bath

hi
im considering on making a pond out of a bath and was wondering if anyone has tryed it and post a pic if possable

id prob keep a couple of goldfish in it ,
just an idea i had lol

 

Yep, but i'm not there to take a pic at the moment, unless I can pinch one off my neice's FB page, i'll go have a look.............

 

thanks mate

 

.........Nope, no pics of it there,some interesting student antics though, i'll take a few next time i'm there.

 

My dad used an old bath for his duck pond on his allotment (ok, not exactly a duck pond, but somewhere for them to take a dip).

It quickly became a muddy horrible mess, and rats moved into the cavities underneath.

First problem probably wont apply in your case. The muddy mess came from the ducks tramping in and out all the time.

Second problem I guess can be avoided by ensuring that the whole you dig to sink the tub is the right size and shape, so no nice homely cavities for anyone to move into.

 

Quick look on Google;







What depth do you want it buried? To the rim, etc?

I personally think the first one looks the best..

 

im not gon to bury it i was going to build brick around it and then fill the sides with sand so it wont move lol

they look good all i need now is the bath lol

 

Freecycle or contact local builders, i'm sure they would rather give you a bath than have to pay to send it to landfill.

 

I think a bath for a fish pond is a bad idea.
Ideally it needs to be filtered, you could try the plughole but then how do you get the water back? you can't use the taps as they are above the plughole so you would never filter any water at the shallow end. Compare a bath to a pond, a bath you can see every error etc you cant with a pond because its either black or green, a bath is white. (normally)

A bath is "ok" for a "natural pond" but not much else.

 

johnny,

Great idea and as Ziggy suggests local builders / freecycle / or even an ad in the newagent should secure a bath.

IMPORTANT = do you have young children or young visiting children?? - Most important make sure thay cannot fall into the bath / pond.

Secondly, make a stepped slope within the bath-pond to allow frogs etc., to easily go in and out.

a-a

 

Agree about the first one (pictures removed to save space)

BUT = None have any protection agains young children falling in...!!!

a-a

 

thanks all
no kids about here ,
yes i will steep it and i will have electric running to it for a filter and possably lights
:D

 

Here we go, complete with frozen air bubbles.

 

nice ziggy

not using a bath now lol,
went to b an q and bought 60 bricks and sand cement then argos and bought a childs pool its a chad valley pool its 4 foot by 4 foot and 1foot deep ,
just gon to set it on the concrete and build my bricks around it then put slate on top of bricks ,
i will prob put a small fountain in middle ,the pool is very robust and strong ,just need the weather now to build lol