When a tank just isn't big enough ..........................

[Merrilyn]

Sometimes you let a friend talk you into putting in a really, really BIG pond :roll:

Four thousand, five hundred litres, ten foot diameter and 3 foot deep, and yes, it will be heated :!:

[Merrilyn]

now can someone, tell me how we get it in the back yard :roll:

[DR.V]

Just put it there Merrilyn !! It looks good in front of the house ^^

[nicholas76]

Merris will have her own hydro power plant in the back yard to power all these tanks


lol when you reach for the stars mate ...you really reach for the stars lol

[taksan]

Bigger then TEXAS ! ... or lake Texas more exactly ... 8-)

[sammigold]

Heated, strong filtration = Spa!!!! Big enough for all us Melb. DF members.

Cant you see it .... a glass of wine, relax and sit back with the fish.... they wont even notice we're there!!! LOL

[Proteus]

so not fair.... you have all the fun

[kinezo]

OMG!!!

hahaha mez...
is this that spa project ur promising all us melb DF members!?

we sitting in the spa while discus swim all around us!?

lol...

good luck mez...

kinezo

[KillieOrCory]

Wow! I would come and give you a hand to get the pond in the back yard, if only I was in Melbourne. But then it is a good excuse to visit isn't it?

You know reading all these post from you I realised...
you live in my dream house!!! :lol:

You know I am getting a house built at the moment and eventually (couple of years down the track once fishroom and display tanks are organised) was going to put in three ponds, but looking at that :shock: Two of those would be fine :lol:

[piranha-discus]

humm
i think its merrilyn's spa they gona have , not a fish pond lol
just keep bugging her to invite you down to relax in it, :)
cheers ben

[piranha-discus]

merriyln
i just figure out an idear how to get it in the back yard.
get your husband to get ropes and lift it up the roof of
the house and carry it to the back yard, if cant lift it up
you may have to hire a craine to lift it lol he he.
cheers ben

[HAN 'd' Aquariums]

Hi Merrilyn, Nice looking pond. We also have a 3000L pond in our yard. We use it for Africans Cichlids over the summer months. Would be interested to know how you plan on heating the pond and what fish you intend on putting in it.
Heidi

[nicholas76]

actually thats a good point you raise

especially with melbourne artic climate evaporation and maintaining constant heat is an obvious issue!


do tell oh master red how its done!

[Ben]

I rekon 1/2 dozen 400 watt hydor heaters will do the trick!

[Merrilyn]

do tell oh master red how its done!

All in good time young grasshopper, all in good time :wink:

[KillieOrCory]

:idea: Just build a glass house over it!!! :idea:

[oscar]

I find myself saying this again...

LR, you're both extreme and insane.

I love it!

[Merrilyn]

I find myself saying this again...

LR, you're both extreme and insane.

I love it!

It wasn't all my idea ................really is wasn't :lol:

Someone else on this forum has to take half of the blame 8-)

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[goldenpigeon]

if you want to heat it just put Ben in it and keep serving him alcholic (spelling lol) beverages straight up every fifteen minutes. heating not a problem!

[taksan]

if you want to heat it just put Ben in it and keep serving him alcholic (spelling lol) beverages straight up every fifteen minutes. heating not a problem!

LOL ! this could be like our very own big brother spa party !
only instead of jets it would be Discus nibbling at your toes 8-)

[Proteus]

I would be concerned at the sulphur & ammonia levels...

what goes in must come out :P

[goldenpigeon]

true pro, u cant say i wasnt thinking outside the box thoagh!

[Ben]

if you want to heat it just put Ben in it and keep serving him alcholic (spelling lol) beverages straight up every fifteen minutes. heating not a problem!

Great idea!
(coopers sparkling ale)

Just put some koi in there with me!

[goldenpigeon]

hehehe say goodbye to whatever (censored by granny) u have left! HAHAHAHA

[nicholas76]

for extra airation feed ben beans

[pitchblack]

wow ladyred what a monster. I know there's a place in bentleigh that has a great selection of pond products you may want to have a look. Think its called aquariums plus?? :roll:

[Merrilyn]

Thanks pitchblack. Got a great pond filter and pump from APW.

[goldenpigeon]

will it be in ground or above ground? very nice BTW ;)

[Merrilyn]

Above ground, under a pergola, and with a lot of ferns in pots around the outside. And a chair in there, so I can sit next to the pond and play with my fish LOL.

[Nathan]

that will look unreal LR, cant wait to see more pics! im excitied just hearing about it!

nathan

[goldenpigeon]

awesome!!! cant wait to see pics!!! what sort of fish are going in it? is there going to be a substrate? any plants?

[Merrilyn]

Sand substrate, few huge pieces of driftwood, floating plants and several tankbuster fish LOL

You'll just have to wait and see :wink:

[DiscusMad]

you can get a pool heater for that size as well as a pool filter and it might work out cheaper than aqurium supplys

[piranha-discus]

merrilyn
i just had work out something that may heat up your pond all year round , day and night ,and cost less to heat, but it may be costy to get it done, i heard from peninsular hot spring spa in RYE , they use a bore that goes down 800 mteres deep pumps water down there and its hot in earth crust and then the water is warm that comes back up, thats how they keep the spa warm 30s deg all year, hows that? it keep your ponds warm for wild discus lol
cheers, ben

[Nathan]

but that way u cant really control the heat. i reckon thatd be pretty costy to get done aswel. id personally go a pool heater.

nathan

[antwan]

This pond sounds awesome, any updates?

[scott bowler]

yeah granny are we getting some pics of this pond i cant wait seein all the things you have make me envious you are so lucky one day i may get there scott

[scott bowler]

hey mezz what ever happened to this we didnt get to se pics of the end resalt . did it still happen hehe love to see :wink:
scott

[Professor_J]

Just an observation... but aren't you guys all in the middle of a huge drought???

Are you setting up a desalination plant too or are you just claiming 2/3 of Melbourne's water supply to run that thing and your other tanks? :)

Someone should build a calculator to work out the degree of addiction that we're suffering from... Something that could take the total volume of fish tanks (or ponds for whales :) ) that someone has and the amount of floorspace in their house. Then classify addiction based on how deep the water in your house would be if you dumped your tanks on the floor or something like that. I'm sure some people here would be up to their knees! :)

[Ben]

We are all water changing our fish tanks PJ but we no longer have showers!

Its a bit tricky taking photo's into water, as reflection takes a crappy photo. Hence the reason Merrilyn has not put up any pics. Just imagine a large big black party spa with a filter!

[Merrilyn]

Pond is up and running and working beautifully.

We currently have it heated with a spa heater, which maintains the water at a lovely 25 degrees C and keeps the fish happy. No discus in there.

We found that insulating the outside of the pond has cut down on the electricity bill this winter, so it's all good.

I do have some photos and I'll post them tonight.

Unfortunately you can't see the fish in there, because of the tank being black and no artificial lighting over the top. There is a lovely colony of red horsefaces happily breeding in there, along with a saratoga, a school of silver sharks and a couple of pacu.

We've upgraded the filtration a couple of times, and now run a huge pond trickle filter as well as a pond cannister filter. Never any ammonia, even with those huge fish and their messy eating habits. :P

[Professor_J]

ahh... all she needs now so that she can take photos is just a camera with an underwater housing so that she can get up close personal and beautiful photos of her babies. :)

Yeah I guess that with that pond you could just have a bath in there. Probably a big enough system to handle the occasional bit of soap :)

[ILLUSN]

Surley the resident spawnographer could get some nice pics, would love to see the red horseface

[Zbiljc]

Pics?!