triggerfish
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I have a 17,000 gal pool and im wondering about how much would it be to make it a shark pond
17,000 gal
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aquaman
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What kind of pool, is it cement or does it have a liner. If cement, is it painted, and is so can be toxic. If a liner, it is almost certainly toxic, as the coat it with chemicals before the ship them out for sales. This is done to help cut down on algae, and scum. It only helps in that area, but is most likely strong enough to kill fish.
triggerfish
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no it isnt painted, it is cement
novice150
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If you were to prime and paint the inside of the tank with a two part epoxy (like the one aquatic ecosystems sells) it would completely seal it and prevent any chemicals from leaching into the water. In other words what your looking for is a coating that is approved for potable water, and one that will withstand sw.
For filtration, the sand filter will be a good start, but you will a lot need more. A very large skimmer for one. Aquatic eco sells these as well. Plan to pay 5 digits for it though.
I think one of your main concerns would be flushing the pool before hand to rid it of any contaminants or chemicals used in the swimming pool.
Sounds like a really cool idea to me!!!
For filtration, the sand filter will be a good start, but you will a lot need more. A very large skimmer for one. Aquatic eco sells these as well. Plan to pay 5 digits for it though.
I think one of your main concerns would be flushing the pool before hand to rid it of any contaminants or chemicals used in the swimming pool.
Sounds like a really cool idea to me!!!
thered
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Didn't Nicolas Cage do this? He had a house in Vegas with a shark or two in the pool. He was selling the house and the people who wanted to buy it were upet because there was shark poop in the pool. I think that was Entertainment Tonight or a show like that I heard it from. Who knows if it true or not.
wingnut
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it would coast you about $10,000 for just to set up the filtrtion system let alone the coast for water and sand and the heating and cooling of the pool depending where you live and if its outdoor or indor sealing the concret would burn a nice hole lighting wouldent be much of a problem if out doors and how would you really see the fish inside but it would be cool ive looket into it my self and its very very price
risc
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Neither rain nor snow will drastically effect the pool if you have the appropriate skills required to monitor a pool of such size. Rain water is also inherritantly mostly salt water anyway. And unless you have a nuclear plant near by, snow is pH of 7 always.
For a pool of 17,000 gallons you would really only require yourself a industrial sized fluidized bed skid filter. One big enough to push about 20,000 gallons per hour. You will also need about 4 or 6 water feeder pumps... that can do around 20,000gph each. You want to cycle your tank 3 times per hour if you can. If you can do more... even better.
If you are building this for sharks specifically it would really only be suitable for most requiem sharks and nurse sharks. Anything else you put in there would be lost in the whole concept ... and possibly even lost to being sucked down your plumbing by your pumps.
Jim
For a pool of 17,000 gallons you would really only require yourself a industrial sized fluidized bed skid filter. One big enough to push about 20,000 gallons per hour. You will also need about 4 or 6 water feeder pumps... that can do around 20,000gph each. You want to cycle your tank 3 times per hour if you can. If you can do more... even better.
If you are building this for sharks specifically it would really only be suitable for most requiem sharks and nurse sharks. Anything else you put in there would be lost in the whole concept ... and possibly even lost to being sucked down your plumbing by your pumps.
Jim
