Best and cheapest way to build a pond?

Question

Whats the best a cheapest way to make a pond for turtles?

Answer 1

Buy a pond kit. They even have patio pon kits.

Here is a bunch of websites for you:


http://www.google.com/search?q=pond+kits&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7

Answer 2

I'll assume this is an outdoor pond?

Both answers so far offer valid clues. BEST and CHEAP are relative however. Since we don't know how you define those words.

If this is an outdoor pond I want to assume these aren't free range turtles. If that is the case will you also PEN them in, perhaps giving them some ground space to exist on too?

I was a reptile wrangler for a couple years with a large attraction. Our ponds allowed both water and land access. logs. rocks, edible foliage were included as well as pumps to circulate the water.

Obviously a POND kit or a kiddie pool are two ways to begin. You might also dig out a pit, in a shape and depth suitable, line it with wire mesh and pour concrete; much like making a swimming pool.

Most important is that any turtle has easy egress and ingress, as well as places to SUN, Hide, eat in their usual breed fashion, and FRESH supplies.

Not far from me here I have Gopher Turtles as neighbors. They burrow in sand and eat what seems to be the most sparse vegitation. They roam where they want, and obviously find water. A Kept animal needs to be safely maintained.

The Build process is the easy part in your case. Good Luck.

Answer 3

Dig a hole, garbage pick an old pool liner, buy a pond filter and pump. go to the shore & gather rocks, if you live inland, gather rocks & large stones from a cliff or quarry. get some gravel form a pet store for fish tanks.

Line the hole with an intact piece of pool liner, add 1-2 inches of fish tank gravel at the bottom, Line the "shore" with large rocks, if you were able to gather river stones or smooth rocks from the shore, line the slope & sides with the smooth stones. Fill the pond with treated water (get a five gallon bucket, and treat the water with dechlorinating drops) place the pump & filter in the pond, add two small feeder goldfish, run the pump for one month, continually feed the goldfish & top off the evaporated water with more dechlorinated water, after a month the goldfish should have cycled your pond, and you will be ready for turtles, the turtles will probably eat the fish though.

should cost no more than 40 bucks for the filter, pump, gravel dechlor drops & fish.