Habitat - Outdoor

Last edited by Boogerbutt02 on Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Hello All,

After years of saying that I was going to put in a pond I am finally doing it. The following pictures are of Day 1 there will be more to come...

Empty Space (except the dog)

125 gallon Pre-formed Pond

50 gallon Pre-formed Pond

My brother starts the digging

End Day1

Covered for rain...

Thanks for looking
More to come

Summer

Heres is more ( they are not in the order that they were took or built):

More Pictures to come... Thanks for looking

Summer

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:44 pm

Cool, keep us updated on the progress!

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:04 pm

oh i cant wait to see it! what are you going to do with the 50g pond?

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:56 pm **Updated Pond Pictures**

Hello Everyone

I have been busy building and having computer issues, so I have not been able to update you guys until now.

Here are more pictures, I hope it will make more sense to some of you who are completely at a loss of what I am doing.

As you can see the dog loves it!!!

I ended up putting 40 pieces of sod down.

The turtles can not dig there way out because there is concert almost all the way around, except for where the a/c unit is. I am going to dig that area out and put in pavers so that if they do dig under the fence there they will still hit concert.

The fence is 4 foot high. This way no raccoons or possums can climb in.

Comments Welcome!!!

Summer

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:28 am

Looks good! I think it would be a good idea for it to be raised a few inches to prevent rain runoff and debris flowing into it.

The fence looks good too, but will it block out too much sunlight? It's great for privacy, though I think a shorter fence with a screen top will allow much more sun in there.

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:34 pm

Thanks!!!

Sorry I have not replied sooner, I have been very busy!!!

Actually there is too much sun in there.... I had to put rubbermaid lids in the ponds (the lids float) to provide shade for them during the hottest parts of the day... I put them outside on Sunday and I don't think they have figured out how to get out of their ponds yet. But they will.

I will post more pictures early next week when I get my camera back from my mother....

Thanks again
Summer

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:10 pm **Updated Aug 2nd**

Here are a few new pictures I will have better ones later in the week....

Here is an okay picture of Hannabella:

Thanks for looking and for all of your replies,
Summer

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:51 pm

Nice pond, I am in the planning stage of my pond, so no pics yet. Is that your son in the last picture with the bow? What make and model is it?

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:04 am

Nice pond.
Looks like things are going pretty well.

must be some happy turtles

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:52 pm

Thanks,

That is my brother, I don't know a thing about bows sorry...

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:40 am

what are you using for filtration?

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:13 pm

pond filters from Lowes... here is the link:
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=p ... lpage=none

they work great... I have had one for about 4 years and it still works fine...

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:17 pm

wow! i never knew they were that cheap!!! now i wish i had a big enough backyard

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:22 am

Would that filter work for an aquarium? Becasue that's a whole lot cheaper and we live about 20 miles from Lowes so......

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:20 pm

most likely, but they are kinda bulking... what size is your aquarium?

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