Tank Options

What about using a kiddy pool?

This is a pretty cheap one from walmart

at 12' x 3' is has ((12/2)**2) * pi * 3 = 339 square feet. 339 * 7.48 = 2537 gallons.

The site say it holds 1,779 gallons.

At $98.74 that would be 5.55 cents per gallon.

No bad.

This is new. I might be able to buy a used one for less.



What sort of pump would I need?

For ponds you are suppose to pump the volume every hour (see Discount Pumps)

If that is true I will need a pump or pumps that can pump 1800 gallons an hour.

This looks like a nice one. It is suppose to have only 1/2 the electricty. Does that mean is only requires 1/2 the volts or 1/2 the watts?

Danner Supreme Pondmaster

A 1800 gallon/per/hour (GPH) cost 164.95 No maitance or seals and has only one moving part.

This give 10 gph per dollar.






Via Aqua 306


The Via Aqua 306 pump is 526 GPH at $18.95 This is 27.76 GPH per dollar.
Now the garrentee is only for six months, but I would have redundent pumps.