Let's try one of those photos again...

All three fish towers

Hey, Basil. That is like a trip back to childhood. I used to make dishwashing tolerable by seeing how shallow the bottom could be before the tension broke. I think I kept my children amused with the same trick although I can't remember we ever used fishies. LOL! Sandy

Hey, I can't get to the pictures from either the direct link or copy and paste the first listing. HELP!! I want to see the the fish towers!!!

Anne

Hope you don't mind if I direct-link

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Hoovb... thanks! How the heck did you do that? I pasted in the the first time and nothing happened. I added something in between and I got a link that went no where. What did I do wrong?

BasilB

Cool fish towers! I tried it once with a huge gallon jar, but it was really close to the shore and the fish ignored it. This makes me want to try again!

My turn to try again...
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Ok.... I got it now.

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Very cool, Basil B!

Sherry

Basil,

Oh, wow, those are so great!!! Good shots of the fish too.

I took mine out when I changed the water in the small pond. I guess I'll have to put it back in. Well, I'll have to put fish back in too, I guess, for it to really work!!

Anne

Water is heavy...8 lbs. a gallon I believe...so how do you do that? Drop them in the pond..turn them upside down and try to lift them out of the water onto a stand without breaking the water line? Help me out here...I'm into the beer again LOL.....Happy Ponding! Dave

Hi,
Sort of new member here.
I've tried it with an old bubblegum ball 'fishtank'. It's plastic so no fears about the first few drops..
You can use 2x4's (not 24's, LOL)to wedge/lift your tank etc onto a platform. Just make sure the ends of the 2x4's are sanded smooth or rubber wrapped.

I'm trying to find a tall acrylic cylinder to do this but can't find something suitable. Nothing at Depot or Can Tire. Any ideas anyone?

Can't read Delaney276's posts without seeing the singing frog in my head. Maybe my homemade wine is a tad strong, LOL.

Cheers!

Delaney276... As a friend said "a pint's a pound the whole world 'round". I think if I had known the 10 gallon aquarium would weigh around 80 pounds I probably wouldn't have tried it! As it was... it wasn't too bad.

I got in the water (couldn't imagine doing this hanging over the edge) and submerged the tank. It weighs next to nothing under water. I positioned a milk crate just under the surface and as level as I could. Then turned the aquarium over and man-handled it onto the crate. I think it took three or four tries. The good news is even if you "drop" it, it doesn't really "fall" so the chance of breaking is minimal. Still.... acrylic would be easier!

Pansypins... I was thinking about a Poland Springs water jug. I think those are really clear (not blueish) though they might have writing on them. Of course, you'd have to make the opening bigger.

BasilB

My only concern with the glass aquarium is breakage. You are putting the glass under TREMENDOUS strain. Even more than if it were filled and sitting on a table. The seals are designed to resist the "push" of water trying to get out, not the "pull" of suction.

Secondly, one small stone either tossed from a child, or a lawnmover will shower your pond with shards of glass. Aquarium glass isn't tempered like car glass, and it will just shatter into small, sharp shards. This could be very dangerous for your fish and yourself.

I would take the glass one out ASAP. Neat picture, but IMO not worth the risk.

Thanks BasilB, I'll take a look for the water jugs. I suppose I could put a trailing plant on the top and have the trails hang over the writing. It would also block some sun and slow the algae build up inside.

I thought of another idea last night to make a viewing dome. A shallow acrylic dome like those used on boats might look pretty cool. A cheaper version would be a clear salad bowl from the dollar store. Sand off the 'foot' and resin over it to make it clear again.

Geez, I'm not even finished my new pond and already I need a bigger one, LOL.

Cheers!

Hey what about a 150 gal buble tank anyone willing to help raise it ha would need some jacks for sure. or position it where I want it and pump in water? would that work if you had a way to let the air out?

About tempered glass. Bet your butt aquarium glass is tempered. Its just not saftey glass as in automotive windshields. Safety glass is laminated to prevent the glass from flying everywhere. It still shatters.

If aquarium glass wasnt tempered the slightest tap would shatter it if it would even hold the weight.

I'd have to double check that. Either way, under no circumstance would I have that contraption in my yard/pond. Looks kinda cool, but not a good idea.

Billinpa,

Actually, I'm gonna call BS on you on the tempered glass. Most low end store bought aquariums would be lucky to have 1 (one) piece of tempered glass. This would usually be on the bottom.

The remaining panels would be annealed glass (regular). Perhaps on some larger (100+ gallon tanks) would require either the use of tempered glass or Plexiglass/Acrylic.

The higher expense of tempered glass would simply NOT be cost efficient for most small aquariums.

I stand by my original post, and unless you can post some links/information countermanding my thoughts I simply am not convinced.

Well... I plunked down $55 for a 15 gallon acrylic aquarium. Set it up on Saturday and it workes jsut fine. I have to say that I was enver terribly worried about the glass one. It's been (literally) kicking around my house for years and it's never broken. I've had glass aquariums crak and leak but NEVER shatter into a million pieces. The acrylic one, by the way, arrived (UPS) with a crack in the bottom. Not all the way through.... just half way near the corner. So far, no trouble... holding (UP) water nicely

BasilB

I had thought tempered glass was like a safty glass and would shatter ino the little square like pieces like on the side of a car or patio door

Tempered glass "pebbles" when broken. The pieces are smaller, and less shard like.

Windshields have a plastic lamination between 2 sheets of glass, and that helps prevent it from breaking apart.

Tempered glass is much more expensive than regular glass. Hence the reason I questioned the poster that suggested that all aquariums are tempered glass. They are not.