Fish Folk Posted June 10, 2023 Author Share Posted June 10, 2023 Guppies starting out well outside… Swordtails are shy, but lively in greenwater tub… 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineSong Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 That guppy looks great! Your tubs are looking good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted July 8, 2023 Author Share Posted July 8, 2023 Tub blooms! 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 On 7/8/2023 at 5:22 PM, Fish Folk said: Tub blooms! Lovely! Do the top baskets have pickerelweed? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted July 8, 2023 Author Share Posted July 8, 2023 On 7/8/2023 at 6:26 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: Lovely! Do the top baskets have pickerelweed? Yes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 (edited) On 7/8/2023 at 6:46 PM, Fish Folk said: Yes! Very nice. Those should make purple flowers. They can even be planted submerged, if you like. I volunteer with a lake restoration group, and pickerelweed is one of the plants we plant. We have to get it way down into the mud, deep enough that it cannot be unrooted by current. The plants make their way to the surface and emerge. We plant these plants to help control erosion and runoff. Edited July 8, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Very satisfying when they show up!! 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 On 7/8/2023 at 7:17 PM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said: Very satisfying when they show up!! Is that a water iris species or bog iris species? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twood Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 On 7/8/2023 at 5:22 PM, Fish Folk said: Tub blooms! Wow - pond looks great! Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted July 22, 2023 Author Share Posted July 22, 2023 Hummingbirds have been visiting these back porch water garden blooms… 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted July 22, 2023 Author Share Posted July 22, 2023 Caught the Hummingbird in action… 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted July 23, 2023 Author Share Posted July 23, 2023 Found a few Swordtail Fry in the water garden today. I just fed a ton of BBS… Hummingbird came by while I was filming. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted July 30, 2023 Author Share Posted July 30, 2023 Finally got enough Red Swordtail fry in our minipond for BAP… Not a get-rich scheme, but definitely proof that Swordtails can multiply outdoors in a tub! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 On 7/31/2023 at 12:21 AM, Fish Folk said: Finally got enough Red Swordtail fry in our minipond for BAP… Not a get-rich scheme, but definitely proof that Swordtails can multiply outdoors in a tub! The fry look very cute and colorful. Love them man! Thanks for sharing. They cheered me up a lil! 🥰 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 8, 2023 Author Share Posted August 8, 2023 BOOM! Elassoma gilberti fry… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Its late and I am tired, mind you...but I read this as "tubing". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 8, 2023 Author Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) On 8/7/2023 at 10:11 PM, Shadow said: Its late and I am tired, mind you...but I read this as "tubing". Bit of Mr. Sandman, and you can dream of being shrunk small enough to go Tubing inside of an outdoor freshwater Tub, with Swordtails like great red sharks swirling just beneath the surface… 😴🦈🤿 Edited August 8, 2023 by Fish Folk 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted September 6, 2023 Author Share Posted September 6, 2023 Check out the little swimming pumpkins from the water garden patch! Moved a bunch of Red Swordtail fry from outdoor mini pond indoors until next summer... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Those are some really cool colors! Have you thought about doing some kind of characin, seeing as you’ve had so much luck with Elassoma? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted September 6, 2023 Author Share Posted September 6, 2023 On 9/6/2023 at 1:58 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: Those are some really cool colors! Have you thought about doing some kind of characin, seeing as you’ve had so much luck with Elassoma? No new species plans as of now. If things end well with Elassoma, I’d consider new options for next summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted September 6, 2023 Author Share Posted September 6, 2023 Brought my baby boy down to check out the baby swordtails this morning… ❤️ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 The BIG ones dad 🥰 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted September 7, 2023 Author Share Posted September 7, 2023 Here’s another tub harvest: Elassoma gilberti fry (Gulf Coast Pygmy Sunfish)… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted September 15, 2023 Author Share Posted September 15, 2023 Bottom of the barrel Swordtails! It’s getting cold FAST. Closing down my three mini-ponds today. Here’s the last catch of Swordtails. Surprised to find a bunch of fry still. Water temperature was in the 50s (F) 🥶 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 🤩☀️🛀 tubbing 2024 begins! March… Add some rain water. Dream. April… Add some more water. Maybe add a few hardy plants. May… Add many plants. Spawn some Rainbow Shiners. Dream of other fish to breed outside. Maybe Powder-blue Swordtails… June… Add other fish to breed outside all summer. Maybe breed German Blue Rams outside and break the internet… Right now… just gettin’ the fish itch! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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