Salt based above ground pool

Is it possible? Could we really have HUGE amounts of water volume that easily? Uber-huge fuge? Includes a pump that cycles it 3x/hour too?!?!

And cheap!

Obviously I'd have to lose the bit that breaks down the salt into sodium and chlorine.

Thoughts?

 

the lighting would break the bank, then keeping things out of the water from falling in would not be fun (leaves etc.) the weather would also not be easy to compete with. There are waaaaaay to many variables in my head, not to mention dosing etc.

Sounds unpractical. BUT..........it would be cool..........try it i guess.

oh and getting that much live rock..Ouch!
U'd also need a 6 foot tall skimmer (i've seen one....it was amazing.)

i might be understanding this wrong are you trying to make the pool a fish tank or a fuge?

 

I was considering it as a Fuge on my dream 600 gallon system (the I Hit the Lottery System)

 

.......wooooooooow 600 gal!!!!!!!!!!1111 thats amazing. i just dont think the pool idea is very feasible long term tho. just IMO BUT if you do it that'd be amazing.

 

I wouldn't get that much live rock, I'd get that much dead rock and attach it to a running system and let the coraline propigate. I don't care how "pretty" the rock is.

The skimmer is not too much of an issue as nothing would be producing skimmage. I think a medium sized one would suffice.

This would go indoors actually on a concrete slab basement, else not the lighting, but the heat would break the bank (we have nice cold winters). Drainage is not an issue here should it fail catastrophically, I have an overspec and redundant sump.

 

sounds intresting i say go for it if you feel confident about it.

 

For the 850s at the store, I used 300 gallon rubbermaid horse troughs.