Got a rock pool under way

pretty basic construction

base and sides 15mm ply, marine grade

used a full sheet for base, with a cut out to give it a little more shape than a rectangle

glued and screwed together

couldn't afford f/glass so 3 layers of .4mm polythene over

2.4 M x 1,6 M x 400mm deep

left side is a 3 foot viewing tank

wet dry sump and DSB below

made a polystyrene background for it

sorry blurry pic of it

some of the pieces waiting for their new home

rock pool

inhabitants

3 species of hermit crab, orange hermit crab Diacanthurus spinulimanus, NZ hermit crab (Pagurus novizelandiae), plankton hermit (Paguristes setosus)

bighand crab (Heterozius rotundifrons), black marbled crab (Hemigrapsus edwardsii) triangle crab (Eurynolambrus australis), bristle crab (Pilumnus novaezelandiae)

sorry i give up on classifying them all

cushion starfish, ambush starfish, oar starfish, zebra brittle stars, reef star, snake star

5 types of sponge

sea cucumber, 5 kina, 1/2 shell slug

6 types of snails

weed fish, leatherjackets, 4 species of triplefin, young parore, nz black angel

jewel anemone

seahorses

looks to be a good way to construct a pond.

FOUND A BUTYL liner at $11.50 per square metre

will get some but won't disturb pool for awhile

it is running well at the moment

fingers crossed

would be a good way to keep turtles indoors.

is it all local livestock you have in the tanks? and is the water just room temp?

yes would be good for turts, butyl would be beter than plastic though

all local livestock, running at 16c at the moment

essentially a tank,, sump and a big refugium

feeding live mysid, pods and phyto plankton into it