Saltwater backyard pond ?

Pszemol · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 643

Anybody came up with an idea to build a fish pond but to fill
it with salt water instead of freshwater ? What animals/plants
would fit nicely such a saltwater body in Wisconsin/Chicago area ?

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~Roy · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

I have thought about that myself..I sure wish there was a way for me
to turn at least one of my outside ponds into a saltwater
afair.......How much salt would I need fo a pond of 1.68 million gal ?
Slat would be the cheap end of it though, just imagine how much live
rock I would need...
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On Sat, 6 May 2006 11:12:44 -0500, "Pszemol"
wrote:
>>Anybody came up with an idea to build a fish pond but to fill
>>it with salt water instead of freshwater ? What animals/plants
>>would fit nicely such a saltwater body in Wisconsin/Chicago area ?

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Wayne Sallee · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 526

I've done that with 33 gallon containers for raising brine
shrimp, and will be doing that with a pond liner soon. The
problems you will face is extreme salinity changes, and
lots of nutrients. Brine shrimp hold up well with this,
but doing a nice salt water fish pond could be a real
challenge.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets
Wayne@WaynesPets.com

Pszemol wrote on 5/6/2006 12:12 PM:
> Anybody came up with an idea to build a fish pond but to fill
> it with salt water instead of freshwater ? What animals/plants
> would fit nicely such a saltwater body in Wisconsin/Chicago area ?

Pszemol · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 643

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message @WayneSallee.com...
> I've done that with 33 gallon containers for raising brine
> shrimp, and will be doing that with a pond liner soon. The
> problems you will face is extreme salinity changes, and
> lots of nutrients. Brine shrimp hold up well with this,
> but doing a nice salt water fish pond could be a real
> challenge.

Where the "nutrients" are coming from ?

Where I live (Chicago area) it would be extra-challenge
due to extreme temperature swings between winter-summer.

Wayne Sallee · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 526

From the yard. Bugs and other creatures falling in the
water, grass clipping, leaves. With a fresh water pond you
can have sizable plants growing in and out of the water to
help with nutrient export. With a fresh water pond you
will have muck that quickly builds up at the bottom of the
pond. This is not so bad in a fresh water pond, but
imagine that in a salt water pond. It would be fun to try
though. I got my brine shrimp pond partly dug over the
weekend. The water in that will be 3 times as salty as the
ocean.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets
Wayne@WaynesPets.com

Pszemol wrote on 5/7/2006 11:05 AM:
> "Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
> @WayneSallee.com...
>> I've done that with 33 gallon containers for raising brine shrimp, and
>> will be doing that with a pond liner soon. The problems you will face
>> is extreme salinity changes, and lots of nutrients. Brine shrimp hold
>> up well with this, but doing a nice salt water fish pond could be a
>> real challenge.
>
> Where the "nutrients" are coming from ?
>
> Where I live (Chicago area) it would be extra-challenge
> due to extreme temperature swings between winter-summer.