Zinc Coated Stock tanks Fish Safe ?

[sissy]

I have seen those blue ones at southern states here .The one my sister got was from the catalog at the store .Special order and she had to pay for it when she ordered it

 

[MoonShadows]

My pond is 425 gallons. I would want a tank of at least 150 gallons to overwinter them.

 

[sissy]

hmm just looked and they don't sell them anymore .

 

[sissy]

My son says there is a farm store in NJ that sells them .I was on the phone with him just now .Turnpike noise ,I think he said jw farm stores

 

[sissy]

I also know that they sell tanks in other stores ,but the weight for shipping is high because of weight .

 

[IPA]

JW I am new to ponds want to make sure something I really enjoy before investing a few thousands. Right now would like to keep to a few hundred then if a full year later still into it upgrade.

I bought a 10x15 epdm firestone liner from Amazon ($100 with coupon) with intent if I ever expand it gets reused for a bog. Underlayment about $40, Laguna 600 gph pump about $80 (I have a danner, I wish I got the laguna), cinderblocks $60 (8x4x6) about $60 in pvc for in pond bog, $24 pond master test kit.

Plus you get to design the pond. If you make a rectangle it's about 750 gallons at 2 foot deep. Mine will be just over 400.

It is getting a little late in year to set up a new pond, but doable in a weekend and cycle with light load of fish, be ready just in time for winter.

 

[Nyboy]

My son says there is a farm store in NJ that sells them .I was on the phone with him just now .Turnpike noise ,I think he said jw farm stores

NJ not that far maybe weekend road trip

 

[Meyer Jordan]

The 96 hour LC50 Zinc toxicity level for Koi (Cyrinus Carpio) is 7800 micrograms/L as established by the EPA. Similar toxicity levels for Goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus). Increasing water hardness increases the toxicity of Zinc.
Any galvanized tank will, over time, leach Zinc ions. The rate and total level of this leaching is strictly determined by the type and quality of the galvanizing process.
The only sure way to determine the toxicity level of any galvanized tank is with a Zinc test.

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[sissy]

he works for king high towing for the turnpike and parkway .You see a lime green flatbed it is him .so wave .

 

[MoonShadows]

 

[Nyboy]

I did luck out and get a 300 gallon round pond on CL for $40. But I am using that as a base for a fountain at country house. Hope it doesn't leak.

 

[sissy]

He does the details on all the trucks there and h loves marvin the martian .So that is why the color .I laugh at some of the colors he picked for the tow trucks and flatbeds

 

[sissy]

If it does that leak seal they sell works great .I bought one at a house auction here and they gave me the other one because it was cracked .I used the seal crack and it has lasted 6 years now .

 

[Nyboy]

Bright colors can be for safety, other drivers can spot from far away.

 

[sissy]

he almost got hit the other day that is why he called me again .Guy must have been looking but not paying attention to where he was driving