Durability of kiddie pools is good if they are guarded against impacts.
Stock tanks are more substantial. Our kiddie pools are in the ground.
Others have railroad ties around them to protect. Can't beat the price
savings if you can handle the 5 or 6' pond! We use them in sequence as
veggie filters and settling ponds. Really nice to have cheap pools/ponds
instead of barrels.

Jim


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"Bette E" wrote in message
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Just for beginners: Cost !
A one hundred gallon stock tank will cost you up to $150.00.
The new self-supporting kiddie pools at 20 inches deep and six feet wide
will cost less than $40. depending on size and time of year you purchase
it.
We held 18 good sized fish for 24 hours, with the use of netting and
bubblers.

Storage: No contest.

"Newbie Bill" wrote in message
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As I have mentioned, I have not successfully established my kiddie pool
yet
but I love the concept. $10 for 4 or 5 years seems like quite a bargain.

** It is. When they finally leak I use them outside new ones to make the
new one sturdier. The new ones then last even longer than the old ones.
One "set" are now in the ground since 1995 and haven't yet leaked. They
settled too much on one side over the years, and so this year we have to
pull them up to relevel them. I just emptied it out this past week....

Since I want mine mostly for plants they also provide a much greater
surface
area, per gallon, than the stock tanks I have seen.

** This is true. Stock tanks are too high/deep unless you set plants on
blocks or want them for water lilies.

I would think the stock
tanks are a better if you wanted the extra depth for more and bigger fish
and are going to set up more a little pond.

** I have a small 50 gallon stock tank used as a settling tank and plant
filter. I think we paid $30 for it at a local TSC. The kiddy pools are
used for everything. One right now is full of pollywogs and extra plants
plus a few goldfish.
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