Making a pond with a wine vat

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Hi!
I'm new in this forum and I would like to collect some feedback about a project that I want to carry on. I was offered a plastic wine vat of 500l (132 g) and I would like to make it a pond. However, I would like to hear from you some tips and see some examples related to my project. My idea is using rocks to hide the plastic, but I don't know the best way to mount them.
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Welcome to the forum! That certainly sounds like an interesting project, are you planning on sinking the vat into the ground or having it as an above ground pond?
 

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Welcome to our group!

I would stack rocks around the pot. Also once it is a pond, keep only small fish in it, so you don't over load it.

What kind of filtering are you going to do?
 
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Thank you. Yes, I'm thinking on stack some rocks around the pot. How can I make it safely?

I'm planning on doing only biological filtration using plants.
 

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bigger flat ones on the bottom, working up slowly to smaller ones.

You could also use some glue, expanding foam etc to help anchor the rocks.
 

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