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[captainmerkin]

Planning on touching up my frog tank next week with some cork bark sides and some new plants.. as well as cutting back the plants inside.

I want to put them in a proper pond because the one they have now looks minging and homemade.

Any idea where I can buy resin ponds, I did find a site previously but now cannot track it down at all.

Dont want to make them one this time round

[MJ]

You're gonna get better results doing it your self mate

Couple ways you can do it but I like the following method and it's the easiest

Expanding foam

1) Place some pipe (skinny as yo can find I use the grey stuff used to run wires I guess its like 4mm diam) and silicone this in random spots wher the shore line will be so one end will be in the pond the other into the drainage layer of your vivarium land area.

2) Take some expanding foam make your shore line with this a little thicker and higher than you need it.

3) when this is cured take a craft knife or the like, and trim it down into a slope right the way around.

4) then either cover with coco fiber and silicone or pebles or even play sand.

Let it all dry and viola!
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[captainmerkin]

I vaguely follow, but really am trying to avoid getting the expanding foam out again at the moment..

and to be honest my frogs have never used the pond except by accident the little buggers.

I saw some fake stone cascading ponds on a site for around £20 which looked perfect for the job, rather than the polystyerene box I am using currently.

If I ever get some Golden Mantellas or darts (which I plan on some time in the distant future) then I will make them a full on cascading river and little boats etc.. but today I'd rather pay someone for a pond lol

I am tempted to even just use some of those giant nut shells they look quite nice... and my frogs are obviously never going to go in the water unless I shout boo at them.

[arthur cooke]

Ponds are difficult, especially if you want a natural look. I've found that the simplest methods seem to work best, if it is a straight forward pool that you are looking for then butle is a good way, make a pool shape in the substrate and lay the butle, put rocks around the edge to disguise it.
cheers arthur

[captainmerkin]

I really do just want to go heres 20 quid give me a pond....

just cant find the site I saw them on now which is a pain.


maybe a stone bird bath would do the job

[Jack]

i thnk i know the one that your talkin about

but i cant remember it either