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i am looking to put a huge water tub in my enclosure that i am in the proccess of building. i have been shopping around for koi pond or something along those lines maybe 3x4 or slightly larger. my problem is that since his water will need to be change every few days and i cant find one with a drainage bun already in it.

what are yall using? and most importantly let sme see what di and used.
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Chad Ramsey

Rubbermaid stock tanks are drainable without being modified, or any type of poly stock tank can be made to be drainable. It's not hard to do, you just have to figure out how you want to work it.

thanks, i found this site, i like the 50 gal one.

http://www.stockyardsupply.com/page11/index2.html
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Chad Ramsey

This is a 7 gallon mortar tub.
I just drain it into a bucket then out the door!
It's a daily chore with Jobiensis.
Mike

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Mike's Monitors!

thats what im worried about Mike except that ill have around 50 gallons for my Nile
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Chad Ramsey

Chad
It all about what your willing to do!
My first chore every morn is to dump, scrub and fill...it's been my routine for years!
This is the first place I ever lived in with a well, so now at least my water bill is non-exsistant!
Have you ever thought about a reasonable size water basin?
Mike

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Mike's Monitors!

REASONABLE? i jusr want to provide him with a water source that he can fully submerge in and feel secure in. His enclosure is 11x5x5
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Chad Ramsey

"thats what im worried about Mike except that ill have around 50 gallons for my Nile"

I have used a filtered 50 gallon Rubbermade trough too. Half full for a trio of Adult Cumingi Monitors!
I still had to drain it DAILY!

No getting around that, they will deficate in their water daily...most likely 5 minutes after you change the water! LOL

If your worried about leakage your not going to fill it up anyway, if you do your Nile will splash water every where.

If your dead set on the prefabed plastic ponds ask to see their full line.
There is one model I think it's call the Aruba it is about 20 gallons and rectangular in shape.
Very REASONABLE and plenty big enough.

You got love Monitors!!
Good Luck!
Mike

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Mike's Monitors!

I like preformed ornimental fish ponds myself. All you have to fo is drill a hole and install a bulk head then you can run pvc from the tub to a bucket or floor drain like i do. I install a ball valve so all I have to do is turn it and it drains. Good luck. Ian

thats my plan so far, but i worry about leakage. its not that i dont trust my own work but id feel more comfortable with a factory installed system. My herp room is in my FINISHED basement and a 50 gallon leak would be quite a mess.
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Chad Ramsey

Chad,
I cant tell you it will never leek there is always that chance but I had two large preformed ponds tapped in this manner for 6 years and they never leaked. I am getting ready to build a large cage with a 70 gallon kidney shaped pond in it for some dums I baught from Beb Aller. Ill be using actuated ball valves to change the water for me. I wouldnt worry about it leaking if you trust your work there isnt alot that can go wrong. I would suggest plumbing the drain with pvc. Thanks Ian

I've been using bulkheads and pvc plumbing in my home and buisness for years in fresh/salt aquariums, I've never had a problem. One very small drip leak with a new one I installed, just pulled it, cleaned gasket and reseated....no problem. I use a ball valve/union combo right out of the bulkhead so I can seperate tank from plumbing right after the aquarium or rubbermade tub.
Dean

here is what i did in my nile cage..

[this is a video i made showing the cage and explaining the dranage systom

If you are really worried about leakage, you can always try a syphon. I use a garden hose that runs outside to the faucet. I just put the one end in the water, the other on the faucet, turn it on, get the hose full, then undo the ouside end. You have to be running downhill, but it works like a charm. My 10 gallon rubbermaid tub drains in about 10 minutes. Its more of a pain to have to haul around the hose and run inside/ouside/inside, but it doesnt leak and its a clean process. It even manages to suck up all the "debris" in the water pretty nicely.

Just an idea...