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PATurtsGuy
at Wed Mar 28 17:51:31 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PATurtsGuy ]
Congrats on the very nice looking pond. I absolutely love those 100 gal rubbermaid agriculture tanks...I have one myself and it is the perfect size for multiple turts. If anyone is thinking about going larger for inside I highly recommend using them. You can get them at Tractor Farm and Feed stores as well as Tractor Supply Co - http://www.tractorsupply.com they run about $55 here in Pennsylvania. These go all the way up to 300 gallons!!! If you would like to find out pricing in your area visit http://tractorsupply.com/detail.asp?pcID=8&paID=1039&sonID=214&page=5&productID=15525 and you can punch in your zipcode and they can tell you the price in your area.
One tip I would suggest is this...all of these come with a drain plug built-in...I have had problems in the past with these stock drain plugs leaking, so what I did was went to Lowes or Home Depot and purchased a replacement METAL pipe end cap plug and then applied waterproof glue and silicon to the threads and treaded it in place. I never use the drain plug to clean my tanks, I just use my Python.
Something I may try next time is to get one of those gate valves, like you use for your hose on the outside of your house. This way you could hook a garden hose up to it and drain the water pretty quickly!
Any how I just love these tanks if you can't tell  I do have one question though...do you have any pics of what the wooden enclosure looks like that you have it surrounded in? I would like to build something like this for one of mine.
PATurtsGuy
Chad W.
Rubbermaid Tanks
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RE: New Indoor Pond - PATurtsGuy, Wed Mar 28 17:51:31 2007