if i spend a bit extra, i can get dies for all the wood in the building, its an anti mold and rot, and use plastic layers throughout the building process.callingcolleen1 said:
full room koi pond
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What will i need after construction. for the pond itself. what do koi's need for essentials, to be happy and healthy. what types of plants will they like best, sand bottom, small stones, hallowed logs, I never made a koi pond before, i know that this is a crazy idea for a first but i like challenges. so anything thing on the fish part will help the best.
this is close to the idea
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Check out the threads on here in the build section for the guys building indoor koi ponds in their basements. Koiguy1969 has a basement pond he winters all of his koi in & he is in a similar USDA zone in Michigan to you. Check out his posts, only thing you will have different is that his pond is below ground & yours is more of a free standing building, like a shed/ cabin, correct? Winter heat would be your biggest issue, and I'm sure if you set up some kind of air ventilation like sissy's neighbor did, that could help your moisture problem , but I would expect that to not be a huge issue since the winter air is really dry. Possibly in fall/spring, but really wouldn't know until ou did it. First off, figure out your budget for th project & adapt your plan based off that. Good luck!
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Shermin that is just awesome, and the glass is a really nice touch! That would be awesome if you had something like that! Might cost a lot of money, but if you got it you may as well spend it and have a really really nice place to relax!!
im sorry if you cant see the pic the other day. i will try to get it up again. thank you all for the help, if i make a scale i will put it up to see.
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What a fun idea and
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Will be neat watching you build the pond and how it turns out for you. I've got a green house w/ the auto sensor windows that open when it gets hot. Wonder how many of those moisture sucking bowls of white foamy things called DryZaire or something like that it would take to rid some of the moisture in there? We use them in our rv when storing it over the winter. You might need too many tho all the time and might not be cost effective.
Will be neat watching you build the pond and how it turns out for you. I've got a green house w/ the auto sensor windows that open when it gets hot. Wonder how many of those moisture sucking bowls of white foamy things called DryZaire or something like that it would take to rid some of the moisture in there? We use them in our rv when storing it over the winter. You might need too many tho all the time and might not be cost effective.
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solar fans work great they use them in hydroponics farming and sell them fairly cheap
We have two ponds in our basement... 750 gallons we've had down there for coming up on 4 yrs... 600 gallon pond was added in Oct... No issues with dampness, mold etc...
im thinking about looking into some indoor pool systems to see how they deal with that, i figure that is the most common thing for mass amount of water indoors.Dave 54 said:
what type of ceiling do you have?capewind said:
None per se... the ceiling in the basement is the joists that is the first floor of the house (colonial), with paper backed insulation... normal every day basement/poured foundation...sherminshakealot said: