How to construct an artificial fish pond?

Question

to breed about 100 fish

to be constructed not using expesive meterial

to be done on a small piece of land by a school dropout

Answer 1

STEP 1: Choose a site. A location with lots of plants or a landscaped area would do nicely to give a more natural effect. Remember, the more at home the fishes are, the more they'll be encouraged to breed. Also, make sure that the temperature on that area would be ideal for the fishes.  

STEP 2: Calculate how big should your pond be. Since  i don't know what types of fishes you will be breeding, i can't do it for you. Yous said that you will breed as much as 100 fishes. I won't go lower than 300 gallons if I were you.

STEP 3: Choose what shape you want. some fish ponds are semi oblique, some rectangular, others circular. the list of shaped is almost endless.

STEP 4: Mark the area you want your pond to be.

STEP 5: Dig the pond, putting barricades on the sides/focal points of the pond to ensure that dirt won't fall back in. The deeper the pond, the better. a deep pond would deter any pests like cats and frogs to enter it.

STEP 6: Cement the floor and the walls. allow them to dry then apply two to three coatings of water proofing painty over it. Allow it to dry then add another layer of cement.

STEP7: If your pond has a wall behind it, decorate the walls with natural stones. this'll act as the primary filter media if you chose to have waterfalls for your pond.

STEP8: Barricade the pond with more concrete. the barricade should be at least 5--8 inches higher than the ground at 0.0 meters. This'll further deter any pests like frogs to enter the pond.

STEP 9: Put a hole somewhere in the higher reaches of the pond (ideally by the wall). this hole will serve as a deterrant against overflowing. water that is too much for the pond will be expelled through this hole

STEP 10: Decorate the pond to replicate your fishes's natural environment. the more at home they feel, the more chances you have of making them breed.

STEP 11: Put water in and let it cycle for 2 to 3 weeks for the growth and maturation of your mini enironemnt.

Note: you can do all these things by yourself or in groups. group work would speed up the building process but individual work should save you more money.

Answer 2

here we use used woods for foundation form a long rectangular box just go to this site http://www.geocities.com/koiphilippines4... will come out like this then use tent material this is the cheapest tent material.

Answer 3

about as cheap as you can get is a kiddy wadding pool.  

Or Sears has a stand alone 150gal pond  for about 250.00, and 200.00 or so for pump and filter..

Answer 4

Furst you need to kill one fish and put it in the ground where you want the pond to be, for good luck. Then you place the glass dome ove the area. Cut and craft a door on the top middle and top sides. secure the dome into the ground with nails. open the doors and dig a hole. the hole has dirt. You DONT want that. cover the area of the hole with cement, then super glue sand to the bottom areas. then cover the rest with smal amounts of sand. Fill with water and your ready to go!