hi skozzy
my next door neighbour was talked into putting a salty pond in his back
garden by a guy that wholesaled fish and corals etc around the corner from
us, obviously he could see the expense and problem and wasnt willing to
commit his own money and time, needless to say the project was a complete
flop. we live in perth, western australia the weather is usually beautifull
all year but he still round he needed heating during the night!!!! the the
fish were also open to the elements so he built a patio over the top
$$$$$$$$$ then cats and birds (pelicans) were eating his prized angels etc
so he put mesh over the top, with the mesh and the patio the wundaful aussie
sun couldnt even reach the water which when it did it made the water far
tooooo hot, I watched this for the whole time he was attempting this eager
project and couldnt understand why he didnt give up sooner, obviously he
packed it all up and its all full of sand for his kids Taff
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"skozzy" wrote in message
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A while ago I wanted to setup a pond outside, but after playing with
reef
setups and salt water I am thinking of the idea of making an outside
salt
water tank, but not the usualy glass type, I was thinking of making a
wooden
frame about 3 meters x 3 meters and about 1 meter high then sealing it
with
fiberglass, then adding in the usual pumps and filtration and putting in
some live rock and some fish. It's be able to save heaps on lighting the
setup and put that money into maintaining the temprature with a decent
chiller.

I would like to hear some feedback from people about this idea and some
possible problems I might be looking at. Or some possible good things ?

I was thinking that it might help in growing some alge on some new rocks
fast then in a normal tank too. ??

Surely you wouldn't see the fish? it's gonna be dark with out any
major lighting, and yes the sun could be classed as a major light! but
with out glass sides it's gonna be dark..

I would just go with the pond and get some nice koi, lovely fish that
look good from the top. and of course a pond is so much easier to
look after.