outdoor breeding pond suggestion

[chinway]

hi,

GONG XI FA CHAI TO YOU AND YOUR LOVE ONE.

am thinking of building a cement pond mainly for rays on my backyard, think of an 8 feet wide by 20 feet long pond, questions that immediate pop to my mind now


1) should I leave it open air or cover up?

2) what is the challenge on outdoor pond that is harmful to ray?

3) should I tiled up the pond or covered by white epoxy paint?

4) should I build a permenant partition or the net partition?

5) how big big should the filter be?

etc etc lol

your input is very much appreciated!!!
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[azon]

Originally Posted by chinway

hi,

GONG XI FA CHAI TO YOU AND YOUR LOVE ONE.

am thinking of building a cement pond mainly for rays on my backyard, think of an 8 feet wide by 20 feet long pond, questions that immediate pop to my mind now


1) should I leave it open air or cover up?
I prefer cover up..

2) what is the challenge on outdoor pond that is harmful to ray?
no shelter will be too hot in the day..

3) should I tiled up the pond or covered by white epoxy paint?
depending on what is cheaper..

4) should I build a permenant partition or the net partition?
net.. can remove as and when you want to..

5) how big big should the filter be?
as big as possible but it all depends on your bioload

etc etc lol

your input is very much appreciated!!!
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reply as above..

[chinway]

thks bro Azon.

is there any other think i must be aware of when construct the pond?

[azon]

need to do water proofing too..

[rtgaroaro]

and security issue..

[chinway]

thks for the head up

some more questions

-what is the optimum ray size to start put inside the pond?

-epoxy paint will peel off and swallow by ray?

-what the optimum depth require?

-for a 8 by 20 set up, how should i do the partition? maybe 8 by 7 feet each?

[azon]

Epoxy paint will adhere to the cement wall if done properly..

[nutx]

Originally Posted by azon

Epoxy paint will adhere to the cement wall if done properly..

my epoxy paint got peel off by the ray....so far so good.

[azon]

Originally Posted by nutx

my epoxy paint got peel off by the ray....so far so good.

how old is your pond?

[nutx]

Originally Posted by azon

how old is your pond?

Abt 6-7 yrs.😄