[OliGM]

Hi everyone,

I am in need of your experience with indoor ponds. It is actually my first pond and I am hoping for some help from knowledgeable people.

Context is..
- Project is taking place in a petstore
- I want it to be much more in length than in width
- I want it to look more like a slow running river than a wide, square or rectangular pond
- It will be sitting on ceramic tiles
- Air ventilation is very good in the store so we are not afraid of mold growing anywhere
- Turtles will have their hot spot centered at the end of the river, heatlamp coming from the ceiling
- I will be using Hagen Pond Liner 60' x 15' or something like that
- I was planning to use Hagen Laguna Powerjet 2900 on it, in addition to their new large pond filters i can't find pictures of

My questions are..
- How would you recommend to hold it in place?
- Would I need bottom drains on it even if the pond/river is only about 3-4 feet wide averaging a maximum of 20 inches deep ?
- What do you think of the shape I am planning to make ?
- According to your experience, will it be really hard to make it ?
- I thought I would put smaller koi and goldfish on the first part (Part A) of the river and bigger koi, large goldfish and several adult aquatic turtles on the Part B of the river, does that sound like a good idea ?
- I have about a month at most to complete it, working about 20 hours a week on it. I'll do whatever possible to achieve it.


I hope you can help me with that project... i'm puzzled.

Here is an idea of what I want to achieve...



*** and sorry for my bad english, it is probably sometimes hard for you to understand since it is not my first language.....

Thanks ; )