Streetwise Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 For those in the snow belt, when will you move your tubs or livestock inside? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBOzzie59 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Streetwise said: For those in the snow belt, when will you move your tubs or livestock inside? Got down to 49 here last night, tub was 54 this morning, may have to drop a heater in the guppy tub! Probably have to move them the end of September. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBOzzie59 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Loads and loads of fantastic "ponds" in here. Loads of cool ideas for next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HereFishy Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 My first time testing the waters I have some long, skinny landscaping border bricks in the water to break up line of sight and also hold the temp more. Things are going swimmingly 🐳 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan Kendrick Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Oh Colorado how I love you. Currently 91 out with a forecast for Tuesday of snow with a high of 35. Time to save as many fry And shrimp as possible and break down the deck pond. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shkote Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Logan Kendrick said: Oh Colorado how I love you. Currently 91 out with a forecast for Tuesday of snow with a high of 35. Time to save as many fry And shrimp as possible and break down the deck pond. 😆 I'm right next door, doing the same thing this weekend for our 98°high Monday, and drop to 48° Tuesday. Looks like it's time to call it quits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliceofnature Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 On 9/5/2020 at 11:50 AM, Logan Kendrick said: Oh Colorado how I love you. Currently 91 out with a forecast for Tuesday of snow with a high of 35. Time to save as many fry And shrimp as possible and break down the deck pond. Wow! That is abrupt! I guess you really have to keep your eye on the weather forecast out there huh. This is my first year with a mini pond but Its 117* in los angeles today so i have the opposite temps to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Burke Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 On 9/5/2020 at 1:50 PM, Logan Kendrick said: Oh Colorado how I love you. Currently 91 out with a forecast for Tuesday of snow with a high of 35. Time to save as many fry And shrimp as possible and break down the deck pond. Yeah, that’s one of the things I don’t miss about Denver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 The summer tub is wicked good fun! Turns out rice fish are the bomb. Those are just a few of the hundreds that suddenly appeared. And despite also having guppies, swordtails and cory cats, the pond also produces several tablespoons of Daphnia everyday. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Your pond is a dream! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kara C Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 40 gallon mini pond with flagfish I started right before the covid madness began. The only plants that grew this summer was the bacopa and java moss I snatched from one of my tanks. Bought some more plants lil over a month ago which are doing great. Black magic taro, a dwarf lily, and pickerel rush. The taro isn't happy with the sun switching position though. Which is where my lovely green water went too.... Diy spitting frog from Dollar Tree with a small fountain pump from Lowes. Being in Central Florida, I'm going to try over wintering it with only a few of the fish. Dean had mentioned in a video about a role of privacy reed as insulation so I picked some up to try my luck. I didn't get a huge boom of fry, but there's a lot more fish than I started with. I will be setting up a couple more next year without pumps with white clouds and hoping for some orange ricefish. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Those are year-round tubs! I let mine go down to 52 Fahrenheit before bringing things inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kara C Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I'll have back up plans. Our weather is consistently inconsistent but no where near as intense of a winter as the rest of the US lol. I'm also contemplating lid design. This one doesn't get sun till the afternoon so a greenhouse effect would be useful. This year is a test, but I definitely don't want to harm my poor fishies. So I have been researching like mad the past few months. 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expectorating_Aubergine Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 (edited) This is my in ground pond i dug last year. I swear there is a pond under all that vegetation! Pro tip: don't grow any vining cucubrits around your pond. They will go in the water and you'll never see your fish again.... Edited October 25, 2020 by Expectorating_Aubergine 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Burke Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 So, how cold tolerant is water sprite? I have a ton of the stuff, and want to use it in next years tub. Our in ground pool runs in the mid to low 50s, so I expect a tub to run in the 40s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Who else is marinating summer tubs indoors? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 21 minutes ago, Streetwise said: Who else is marinating summer tubs indoors? Oh yes 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 @Streetwise @MAC That is very cool! You guys must be dying for winter to break. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I'm so jealous of everyone's ponds and tubs - beautiful! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Does anyone in the mid Atlantic area keep year round outdoor tubs? I am itching to try an outdoor tub/pond this year, but I do not have the capacity to bring it indoors in the winter. Here in SW VA our weather has been ranging from daytime highs of 30's - 40's with the occasional deep freeze into the teens, from around mid-November through February. . In college I lived in a house that had an inground pond with goldfish and they wintered very well, but I don't have that capacity in my current house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I keep a year round in-ground pool next to a large heron rookery with over 100 nesting pairs of Great Blue Herons. It has been a while since a heron related fatality, but by the looks of this crime scene, I would say the prime suspect is a heron. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 27 minutes ago, Daniel said: I keep a year round in-ground pool next to a large heron rookery with over 100 nesting pairs of Great Blue Herons. It has been a while since a heron related fatality, but by the looks of this crime scene, I would say the prime suspect is a heron. I would think it would be hard to keep fish in an outdoor pond being near that many herons. Do you use any kind of netting to protect the ponds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 12 minutes ago, Andy's Fish Den said: I would think it would be hard to keep fish in an outdoor pond being near that many herons. Do you use any kind of netting to protect the ponds? No nets, hence the fatality...but whole years can go by with no heron related deaths. There are many lakes and ponds in our area so I think the herons have a lot of choices other than this pool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I find myself thinking about this bad boy again. Not just a summer tub, but a summer tub with a view! Or the ultimate quarantine tank! I am wondering if the dining room table can hold it, it's made of oak. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Hill-Legion Aquatics Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 I know summer tubing is coming up and I just wanted to share my last years pond cause I wasn’t on the forum. There’s a lot of things I would do differently but it was a good learning experience and my white clouds bred so I was happy. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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