Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Creating habitat $15 Bucket Structure

Hey folks,

Found this video...maybe some of you have seen it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmKw9YBnk1c
Seems like it will make pretty decent structure/cover

I prepped 5 of these to add to my pond. It cost me a total of $75 after tax.

• Use a 5/8th inch spade bit -> I drilled 40 holes into each bucket, and 10 holes into each lid.
• I used a 1 inch spade bit to drill 3 holes into the side of each bucket for bait fish access to the inside of the bucket.
• Cut up the 500 ft tube into 2-ft sections. I'm going to use 2-ft sections of tube on the lid as well (in the video he used 1-ft for the lid). I used a radial saw and a block jig at 24 inches to cut these. You can use a pair of strong clippers as well, the tube is not that strong.
• Then lightly sanded the buckets/lids inside and out to help algae attach. But with the 500 ft of tubing... yeah right!
• I threw the tubing in a big box. It'll be nice and easy to haul to the ranch -- then pressing the tubes into the holes, adding concrete, and dropping in the pond!

50 holes on each of 5 buckets...250 holes total
500 ft tube, cut into 250 2ft sections.

Shopping List:
500 ft of 1/2 inch Drip Tubing $44
5 Gallon bucket: $2.78 each -- $13.9 Total
5 Gallon bucket lids: $1.28 each -- $6.40 total
Quikrete 80 lbs: $3.65

I grabbed the buckets from Lowes but the 500ft roll is online only... Home Depot had it!


[EDIT]
Added them to the pond!
http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=342599#Post342599