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Water tank to make a pond

  • 22-05-2010 03:07PM
    #1
    yeroulfella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 90 ✭✭


    Any body know where I can get a water tank roughly 2/2.3 meters in length and 1 meter wide and 1 meter high???
    I have a balcony a balcony thats approx 6m length and 2.4m wide and was thinking of putting a tank there that I could put fish into it.


Comments

  • #2
    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    You would end up with aprox 2 tons of water in a tank that size, would the balcony handle the weight.


  • #3
    yeroulfella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 90 ✭✭yeroulfella


    mp22 wrote: »
    You would end up with aprox 2 tons of water in a tank that size, would the balcony handle the weight.

    its concrete underneath


  • #4
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    yeroulfella wrote: »
    its concrete underneath
    You would still need to be sure... Concrete is fine but if it's only reenforced sufficently to take foot trafic it may disappear under 2 tonne of water...


  • #5
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,305 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Sounds like a bath to me.... Seriously, if you are not in direct sun, do you need a meter deep, thats a lot of water.

    And come to think of it, if you are in direct sun its not a good idea anyway.


  • #6
    yeroulfella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 90 ✭✭yeroulfella


    looksee wrote: »
    Sounds like a bath to me.... Seriously, if you are not in direct sun, do you need a meter deep, thats a lot of water.

    And come to think of it, if you are in direct sun its not a good idea anyway.

    meant to say under a meter high. the sun hits the balcony around 1-2pm but not all that would be direst sunlight as the sun goes down its straight at the balcony and the wall of the balcony is in the way and would give some shelter.


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