rainbowrunner Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 .I have an assortment of bathtubs, spas, and fibreglass and plastic ponds designed for in ground use - all second hand. They are great for keeping toads out as long as they are not dug into the ground and the frogs love it. What else do people use? Looking for ideas to keep it cheap or preferably free. Things Ive seen IBCs, Big Black Bunnings tubs, laundry tubs, a fibreglass dinghy, cut down water tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TED Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 bath tubs and spa's are the ones i have see most off. but i suppose anything that holds water will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cod Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Met a guy who had a real old water tanker truck sitting out the back for years, he cut the top off the tank, threw a liner in and was breeding guppies in it lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve6610 Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 old cattle water trough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lictoga Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Stock feed tubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaholic99 Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I used plastic liner and turned a small unused bedroom into a knee deep pond. Hard to explain to visitors but who cares. No matter how big you go, it is always never big enough. ausfishy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lictoga Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I used plastic liner and turned a small unused bedroom into a knee deep pond. Hard to explain to visitors but who cares. No matter how big you go, it is always never big enough. As in, inside your house. Doesn't that stuff the walls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubs Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Was cheap on ebay sold as a 1000 litre stock trough for $100 but when I got there to pick it up the seller had found a leak and gave it to me for nothing. Soldering iron fixed the leak in 5 mins. I also have a couple of plastic stock troughs (1000 litre and 3500 litre) - ebay bargains again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedenoob Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 As in, inside your house. Doesn't that stuff the walls With the linner I don't think it will effect the walls I'm going to guess his renting... Kinda hard to explain the bed room pond to the landlord or agent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Ive used concrete laundry tubs before, but you don't want to move em that for sure. I have a spare wheely bin which I might use, my only concern is that something that tall and narrow is going to catch a lot of sun and heat all the water up and then you also only have a small surface area to volume to contend with too. Not sure how it would go, I don't have a hell of a lot of shade where I keep ponds. By the way if anyone is keen McDonalds Auctions at neon Street Sumner Park have what looks like a Six foot tank with stand up for sale, it should go cheaply. Sale is on Tuesday morning but you can view on a Monday too. Lot Photos | McDonald Auctions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 These guys are in Heathwood and do stock troughs as well as raintanks. Sometimes they have seconds for sale. Worth a look, just of the Stapleton rd exit/onrap for the Bogan Mortorway. OzPoly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 19cm is way to shallowI would imagine. Heavy Duty Round Fish Pond | Other Garden | Gumtree Australia Logan Area - Regents Park | 1063682093 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
