@Tonia you can make very good filters from Blue chemical barrels however to be brutally honest with you I dont think the liner is going to last the course not if its slitting at the top already .
Another way to do this would be as some of the others do using large free standing stock tanks :-
http://www.globalindustrial.com/c/storage/bins-totes-containers/stocktanks
The largest of which are up to 650 gallons US we ourselves use a 1,000 Imperial welded plastic former koi Qaurentine tank retrofitted into a pond and our koi are quite happy in it even our oldest koi who is now 30 years old we also have three vortex style welded plastic filters and a fourth filter made from a large chemical barrel after the fourth welded plastic filter developed a leak
I know its not what your dream is ut you could learn our hobby from a stock tank then move on to a butyl liner when you can afford to using yourthen stock tank pond as a QT tank
With the chemical barrels you could string three or four together using pipe work [making sure you have the right ones for the job .
When making a pond especially out of liner cheap isnt the best of options , look a it this way if its splitting now how long before it splits bellow the waterline ?
Butyl liners are the best way forwards if you want to use a liner [with a 20 - 30 year life span], however they do not come cheap sadly
:-
http://www.everything-ponds.com/rubber-pond-liners.html
I hope this helps you
Dave
Another way to do this would be as some of the others do using large free standing stock tanks :-
http://www.globalindustrial.com/c/storage/bins-totes-containers/stocktanks
The largest of which are up to 650 gallons US we ourselves use a 1,000 Imperial welded plastic former koi Qaurentine tank retrofitted into a pond and our koi are quite happy in it even our oldest koi who is now 30 years old we also have three vortex style welded plastic filters and a fourth filter made from a large chemical barrel after the fourth welded plastic filter developed a leak
I know its not what your dream is ut you could learn our hobby from a stock tank then move on to a butyl liner when you can afford to using yourthen stock tank pond as a QT tank
With the chemical barrels you could string three or four together using pipe work [making sure you have the right ones for the job .
When making a pond especially out of liner cheap isnt the best of options , look a it this way if its splitting now how long before it splits bellow the waterline ?
Butyl liners are the best way forwards if you want to use a liner [with a 20 - 30 year life span], however they do not come cheap sadly
:-http://www.everything-ponds.com/rubber-pond-liners.html
I hope this helps you
Dave
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