saltwater pond build thread

[ARGYGANG]

this is just a build thread i am starting up im setting up a pond in beginning of may and wanted to log the drawings etc somewhere knowledgeable people can give advice/comment on stuff. its a 300 gallon oval pond i am going to be installing a pvc ribcage into the sand bed to give fish and my eel a ton of varying sized holes to hide in (a koran angel cant get to a blenny in a hole the size of a blenny for example)

this is the equipment list so far on initial setup this is not going to be a reef so i am not running a skimmer on the pond: 3 300 watt heaters, two phytotanks for refugiums, a 200 lb dry rock mound, 100 pounds of a year old live rock, and a smartpond uv clarifier/aqua sterilizer.

 

[Devaji]

is this going to be inside or outside?

 

[ARGYGANG]

is this going to be inside or outside?

Inside. Sorry should have clarified.

 

[C4ctus99]

Sounds cool, following

 

[officialreefbros]

That's going to be awesome!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

This is going to be a neat build to follow!!!

 

[albano]

personally, I’m not a fan of look down tanks, but besides that I’d be worried that the ‘rib cage’ will be a place to go for sick/dying fish… that you won’t be able to remove.

 

[ARGYGANG]

personally, I’m not a fan of look down tanks, but besides that I’d be worried that the ‘rib cage’ will be a place to go for sick/dying fish… that you won’t be able to remove.

ive reworked that idea into driving the pipes into the sand vertically so that my hands can fit in them and i can see in them