Has anyone ever built an indoor pond?

Shrike! wrote:

Has anyone ever built an indoor pond?

It tends to cause fairly serious issues with humidity. As long as you're
prepared to handle that and lower lighting levels, it's just like building
an outdoor pond, without the ice :-)
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derek

yes. http://weloveteaching.com/mypond/VF/veggie_filter.html
the easiest way to do an indoor pond is with a preformed stock water tanks
and then build around it. I plan to make another pond in my basement as
soon as I can get all the stuff out of the basement (mother died, all her
stuff ended up in our basement and she was a "collector"). Ingrid


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Has anyone ever built an indoor pond?

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:44:42 CST, "Shrike!" wrote:

Has anyone ever built an indoor pond?

I've view many on the net that are above ground, built in pre-existing
buildings/houses. Then I've seen on pond tours houses built just for the in
ground ponds, and houses built around the pond. Some amazing things money
can buy. ;-) If there is a pond club in your area, you ought to check it
out. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:44:42 CST, "Shrike!" wrote:

Has anyone ever built an indoor pond?

Go to google, click on images, type in Indoor Koi Pond. Now some of them
have nothing to do with indoor ponds, so you'll just have to click thru,
there are some amazing ones thru out the choices. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State

Shrike! wrote:
Has anyone ever built an indoor pond?



This one is nice


http://www.lonestarkoi.com/Photos/Gr...d%20Inside.jpg

"Shrike!" wrote in message
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Has anyone ever built an indoor pond?

My aunt had a small pond (wood frame,
liner) that wasn't indoors, but it was on her
deck just outside her living room. I would
think that sort of arranagement - a deck or
even a covered patio or sun room - might
work and would avoid the humidity issues
Derek mentioned.

Gail
near San Antonio TX

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Shrike! wrote:
Has anyone ever built an indoor pond?



This one is nice


http://www.lonestarkoi.com/Photos/Gr...d%20Inside.jpg
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Beautiful. It looks like a converted swimming pool...... beautiful none the
less.
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rec.ponder since late 1996.
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"Shrike!" wrote in message
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Has anyone ever built an indoor pond?

My aunt had a small pond (wood frame,
liner) that wasn't indoors, but it was on her
deck just outside her living room. I would
think that sort of arranagement - a deck or
even a covered patio or sun room - might
work and would avoid the humidity issues
Derek mentioned.
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I had one on the side deck outside and under the bedroom window. One night
of lovelorn frog calls and it was moved. ;-)
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. USA
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NOW THAT IS MORE LIKE IT. That is exactly what I want. We bought a duplex
across the alley and down a bit from us.
http://weloveteaching.com/woodward/w...ownstairs.html
It is so high up on the hill that from the upstairs window we can see Lake
Michigan over the top of the trees. And there is a third floor, a full
height attic. We are planning on finishing the third floor, install an
elevator to the 2nd and 3rd floors http://tinyurl.com/cprzu and build a pond
in the back yard with a greenhouse over it. It has this delicious full
south sun exposure the sun just pours down onto the back yard. And THAT is
the pond and greenhouse I want!!!!
Then we move over there and rent our current house!! Ingrid

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This one is nice
http://www.lonestarkoi.com/Photos/Gr...d%20Inside.jpg

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:45:51 CST, "drsolo" wrote:

NOW THAT IS MORE LIKE IT. That is exactly what I want. We bought a duplex
across the alley and down a bit from us.
http://weloveteaching.com/woodward/w...ownstairs.html
It is so high up on the hill that from the upstairs window we can see Lake
Michigan over the top of the trees. And there is a third floor, a full
height attic. We are planning on finishing the third floor, install an
elevator to the 2nd and 3rd floors http://tinyurl.com/cprzu and build a pond
in the back yard with a greenhouse over it. It has this delicious full
south sun exposure the sun just pours down onto the back yard. And THAT is
the pond and greenhouse I want!!!!
Then we move over there and rent our current house!! Ingrid

Cool elevator. I hope you can make this happen Ingrid, the sooner the
better. :-) ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State

©anadian Ponder wrote:

This one is nice


http://www.lonestarkoi.com/Photos/Gr...d%20Inside.jpg

Wow! That's to die for. Maybe when I win the lottery. ;-)

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Shrike! wrote:
Has anyone ever built an indoor pond?



This one is nice


http://www.lonestarkoi.com/Photos/Gr...d%20Inside.jpg

Looks like a converted swimming pool.
Now that I think about it, have second thoughts about demo'ing the pool
that came with our house. Besides having been filled it with sand and
gravel (but no drainage holes were punched), The entire L shaped pool
was almost all 8 ft deep. Lot of water and maintenance!

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The Grundens are local to me and they built this pond for the koi. It was
never a swimming pool.
Dan
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Shrike! wrote:
Has anyone ever built an indoor pond?



This one is nice


http://www.lonestarkoi.com/Photos/Gr...d%20Inside.jpg
=====================
Beautiful. It looks like a converted swimming pool...... beautiful none
the less.
--
RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. USA
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö

Kurt wrote:


Looks like a converted swimming pool.
Now that I think about it, have second thoughts about demo'ing the pool
that came with our house. Besides having been filled it with sand and
gravel (but no drainage holes were punched), The entire L shaped pool
was almost all 8 ft deep. Lot of water and maintenance!


Well I guess you could always swim with the fish ;-).....I would be
struggling as to whether to use it as a swimming pool or a pond ...now
of course, looking at the thing, maybe they have both (I'm talking the
one in the pic)......but who am I to make this assumption.....

Gill