dean1956
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Originally Posted by tannersmith200
http:///forum/post/3181744
hello Dean
first off I want to say congrats!
you and your grandson are doing a fine job on the ray pool! I enjoy wathing this thread like many others.
I also have an idea which I want to make reality in the near future. Tell me what you think.
I plan on building a ray pool in the corner of my living room ( I have a pretty big living room). If you can imagine, it would fit in one corner of the room. It would fit so it had a bow front style rim in the front of it (6 feet long 2/3 feet tall/wide. Not sure yet what exact diminsions I want. I would plan to have a waterfall in the back of the pool which would be right in the corner space.
I would plan to put a custom cut bowfront acrylic piece so the rays could be easily viewed from the sitting area. I would also like lay stone around pond where you can sit and feed the rays from above (like you can at most commercial aquariums).
So there you have it, that's a dream of mine which I will here soon make reality and I will be sure to post the project from begining to end on this DIY forum.
One question I have for your ray pool...why would you use a liner since you have already sealed it watertight with a sealer? I would think it would look better had you not used a liner but maybe there was not way around it. Thanks and good luck!!!
The sealer that I put on the plywood was just for protection of the wood if there was ever a leak. It isnt really made for a pond, I had thought about cementing the inside or fiberglassing but the liner was the fastest and cheapest way to go for me and I'm not to awful worried about the apperance since as you can see in the pic it's in an old house basement. The family (children and grandchildren) will enjoy it so for me thats the biggest part. As for your description of your set up to me it sound great and the waterfall idea is neat as I plan on building one myself after the new year but not real tall maybe a spillway rather about 3' wide. Have fun
http:///forum/post/3181744
hello Dean
first off I want to say congrats!
you and your grandson are doing a fine job on the ray pool! I enjoy wathing this thread like many others.
I also have an idea which I want to make reality in the near future. Tell me what you think.
I plan on building a ray pool in the corner of my living room ( I have a pretty big living room). If you can imagine, it would fit in one corner of the room. It would fit so it had a bow front style rim in the front of it (6 feet long 2/3 feet tall/wide. Not sure yet what exact diminsions I want. I would plan to have a waterfall in the back of the pool which would be right in the corner space.
I would plan to put a custom cut bowfront acrylic piece so the rays could be easily viewed from the sitting area. I would also like lay stone around pond where you can sit and feed the rays from above (like you can at most commercial aquariums).
So there you have it, that's a dream of mine which I will here soon make reality and I will be sure to post the project from begining to end on this DIY forum.
One question I have for your ray pool...why would you use a liner since you have already sealed it watertight with a sealer? I would think it would look better had you not used a liner but maybe there was not way around it. Thanks and good luck!!!
The sealer that I put on the plywood was just for protection of the wood if there was ever a leak. It isnt really made for a pond, I had thought about cementing the inside or fiberglassing but the liner was the fastest and cheapest way to go for me and I'm not to awful worried about the apperance since as you can see in the pic it's in an old house basement. The family (children and grandchildren) will enjoy it so for me thats the biggest part. As for your description of your set up to me it sound great and the waterfall idea is neat as I plan on building one myself after the new year but not real tall maybe a spillway rather about 3' wide. Have fun
If she gets any bigger.....
