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<blockquote data-quote="ScuteFace" data-source="post: 2547599" data-attributes="member: 53207"><p>Hi all, it's now spring and I've done all my landscaping and now have a hole in the ground! At it's current size it holds 3000L+ and it has near-vertical sides, still considering making it a little deeper. The plan is to line it with double-layered pond liner and build up the edges to ~30cm above the water level, surround it with sandstone rocks/boulders, and then somehow secure a cover made from rigid wire mesh over the top to keep animals and children out and safe.</p><p></p><p>Your depth/temperature data is really interesting Kachua, exactly what I was looking for, thank you very much for sharing. Makes me feel much more confident about moving the turtle outside is it's only a couple of degrees of variation for a pond that size. At what depth was the temperature recorded out of interest, is this at the deepest point or the surface water?</p><p></p><p>The other issue I'm trying to get my head around is filtration. Due to the placement of the pond it might be a little difficult to get power to a submerged pump - not impossible but will involve burying cables which I'm not too keen on. I was imagining using an external pump and filter that would be ~10m away from the pond and running hoses through the garden instead but I'm not too familiar with what is available and if that would actually work. I have found some in-line pumps at a local supplier that sound appropriate, is that the kind of thing I'm after? If I pump water up to a DIY filter, provided it is at a higher elevation, it should just drain back to the pond regardless of hose length right? I like the idea of a bog filter but the pump will need to be 100% in the shade so that's probably not going to work. </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://creativepumps.com.au/product/reefe/dirty-water-pond-pumps/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for the help!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScuteFace, post: 2547599, member: 53207"] Hi all, it's now spring and I've done all my landscaping and now have a hole in the ground! At it's current size it holds 3000L+ and it has near-vertical sides, still considering making it a little deeper. The plan is to line it with double-layered pond liner and build up the edges to ~30cm above the water level, surround it with sandstone rocks/boulders, and then somehow secure a cover made from rigid wire mesh over the top to keep animals and children out and safe. Your depth/temperature data is really interesting Kachua, exactly what I was looking for, thank you very much for sharing. Makes me feel much more confident about moving the turtle outside is it's only a couple of degrees of variation for a pond that size. At what depth was the temperature recorded out of interest, is this at the deepest point or the surface water? The other issue I'm trying to get my head around is filtration. Due to the placement of the pond it might be a little difficult to get power to a submerged pump - not impossible but will involve burying cables which I'm not too keen on. I was imagining using an external pump and filter that would be ~10m away from the pond and running hoses through the garden instead but I'm not too familiar with what is available and if that would actually work. I have found some in-line pumps at a local supplier that sound appropriate, is that the kind of thing I'm after? If I pump water up to a DIY filter, provided it is at a higher elevation, it should just drain back to the pond regardless of hose length right? I like the idea of a bog filter but the pump will need to be 100% in the shade so that's probably not going to work. [URL unfurl="true"]https://creativepumps.com.au/product/reefe/dirty-water-pond-pumps/[/URL] Thanks again for the help! [/QUOTE]
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