Thank you sir. Bought new house in spring on a creek and youre greenhouse and ponds are very inspiring. I have a 8 ft galvanized stock tank that I plan on using in my basement for my turtles Until next year when I can put a pond in outside.
Greg Jones nice tank, when I dug the hole for my pond it nearly killed me! Props! Are you going ornamental for the fish or are you going for a more 'complete' system? If you're going ornamental some awesome live bearers would be my suggestion, like trout goodeids.
I would LOVE to have a pond like that I would enjoy the ? out of it you said your in the north east I was wondering where at I live in Indiana. how much was that tank B T W?
I need to do something like this, but this thing costs $1,100, plus $486 shipping. I have no idea if they will add taxes to that, too. I really wish I could get one so that my daughter could get aquatic therapy at home.
What an AWESOME project Greg. That tank is over the top. With a year round outside tank like that I would probably go with something that would be found in your local area. It should withstand the temps and work well for your aquaponics too.
Very very cool project. That looks like a ton of work but well worth it. You have so many stocking options but something that I'm going to try outside this winter is Odessa Barbs. I got 8 juveniles from Greg Sage earlier this year and they have produced a lot of fry for me inside so I plan on putting some of them in my 110gal outdoor stock tank this winter. Unfortunately mine isn't in the ground so I'll have to get a couple 500w heaters but I think it will work just fine here in Virginia. Thank you for sharing and as always do what you do if it works for you.
I seen a 10’x4’ online. I want a 12’x4’ but having a hard time finding one that size even know I have seen people post that they found one up North at Tractor Supply but cannot find one here in Dallas or online. I hand it to you for hand digging that hole. No way I could have we have black gumbo deep.
You did a great job just by yourself. Is there a reason why you went even with the ground. Don't know if you get a lot of rain where you at I'm just thinking of the water overflowing. Thanks for sharing the build.
Our house is located at the top of a hill crest, all water drains away from this location in every direction, when i finish the surrounding ground i will grade the slope away from the tank, I want the tank as deep in the ground as possible to allow fish to survive the winter, and allow the aquaponics tubs to gravity feed back into the big tank
The perfect place to house a school of bala sharks!! (aside from temp among other things) This is going to be so much fun to watch as it grows. Nice job... from someone who knows exactly how hard all that digging is. Oh, didn't see your comment about suggestions... um... how cold will it get? Any heating at all - say to keep it above 50 F or something like that? I think the Gymnogeophagus from Southern Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay would be interesting. I wonder if there are any interesting hillstream loaches that can go below 60? And there is a ton of natives...
Awesome “pond/tub” digging here would be difficult due to rock. And laws here require some kind of stepping if in ground more then 24 inches so that would take away from the water volume.
Yeah, just legally here any water reservoir in ground deeper than 24in has to have “steps” Incase a child or animal falls in. I have used rock work before then put potted aquatic plants here or there on the rock “steps”
I know you got great plans for this and actually it’s making me want to try it too. It would be worth dealing with the rock and machinery of some sort to not have to mow that area lol keep up the great work
Technically every tank this size is made to order, check under: Plastic Tanks > Open Top Tanks > PE Cylinder > #501000 Dura-cast 1,000 gallon (select the color when you order, tell them I sent you)
Yes, now that the tank is in, i'm leveling the ground around it to be on grade and slope away slightly -- no turtles unless they are wild and decide to stay on their own, it won't support them year-round - i didn't find any relics, but i did find a 60 year old fire pit filled with trash and broken bottles, that was fun to clean up =D
@@gregjonesonline Sweet! Yeah the glacial deposits cool. River bed? Beach? What's your fossil record there?! So what you gonna put in it? Greenhouse awesome got a Northern lights GH. You could do a passive heat exchange greenhouse to pool. Zig zag black tubeing in the greenhouse when water in the turning heats up gets hot with pond water passing through it have a thermostat turn on a very small pump to flow that heated water to the pool, recirculate. Like a heat sink.... warming the pond extending your season. Been thinking on doing it myself.
" 4 loads in an F150".... could've hauled it in 2 loads in a Chevy LOL. You are lucky with your ground, after 6" down for me I have solid clay and flat rock. Took me forever to just dig out for my preformed ponds.
I have been in the process of landscaping my side yard for one of these. my 350 gallon is no longer big enough for the turtles anymore. I plan on doing a video series on setting it up and my custom filter system I use soon. I had no idea they sell them at home blow? although the one I'm looking at is over 9 feet.. What is the name of the company that makes it?
Only the truck came from Home Depot, the tank came from National Tank Outlet. Stock Tanks go up to 600 gallons, if you want to go bigger, I got the 1,000 gallon Dura-Cast Blue Cylindrical Open Top Tank sold by National Tank Outlet
@@gregjonesonline I was thinking of the bottom drain filter type, but how do I do the interior intake to keep debris out, without clogging? I had MAJOR issues with that the last time I had an above ground style pond and it was less than half the size. I tried using a foam cover, a mesh screen, you name it. come fall... clog central. I tried putting inclosed covers over the top... but they didn't hold up to our windstorms or winter... and ultimately came down into the pond.. disaster. SO... how do I set it up and NOT have burned out pumps from clogs?
If it were me I would have put something under the bottom of the tub. There is going to be over 3500 Kg of water weight and a real risk of a rock puncturing the bottom.
I am watching this and thinking he is building a creep farm to mine gold! All it needs now is some Lava amd a wooden platform above it. The Terraria fanboys will get this comment.
Btw----- you shouldn't be standing on sand 4feet down!!! 2&1/2 feet of good top soil on top of old river bed/beach???? At 4 feet down??? WTHell's? Um might want to soil sample that bottom grey layer to confirm if it's ash.... Based on you topography and what was growing (very well) prior to excavation, you may be sitting on a pocket of ash, above a beach, covered by a fallowed Forrest . Then again it just may be 4 feet of clean fill...😆
Thank you sir. Bought new house in spring on a creek and youre greenhouse and ponds are very inspiring. I have a 8 ft galvanized stock tank that I plan on using in my basement for my turtles Until next year when I can put a pond in outside.
That is awesome Greg! I am so jelly. Look forward to followup vids including maintenance tools you end up using. 👍
Thats one hard working tubby man, i think he's cute :)
Where did you get the tank? I couldn't find anything deeper than a little over 2 feet! I have been using mine as a pool for over 10 years.
He tells you at about 14:10
@@erikosborne9232 I've looked there and they don't have an 8 ft wide X 4 ft deep open top water tank in the inventory. Must be custom made.
Thumbs up and comment on what cold-tolerant fish species you think i should stock in this tank year-round!!
Greg Jones nice tank, when I dug the hole for my pond it nearly killed me! Props! Are you going ornamental for the fish or are you going for a more 'complete' system? If you're going ornamental some awesome live bearers would be my suggestion, like trout goodeids.
Awesome pond! I can't wait to see it filled with fish!
Northern hog suckers, spotted suckers, koi
I would LOVE to have a pond like that I would enjoy the ? out of it you said your in
the north east I was wondering where at I live in Indiana. how much was that tank B T W?
I'm a fan of Koi... they are pretty and pretty hardy, too!
I need to do something like this, but this thing costs $1,100, plus $486 shipping. I have no idea if they will add taxes to that, too. I really wish I could get one so that my daughter could get aquatic therapy at home.
Very nice. That would also make a lovely duck pond
Omg I'm so in love with that giant tank!!!
They are all great man
What an AWESOME project Greg. That tank is over the top.
With a year round outside tank like that I would probably go with something that would be found in your local area. It should withstand the temps and work well for your aquaponics too.
If this works out well, i may convert all of my aquariums to cold water tanks, seems like a bold thing to try!
Very very cool project. That looks like a ton of work but well worth it. You have so many stocking options but something that I'm going to try outside this winter is Odessa Barbs. I got 8 juveniles from Greg Sage earlier this year and they have produced a lot of fry for me inside so I plan on putting some of them in my 110gal outdoor stock tank this winter. Unfortunately mine isn't in the ground so I'll have to get a couple 500w heaters but I think it will work just fine here in Virginia. Thank you for sharing and as always do what you do if it works for you.
Dude I just bought the 300 gallon stock tank and now I feel like I should have gone the extra mile and get the 1000 gallon tank lol
I’ll
I seen a 10’x4’ online. I want a 12’x4’ but having a hard time finding one that size even know I have seen people post that they found one up North at Tractor Supply but cannot find one here in Dallas or online. I hand it to you for hand digging that hole. No way I could have we have black gumbo deep.
I did the same thing with 300gal stock tank. My turtle 🐢 loves it. I put a bottom drain and a skimmer so far so good 😊.
Very Cool!! Looking forward to next video
Wow just wow !!
My turtles would love this
Nice swimming pool
That was cool. You need a pick up G. Surprised you didn’t run into any giant rocks.
I got lucky!
Are you buying it M?
The biggest kiddie pool I've ever seen!
Looking forward to seeing it filled up!
Stock it with cold tolerant humans...you can feed them beer to stay warm....I'm thinking of my fellow "Massholes" Mike and Greg 😝
Its 100 degrees out there, if only I could get a truck full of ice delivered i'd jump in!
Cool mosquito hatchery how nice.hot tube would of been better served.
I just used a tank volume calculator and this tank is capable of roughly 1500 gallons. You did say 8ft Diameter and 4ft tall right?
Holy crap that is cool!
What sizeis this ? it dont look like 1000 gallons maybe it's taller, but it's still i'm not wide enough
Gottaa watch them all theeeem episodes 😎 da di da da dam di
Do you drain the tank for the winter?
You did a great job just by yourself. Is there a reason why you went even with the ground. Don't know if you get a lot of rain where you at I'm just thinking of the water overflowing. Thanks for sharing the build.
Our house is located at the top of a hill crest, all water drains away from this location in every direction, when i finish the surrounding ground i will grade the slope away from the tank, I want the tank as deep in the ground as possible to allow fish to survive the winter, and allow the aquaponics tubs to gravity feed back into the big tank
The perfect place to house a school of bala sharks!! (aside from temp among other things)
This is going to be so much fun to watch as it grows. Nice job... from someone who knows exactly how hard all that digging is.
Oh, didn't see your comment about suggestions... um... how cold will it get? Any heating at all - say to keep it above 50 F or something like that? I think the Gymnogeophagus from Southern Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay would be interesting. I wonder if there are any interesting hillstream loaches that can go below 60? And there is a ton of natives...
non-heated, winter temps drop to 0 degrees F, water temps will drop to near freezing, so it needs to be a fish as hardy as koi
nice tank
Just a thought but do you need to make room around the sides for when the ground contracts in the wintertime when it gets colder?
i'm going to insulate the sides around the surface, the pond and the ground around it should stay slightly above freezing, we'll find out this winter!
Whats its price comparison to a galvinzed stock tank i can get a 8 foot round 706 gallon 2ft deep for $350 im wanting to make a pond
I’ve been searching everywhere for one of these. Where to buy it at?
If that were dug at my place Id be dealing with at least 3 feet of clay mix soil. Super heavy stuff to dig.
Awesome “pond/tub” digging here would be difficult due to rock. And laws here require some kind of stepping if in ground more then 24 inches so that would take away from the water volume.
Good idea with the step, I may try to make a natural looking step/steps out of driftwood
Yeah, just legally here any water reservoir in ground deeper than 24in has to have “steps” Incase a child or animal falls in. I have used rock work before then put potted aquatic plants here or there on the rock “steps”
@@selectpet I plan to put a fence and steps, we'll get there! One step at a time (haha)
I know you got great plans for this and actually it’s making me want to try it too. It would be worth dealing with the rock and machinery of some sort to not have to mow that area lol keep up the great work
Love it!
Where did you buy it??
National Tank Outlet he said it’s super easy and they have em as big as u need they make it
YOu Moved like 3 dump trucks of dirt with a shovel. That's impressive. How long did it take?
3 days of digging on and off
Was this tank custom ordered? I could not find it on National Tank Outlet.
Technically every tank this size is made to order, check under: Plastic Tanks > Open Top Tanks > PE Cylinder > #501000 Dura-cast 1,000 gallon (select the color when you order, tell them I sent you)
Greg Jones This is so cool I have been looking at stock tank for us for a while
is that big enough for a betta?
Yes but only one
Sweet! For Terrapins? You gonna have the lip a bit above grade? Any Indian arrowheads!?
Yes, now that the tank is in, i'm leveling the ground around it to be on grade and slope away slightly -- no turtles unless they are wild and decide to stay on their own, it won't support them year-round - i didn't find any relics, but i did find a 60 year old fire pit filled with trash and broken bottles, that was fun to clean up =D
@@gregjonesonline Sweet! Yeah the glacial deposits cool. River bed? Beach? What's your fossil record there?! So what you gonna put in it? Greenhouse awesome got a Northern lights GH. You could do a passive heat exchange greenhouse to pool. Zig zag black tubeing in the greenhouse when water in the turning heats up gets hot with pond water passing through it have a thermostat turn on a very small pump to flow that heated water to the pool, recirculate. Like a heat sink.... warming the pond extending your season. Been thinking on doing it myself.
You should check that gravel/stone for gold. :-)
Dude, you dug that manually?!?! How many days did you dig?
How about a bottom drain, for filtering?
I have an idea for that, stay tuned!
I have 4 to 6 inches of topsoil in my yard, then its all clay all day.
" 4 loads in an F150".... could've hauled it in 2 loads in a Chevy LOL.
You are lucky with your ground, after 6" down for me I have solid clay and flat rock. Took me forever to just dig out for my preformed ponds.
the WEIGHT of 4 trucks, try lifting 4 trucks! (or 2 Chevys =P ) -- I was scared that I would hit a massive boulder, but lucky me, ground was perfect!
isn't this tank designed to be above ground?
I have been in the process of landscaping my side yard for one of these. my 350 gallon is no longer big enough for the turtles anymore. I plan on doing a video series on setting it up and my custom filter system I use soon. I had no idea they sell them at home blow? although the one I'm looking at is over 9 feet.. What is the name of the company that makes it?
Only the truck came from Home Depot, the tank came from National Tank Outlet. Stock Tanks go up to 600 gallons, if you want to go bigger, I got the 1,000 gallon Dura-Cast Blue Cylindrical Open Top Tank sold by National Tank Outlet
I WONDER IF THE FISH DO NOT TURN OUT GOOD ==CAN YOU USE THE TANK FOR SWIMMING POOL????
I would love to get that
I have TWO 1000 gallon stock tanks. I want to use them for koi... how do I do the filter??
the two methods i would go for would be either a bottom drain filter system or a bog filter
@@gregjonesonline I was thinking of the bottom drain filter type, but how do I do the interior intake to keep debris out, without clogging? I had MAJOR issues with that the last time I had an above ground style pond and it was less than half the size. I tried using a foam cover, a mesh screen, you name it. come fall... clog central. I tried putting inclosed covers over the top... but they didn't hold up to our windstorms or winter... and ultimately came down into the pond.. disaster. SO... how do I set it up and NOT have burned out pumps from clogs?
@@jamielynn7674 keep the bottom clear of debris with pond vac, use a pond net to reduce leaf build up on bottom
Or should I say that my fish would love it
where did you find that tank?
National tank outlet
Wow your back is gonna hurt
It looks to me you went a little too deep when it rains it will flood in
If it were me I would have put something under the bottom of the tub. There is going to be over 3500 Kg of water weight and a real risk of a rock puncturing the bottom.
There is sand under it, just like an above ground pool, what else would you suggest I do?
I am watching this and thinking he is building a creep farm to mine gold! All it needs now is some Lava amd a wooden platform above it.
The Terraria fanboys will get this comment.
Tank? Tub lol
Might as well got a pool liner...
Massive trees all around, roots would puncture a pond liner, this poly tank should last forever
Btw----- you shouldn't be standing on sand 4feet down!!! 2&1/2 feet of good top soil on top of old river bed/beach???? At 4 feet down??? WTHell's? Um might want to soil sample that bottom grey layer to confirm if it's ash.... Based on you topography and what was growing (very well) prior to excavation, you may be sitting on a pocket of ash, above a beach, covered by a fallowed Forrest . Then again it just may be 4 feet of clean fill...😆
we have gravel yards all around us in every direction, i'm pretty sure its just 4 ft of clean fill
To deep in the ground....#IJS
Whatever happened to this
Go watch my latest video to see
YOU ARE THE MASSIVE ONE
WITH THAT BLUE T SHIRT YOU LOOK LIKE YOUR STOCK TANK
your on an old river