Water tank? Swimming pool? both?

[PoolDoc]

OK, you've now totally changed the game: your post was a bit off-topic for this forum to begin with, but now it's utterly off-topic.

Swimming pool chemistry is predicated on attempting to prevent ALL microbial growth and activity in a pool. What you are talking about is a modified version of aquarium chemistry, where you are trying to ENCOURAGE some kinds of microbial growth, but DISCOURAGE others.

We do sanitation, which in brutal form, means we try to kill all invertebrate life in pools as quickly, effectively, cheaply and efficiently as possible, all without putting non-aquatic vertebrate life at risk or even discomfort.

What you want requires different chemistry; different chemicals; different equipment; different mindset . . . from anything here. Nothing wrong with that but it also means that there's nothing for you here.

You should check out aquarium, pond management, or "watershaping" sites.

Good luck!

Ben
Ben

[BigDave]

Understandably not Pool Forum stuff, but interesting to me...

A half dozen Intex 18'x48" donuts (Easy Set) would provide 33,000 gallons of temporary water storage. These pools support themselves and don't require construction (you do need flat ground - Really flat, less than an inch off flat - flat - flat - no cheating). When each one is depleted it could be folded up and put away. Traditional AG pools don't do well when they're empty - they need the water to keep the walls up but the donuts are supported by an inflateable ring and are OK when partially filled.

These pools are usually sold as a kit for about $500 including ground cloth, cover, filter pump, ladder, and maintenance kit. The pumps aren't much good as pool pumps but will move the water around for you - just not far and not up. You could probably attach some 2x lumber to a ladder to make a ramp for the pups.

You could even run one (last one to use for water) as a clean chlorine pool ( Pool Solutions / Pool Forum will teach you how ) and let the chlorine burn off before you need to use the water.

If you've got the flat ground, you could hang on to 33,000 gallons of water for about $3G. They won't last forever. I ran a 15' Intex donut pool for 3 years and gave it to my neighbor who's just finishing it's 4th year and it still looks good to me. I had a smaller cheaper brand before that and it showed signs of wear after two years ( the ports for the circulation were starting to come apart ).

Good luck! I, for one, would like to know what you do and how it works out.