hey

im thinking of trying to build a small indoor pond type thing

and was wondering would it be ok 2 use one of those black plastic pond liners?i will just be experimenting making a small one say 4-5 foot to see if it will work

cheers

That is what the liners are for. A popular water feature here is to use a half a wine barrel, lined with plastic liner.

ok

i guessed it woul work but just wanted to check it would be ok indoors.

will it still be ok with quite intense lighting?

cheers

also im wondering if we can get any of the pond paints that you can get overseas, you no to paint on and seal a pond?and where to get it from

cheers

Hye,

Why don't you try building a large plywood/glass tank? Some thing like - THIS. But maybe not quite as big. If you do a seach on the net you will find a lot of info about them.

Cheers, CatBrat.

yea this is kind of wat i was thinking about

but im worried about the high cost of epoxy , and was looking for an alternative.

i found that some people have used some sort of 'pond paint' and was wondering if it is avalible in nz

also if i could find such a product , would silicone bond to it

cheers

hey

has anyone on here made a plywood/glass tank?

got any tips?

cheers

One of our members made one. To quote him...

'The tank was made from 18mm construction plywood with fibreglass reinforced corners and resin coating on the inside of the tank. Over the fibreglass was epiglass 2-pack reaction lacer primer. The finish was 2 coats of black swimming pool paint. The glass front was 10mm thick. '

The tank was a corner one holding 600 litres. That tank was built in 2000 and is still going strong with no problems whatsoever.

Epoxy is expensive if you buy it from a hardware store or marine shop, but try a place like Altex http://www.altexcoatings.co.nz/where.htm buying direct from their depots is much cheaper (1/2 price compared to some brands).

I have built a couple of kayaks before(http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/grantglazer/Kayak/index.html ), and would apply the same principal to a plywood tank or pond (strength and water resistance needed). using fibreglass cloth would be a very good idea. You won't be slamming the tank into rocks like a kayak so 3oz cloth would be easier to use then the normal 6oz and all that you will need but the price difference between these 2 weights of cloth isn't much. Coating it with only epoxy or epoxy based paints i.e. pool paint could lead to the coating developing cracks overtime. Any crack or ding in the coating will start rot in the ply (even marine ply). The glass cloth will stop this from happening.

A full size sea kayak only costs $600 to build so a 5 foot tank / pond should be around the $200 mark (guessing here). Actually using the Stitch and Glue method you could make the pond any shape you want - why restrict yourself to it being square?

At $200 plus all the time it would take, why wouldn't you just buy or make a glass tank?

because theres no fun in just going out and buying a tank!!!lol

an i would make a glass one but am not to confudent in cutting glass

I am looking into building a ply/glass tank . Thinking big 1000+ l .

Very much at the plaining stage will keep you posted .