Hello I'm new to the site. I have been given a hot tub and i am trying to figure out how to turn it into a fish pond It cracked over winter so I'm just going to seal it.. It works ... So can I use the jets and it has a little built in waterfall ???I know the jets are powerful so I would have to find a way to weaken them.... Any ideas.... I would like to use as much as the original hot tub as possible .

We are having the same problem with Norway burrowing rats. Our neighbors have chickens - and not much we can do about that. Our professional exterminator told us that as long as the chickens are there, so will the rats. We are at our wits end with this situation. The neighbors have cleared their yard completely of hiding places, so that rats feed there, and then nest in other people's yards. After first spending $5k to retro fit our deck and install aluminum flashing, it wasn't installed deep enough and the rats burrowed under it. Out of desperation we did research into rat exclusion methods in the Midwest around pole barns and grain silos, and discovered an exclusion technique of a "rat wall" using 1/4" hardware cloth, and trenching. A trench is dug at least 12 inches deep, and hardware cloth is attached to the decking with lath screws. It is bent in either an "L" shape or a "U" shape lining the trench, and then the trench is filled in with either dirt of sharp gravel. Now we are gathering contractor estimates for installing this around the perimeter of our large low deck. In the same bid we're also asking for "hatch" areas to be cut from the deck floor to allow us to pop open areas, the exterminator can place bait stations in there, and gives us access to discourage any settling in. Wish us luck.

My grandma eats sweets including homemade pies with 1-2 c sugar per pie, loves sweets in general, eats too many fried foods for my taste, doesn’t eat paint chips, bathes in a porcelain tub, and was JUST moved to a nursing facility this year since she’s losing her mobility (mind is still intact) and in another month she will be celebrating her 100th birthday. You don’t have to live in a bubble to live a long life. Much of your life expectancy is predetermined in large part by genetics. Use common sense and don’t lick the bathtub.

14gpg * 17.1 = 239ppm. That really isn't that hard, and can be compensated for by adjusting the TA. I don't recommend salt for portable tubs because a lot of the equipment is stainless, and the salt destroys stainless.