Miniature pond ( ideas wanted)
Having a very large custom enclosure made by AP. I’m sick of large horse water bowls and totes. Using concrete to mold a pond would be too heavy to remove & clean...looking for ideas. Anyone know about injection molding or making a plastic pond? Looking for aprox 3‘ x 3‘.
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Re: Miniature pond ( ideas wanted)
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bcr229
That's what I was thinking too, but I think CALM would still want something to disguise it? I think I'd try searching as Danger Noodles suggested.
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Bogertophis
That's what I was thinking too, but I think CALM would still want something to disguise it? I think I'd try searching as Danger Noodles suggested.
It would be easy enough to make a façade out of foam, painted up to look natural, for around/under the edges of the tub.
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bcr229
It would be easy enough to make a façade out of foam, painted up to look natural, for around/under the edges of the tub.
Instead of worrying about the looks I think Id design some kind of frame so it didn’t get flipped over... that would be easy to do just like the totes. Idk why I never thought of these, Ive bought them several times hahahaha.
Thanks
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jmcrook
You could use a cement mixing tub and make a facade around it like bcr suggested. Maybe even outfit it with a drainage valve that gets routed out of the enclosure to make emptying and cleaning the tub easier when needed
Sometimes you just need someone to point out the obvious hahahaha
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mlededee
Thats cool but he will use that as a toilet hahahaha and I couldn’t remove it to clean whenever I needed.
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CALM Pythons
Thats cool but he will use that as a toilet hahahaha and I couldn’t remove it to clean whenever I needed.
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I was thinking the same...wouldn't take long for a snake to destroy it, lol.
Those cement mixing tubs are black at least- not gaudy. Should be easy to disguise or support.
Only other thing I can think of- I used to have a huge plastic bathtub for bathing large dogs...it had a drain plug in the bottom too. About 40" long, about 16" deep...you
might be able to find such a thing, but like the one I had was bright turquoise...;) Not exactly a natural look, lol. Mine was something like this:
https://www.googleadservices.com/pag...9aACCFs&adurl=
There's also laundry sinks... (those groomer tubs get pricey pretty fast!)
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bcr229
Any large container filled with water is going to be heavy though. If/when the snake poops in it that's going to be fun to bail out, unless you plan on using a sump pump to drain it?
Wet/dry shop vac will empty it in two minutes. Heck, some small turtle ponds have filters run on batteries an even solar.
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Bogertophis
You might also look around feed stores...the best ones have all sorts of big tubs for livestock, & all...tend to be less $ than "dog grooming" or human stuff. ;)
Found these. 14 Gallons. They also make a smaller one thats 7 Gallons. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f8087f862c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...108e14a8cc.jpg
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Re: Miniature pond ( ideas wanted)
I’m working on this same thing for my 150 gallon aquarium project. I bough a cheap rock waterfall off amazon. I’m gonna attach it to some heavy stones and place in a tub similar to a cement tub( I actually may use one of those they look perfect). Then just build more styrofoam facades around it.
