Conditioning a Wine Barrel

sAroock · 09-07-2011, 10:20 AM

Hi

Im setting up a container pond ready for spring and summer.
I'm using a oak half wine barrel (40G) as it looks most appealing, but its not without problems. I need to properly clean and remove the nasties from the wood.

Before I purchased it, the barrel had been in water, refilled 6 times for 3 months. I currently have it in dirty greenly algae water in full sun. This is a bid to clean it naturally, making bacteria deteriorate the bad stuff. Its been 2 weeks and now im seeing mosquito larvae and slime on da wood. Think this is a good sign? Is my barrel ready, at least aquatic-plant friendly ready?

appreciate any input or previous experiences.

*i dont want the hassle and cost of pond liner.

**xenxes** · 02-24-2012, 10:37 PM

Is the inside still red?

OverStocked · 02-24-2012, 10:41 PM

You might not "want" the hassle of a pond liner, but you need it. Once cut in half, they are also significantly less water sound.

I definitely wouldn't put fish it in without a liner. They aren't that expensive on somethign that small.

mr_bob · 02-25-2012, 03:28 AM

i have gold fish in mine with out a liner at all. I was very worried id kill the fish with out one but i just went out and bought some feeder gold fish for 13 cents a piece just to find out but its doing fine no deaths yet in 3 months

09-07-2011, 10:20 AM	#1
sAroock Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: earth Posts: 121	Conditioning a Wine Barrel Hi Im setting up a container pond ready for spring and summer. I'm using a oak half wine barrel (40G) as it looks most appealing, but its not without problems. I need to properly clean and remove the nasties from the wood. Before I purchased it, the barrel had been in water, refilled 6 times for 3 months. I currently have it in dirty greenly algae water in full sun. This is a bid to clean it naturally, making bacteria deteriorate the bad stuff. Its been 2 weeks and now im seeing mosquito larvae and slime on da wood. Think this is a good sign? Is my barrel ready, at least aquatic-plant friendly ready? appreciate any input or previous experiences. *i dont want the hassle and cost of pond liner.

02-24-2012, 10:37 PM	#2
xenxes Gotta Catch 'Em All (View User Tanks) PTrader: (37/100%) Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 2,663	Is the inside still red? __________________ A: [2g x2] [5g] [5g-S] [6g] [9g] [20g] [24g] \| T: [Balcony] [Nano Wabikusa] \| Shrimp Blog

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02-24-2012, 10:41 PM	#3
OverStocked Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (76/94%) Join Date: May 2007 Location: SoDak Posts: 10,732	You might not "want" the hassle of a pond liner, but you need it. Once cut in half, they are also significantly less water sound. I definitely wouldn't put fish it in without a liner. They aren't that expensive on somethign that small.

02-25-2012, 03:28 AM	#4
mr_bob Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: san antonio, texas Posts: 111	i have gold fish in mine with out a liner at all. I was very worried id kill the fish with out one but i just went out and bought some feeder gold fish for 13 cents a piece just to find out but its doing fine no deaths yet in 3 months