Daydre

Yeah I was concerned about that kind of stability and I talked it over with my parents- so long as I don't intend to bring the stock tank inside for the winter they're fine with it. Mostly the portability concerns are for taking it with me whenever I move out, and I think I could pack up something like this- which I'm planning to get next time I go to Tractor Supply. I'm definitely gonna stack the paving stones around it like you guys suggested, I dunno how much they'll help with temperature regulation but they ought to make the tub look more like a fixture than, well, a tub standing all on its lonesome.

Ye I've watched these videos before. I've thought about a stock pond, I think when I was planning for a purely indoor pond my parents were against it but I'm wondering if I phrase it like I'm using one as a pond liner for the rock pond then they'd say yes...

I am an intensely indecisive person so I decided to get some opinions from people on the forum. I want to start a small fish pond and I'm debating whether I should make a muck bucket tub or do something bigger. My plan for the latter is as such: on my parents' property is this pile of paving stones and I'm thinking I might be able to stack them up into the rough shape of a pond and slap a pond liner inside. We have a terrace out there so I'm not so concerned about it sinking into the ground, though I am worried about it falling apart since I don't have plans to mortar it. (I don't plan to mortar it because I should in theory be able to break it down in case I move out and my parents don't want to care for it anymore). Parents also don't want me digging or doing anything too too big since it's their property, their rules. I'm leaning towards the paving stone pond but I'm concerned about whether I'd need to move the fish during the winter since it'd be aboveground. The muck bucket would be more portable but I've heard they kinda break down after a year or so in the sun? I could also just net the fish manually and bring them all in, so there's that. Though also I'm planning to stock medaka rice fish so this whole point is moot if I can just overwinter them in the pond- as far as I'm aware I'm around the same latitude as where they're native so climate should be similar-ish. .... I should stop before I talk myself further into a circle, though that should hopefully prove how indecisive I am lmao

started clearing out some space in the patio for the container pond i want to put there. parents are slowly warming to the idea of me making one so i'm really excited haha

i used to hate pickles but then i had some with shwarma from a truck by my grandma's house and I Understood a lot of the mass produced stuff still tastes weird to me and i'm not sure i really like sweet pickles, but sometimes you just need to pair them with the right thing and things make sense.

Heya, I'm Daydre- new to the aquarium hobby and don't currently have any tanks set up. Just here to absorb any information I can before I actually get any fish!