Charose Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 What are some good substrates? 21 hours ago, GardenStateGoldfish said: I love summer tubbing! Amazing for my fish and really relaxing to have these little mini ponds around. I highly highly recommend: The Tub Pond Handbook by Dr. Ted Coletti, it was extremely helpful and useful for outdoor tubing. Anyone interest in it I recommend picking it up, I am not sure if I am allowed to share the link or not but you can get it on amazon or whenever you get your books. Been looking for more in depth info, thanks for the book tip, just got the ebook version 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 @Teakae That is such a cute story! What an awesome score by your daughter. That barrel fountain is quite pretty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitecloudDynasty Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 2 180 2 110 plus I had 2 more 4 40 Do I have enough? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitecloudDynasty Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Picked up another species for one of the tub 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 @WhitecloudDynasty Wow that’s a beautiful fish! Platy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitecloudDynasty Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, OceanTruth said: @WhitecloudDynasty Wow that’s a beautiful fish! Platy? redtail blue variatus highfin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garren Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Got the greenlight from my wife to start a outdoor tub pond. Going to use the half cut whiskey barrel with a liner. Add some plants and a small pump fountain. Don't think i will filter it but may change my mind as I go along. Still deciding on fish to add but really been thinking medaka ricefish. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Awesome news! Share your progress; maybe make a video of setting it up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT_ Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I got my barrel and decided to go without a liner. I'm putting my extra water lettuce and some ammonia in there too help a cycle get going. Once it warms up my rice fish are moving outside. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefConfit Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I'm stopping at tractor supply after work either today or tomorrow to pick up my container they have a 25x14ish plastic barrel planter I think it holds just under 25 gallons. I change my mind on fish every other day but am leaning towards some variety of white clouds right now or maybe CPDs but I don't know how well they'll breed in a tub. As for plants I'm thinking either a dwarf Lilly or tiger lotus, a random assortment of stems and floaters from my tanks. I might try crypts because why not, and I want to find something that will grow up out of the water. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I love all this tub enthusiasm! I get to live vicariously for some of the warmer climate zone species that I can’t keep! I hope that someone in a warm zone keeps some archerfish and films them shooting bugs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 @ChefConfit if you want something to keep in your tub during the summer that grows up out of it try Dwarf Papyrus, Red Dwarf Canna Lily, Cardinal Flower, or my favorite from when I used to keep deck ponds with White Cloud Mountain Minnows, Mosquito fish and Guppies, which is Black Gamecock Purple Louisiana Iris. Here is a link to a picture of the Iris: https://www.thepondguy.com/product/blue-gamecock?msclkid=f3b545e1ebc2134a732b25af639f945a&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=(ROI) Smart Shopping - Bing&utm_term=4583382956591086&utm_content=All Products 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 I think I might have the tub bug from you all 😄 I too went to Tractor Supply today and looked at tubs. I saw a plastic half-barrel planter that might hold 12 gallons or so, but they have mucking buckets that hold 17.5 gallons for $19. If I do tubs I think I’ll go with two of those! 😃 Do we have to worry about the fish jumping out of the tubs? I was thinking about trying white clouds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmike15 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 I'm buying a 30 gallon standalone tub and I bought extra plants from the coop that i plan to add to it when it's warmer. It's very cold still for fish now but now that I have some space, I moved, I want to give it a good try. My family visits often so I'm going to make it look extra good for all of us. haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) For those of you stocking live bearers what are you going to do with the population explosion or how are you going to control it? I picked up a couple of 110s and now I'm trying to decide what species to add, was going to be guppies and endlers but I don't think I could handle hundreds more this fall. I don't think the local store around here would take them. Edited March 15, 2021 by Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShelton Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 I just bought one of the rubbermaid 100G stock tanks for my first go with a summer tub in NE Texas. Have not settled yet on livestock as I am a bit worried about summer highs, and being able to keep the water cool enough. Anyone close to my summer temperatures that has any experiences, otherwise it might just turn into a giant plant vat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettsPapa Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 12 minutes ago, DShelton said: I just bought one of the rubbermaid 100G stock tanks for my first go with a summer tub in NE Texas. Have not settled yet on livestock as I am a bit worried about summer highs, and being able to keep the water cool enough. Anyone close to my summer temperatures that has any experiences, otherwise it might just turn into a giant plant vat. I'm in southeast Texas, and this will also be my first time keeping any aquatic life other than goldfish outside. I'm planning on neocaridina shrimp for sure, and maybe white cloud mountain minnows. I intend to put it where the tub (or tubs) will be in shade for most of the day, maybe only getting direct sun early in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 @Hobbit, none of my white clouds jumped in the tubs, or in their current open-top indoor tank. Here they are at 12x speed, enjoying life at the surface: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starsman20 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 I'd love to do one but it will get 100f in the shade here and my guess is I'd need cooling. North Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShelton Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 That is where I am as well, suburban DFW. The tank (100g) is under my deck cover next to the house, and it only gets a minuscule amount of direct sunlight. I have only had water in the tank for a few days with a large AQ Coop sponge filter and an AP50. I have a bunch of hornwort ordered to go in the tank, and then in a few weeks am going to order some white clouds, and see how it goes. I will have at least a few months outdoors before the heat of the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 I’m also worried about the heat. I think I might need something more heat-resistant than white clouds. The highs here in the summer are in the 90s and it can be really humid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 It is probably not in the hobby, but I found a fish that can really handle the heat! The Julimes pupfish lives in water that reaches 114 degrees: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/meet-the-world-s-hottest-freshwater-fish Out of curiosity, I did a little bit of research into chillers, since I have seen them used for Trout in the Classroom programs. They are not cheap! I saw some links to some DIY options, but didn't dig any deeper. You could probably setup a system where water recirculates between an indoor and outdoor system, which might be a fun engineering challenge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM3 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Does anyone have any thoughts on tubbing and raccoons? I’d like to give it a try but am a lil worried raccoons will eat all the fish or at least pester them regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyO Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 I definitely would like to set one up. We are tearing down half of our deck this summer and I'm try and squeeze in a design to allow a tub or two. only problem is our yard has almost zero shade so would really need to make the design look good with umbrella stands. I would probably try endlers and some kind of ricefish. I don't know if cold water species would do good like I said no shade unless I set up some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyO Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 On 3/16/2021 at 7:39 AM, Streetwise said: It is probably not in the hobby, but I found a fish that can really handle the heat! The Julimes pupfish lives in water that reaches 114 degrees: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/meet-the-world-s-hottest-freshwater-fish Out of curiosity, I did a little bit of research into chillers, since I have seen them used for Trout in the Classroom programs. They are not cheap! I saw some links to some DIY options, but didn't dig any deeper. You could probably setup a system where water recirculates between an indoor and outdoor system, which might be a fun engineering challenge. I know they make a cooling "system" for car drivers. It's basically a cooler with cold water and ice and it gets circulated to a cooling "shirt" could probably do the same concept with a hose sitting in the tub cooling the water and then just replenish the ice every couple of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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