300 gallon stock tank upgrade :D

[jonathan512]

just bought a 300 gallon stock tank that im going 2 make into a pond , right now its prtty bare i am going to set it up when i get a good filter for it .any recommendations on what kind i should get? anyway heres some photos

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

 

[ascott]

That is awesome...cute ferrets too

 

[jonathan512]

Thnx

 

[wellington]

I think the ferrets need it for a play pen. They seem to be loving it.

 

[jonathan512]

Ha ha ha that's what it is for now ,in two weeks I'll have the money for a pump that way I can get this pond Rollin

 

[juntao]

a fluval fx5 will work well with your 300 gallon setup! also depends on what you're going to house in there..

 

[jonathan512]

a fluval fx5 will work well with your 300 gallon setup! also depends on what you're going to house in there..

thnx ,turtles and fish

 

[Momof4]

Do you have updated pictures of your new pond? I would love to see them. Did you decide on a filter?

 

[jonathan512]

Do you have updated pictures of your new pond? I would love to see them. Did you decide on a filter?

i havent had time to build a filter yet ,im hoping this weekend will be the weekend ill finally be able 2 do it XD anyway i have Turk (my biggest turtle) living in the pond and he loves it! its still very bare ive really been slacking =/

Turk isnt visible in the photos but hes in there lol i have colorado lily pads in there and some duck weed , still much 2 come i want to get a UV sterilizer in there eventually as well

 

[jonathan512]

Do you have updated pictures of your new pond? I would love to see them. Did you decide on a filter?

i havent had time to build a filter yet ,im hoping this weekend will be the weekend ill finally be able 2 do it XD anyway i have Turk (my biggest turtle) living in the pond and he loves it! its still very bare ive really been slacking =/

Turk isnt visible in the photos but hes in there lol i have colorado lily pads in there and some duck weed , still much 2 come i want to get a UV sterilizer in there eventually as well

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ill be making more updates once theres more stuff in there

 

[Yvonne G]

I have used the Skippy filter twice now...once for my mud-hole-in-the-ground pond and once for my 600 gallon galvanized stock tank. It works great, is cheap and easy to build:

http://skippysstuff.com/biofiltr.htm

 

[jonathan512]

I have used the Skippy filter twice now...once for my mud-hole-in-the-ground pond and once for my 600 gallon galvanized stock tank. It works great, is cheap and easy to build:

http://skippysstuff.com/biofiltr.htm

really kool site ! thanks 4 the linK

 

[Momof4]

It's a good start. My stock tank is still at the feed store. How often do you empty it w/o a filter?

 

[jonathan512]

It's a good start. My stock tank is still at the feed store. How often do you empty it w/o a filter?

every 2 weeks it would get very dirty

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So ive finally had the chance to make the skippy filter ! right now it looks kind of Bootleg but ill have it looking a little more decent in a few weeks. for media filter i used lava rocks just becouse its cheap ,later i want to complement it with some sponges well c what happens. its been about a week since i cleaned the pond so im just gunna let the filter take over , im hoping it cleans it for the most part atleast. im using a 330 gph pond pump and i think the plastic container that im using is about 10 or 15 gallons somewhere around there so ive got my fingers crossed and hoping thats big enough, i want to get a UV sterilizer later. anyway phase 1 of the skippy filter project complete