the water pressure would push out and cause the blocks to fall.

Do you have any pics of building it?

This would be a really easy way of making a pond lol. I always read about people saying you had to cement the whole thing down or it will collapse.

03-22-2008, 01:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
Blue Ridge Reef I do stuff (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 550	Just constructed two indoor ponds... These are for my LFS, one will be stocked with fish, the other (smaller one) pond plants. Currently "cycling" this one with a couple of big cheapies. And pond #2 I'm going to probably need to suspend lighting over this one. Open to ideas... __________________ Nothing good happens fast in an ecosystem.

03-22-2008, 03:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
mrbman7 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bellevue, WA Posts: 246	Those are really neat! Are those blocks mortared together or simply stacked up? is that difficult to do? __________________ Filstar Pimp #130

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lauraleellbp Fresh Fish Freak (View User Tanks) PTrader: (13) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Naples, Florida Posts: 4,414	Very nice! Here's to wishing I lived close to ya (all my LSFs are nasty). MH, Tek T5s or HQI combos will be what you want to suspend over those beauties __________________ Laura Lee; 10gal planted RCS colony, 46gal FW community w/ el plasticos, 90gal FW planted in progress- see my journal at http://forums.tfhmagazine.com/viewto...p?f=82&t=23207

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John7429 Sergeant (View User Tanks) PTrader: (27) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 537	Wow... if only I had the room in my 700 sq ft apt... __________________ Sergeant of Marines

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Birdman Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Crooked River Ranch, Oregon Posts: 231	Very nice. I like those blocks. They look good. __________________ Steve Joneli Crooked River Ranch, Oregon High Desert Koi Ponds www.highdesertkoi.com

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EdTheEdge PlantedTank.Net Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3) Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Lomita,CA Posts: 515	Very nice. How big are they? __________________ 90 Gal - Eheim 2217 - Fluval 404 - Duetto 100 - Eheim 2006 - 4X96watts CF - Flourite - 2X300w Visitherm - Pressurized CO2 25 Gal - Eheim 2236 - 36 watt CF - 28 watt CF - Flourite - 150w EBO Jager - Red Sea 500 Reactor - Pressurized CO2 15 Gal - Eheim 2232 - 36 watt CF - - Flourite - 150w Visitherm - DIY CO2 - DIY reactor 10 Gal - Eheim 2232 - 2x18 watt CF - Flourite/Schultz - 50w Visitherm - DIY CO2 - DIY reactor 03 Gal - Eclipse system - DIY CO2

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Blue Ridge Reef I do stuff (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 550	I didn't mortar the blocks, because I figured I might move them one day. The blocks are 18"(?) X 6" and about 4" thick. I bought them at Home Depot for around $5 a block. I was surprised that even buying two pallets there was no volume discount. As for the size, the larger one is about 14 by 6 feet by 2.5 feet deep, and the smaller one is around 6 X 3. I should pop a tape measure on them when I go by to feed, I could be way off! __________________ Nothing good happens fast in an ecosystem.

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kaifyre Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Overton, NV Posts: 42	Is there a container hidden inside, or is there just a liner held up by the top row of blocks? Looks good ; )) --Kai

03-23-2008, 06:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
Blue Ridge Reef I do stuff (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 550	Just a liner. I used underlayment in the larger pond, but realized I didn't need to! Getting the wrinkles out was a beast, but the trick turned out to be laying the liner open in the sun for a half hour. __________________ Nothing good happens fast in an ecosystem.

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Wingsdlc Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (31) Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Lincolnton, NC Posts: 643	very cool ponds. Someday I would like to do one with tropicals. Maybe African Cichlids. __________________ 40 Gallon Long Taken down Aug. 2007 5.65WPG, EI dosing 55 Gallon Set up Aug. 2007 4WPG, EI dosing Container Pond April 2008

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greatfish123 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dreamland Posts: 24	do you know how many gallons the bigger pond holds?

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CobraGuppy Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5) Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 274	nice pond. I would think that the water pressure would push out and cause the blocks to fall. Do you have any pics of building it? This would be a really easy way of making a pond lol. I always read about people saying you had to cement the whole thing down or it will collapse. __________________

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