Celestial Pearl Danio experiment - success!

Thanks everyone - it has been a pleasant surprize. I will take some pics over the weekend - of the 40 gal tub and the rest. The only filtration I have is the hornwort and I did put the fountain pump in a mesh bag w/bio balls. I have 4 pairs of GBR in the other tub - I am hoping that they will parent raise when I bring them back in - but that is another thread. And yes - they will be for sale when they get bigger.

Have a great Friday!
 
Here are some pics as promised - from the tub to the tank! I also have some pics of some other "outdoor" experiments. The first pics are of the 40 gallon tub, the gallon growout jars for the little ones and the 30 high w/the bigger ones. The last few pics are of the 40 gallon tub w/GBR's (has anacharis, not hornwort) and my "guppy growout" pond. I love being able to take them outside for the summer.

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Wow, Andy, love the stuff. What was in the gallon bottles originally...pickles maybe? Hard to find in glass anymore, everybody seems to have switched to plastic. :(

and the in-ground pond...how do you catch the guppies out of it in the fall? Ever have any of the un-caught survive to overwinter?
 
that is too awesome, I know of someone who breeds their fancy tail guppies outside and has huge success and the fish get brilliant colors!

Congrats
 
I must say, I have wanted to do stuff like this, but have alwas been worried to put them outside. I'm worried about parasites and such. Is this a reasonable concern, or am I being over-concerned?
 
Totally awesome. That pond is gorgeous - it must be fun watching the flashy guppies :)
 
Thanks all - I don't worry too much about parasites - I figure most tropicals are raised in outdoor ponds/tanks in warmer climates so they should do fine. I bring them in for a few weeks to reacclimate them to tank dwelling so I should catch any problems. One of the gallon jars was for pickles and the other is a plastic jar from wally world - I have a couple of them and they work just fine. I put a minnow trap in the pond to catch the larger ones and when it gets colder I start going out at night w/a headlamp and net for the smaller ones. I can't wait to see what comes out of the pond - I have full black moscow w/full red albinos and a few albino bluegrass females - should be interesting (I hope). I also hope the GBRs will regain some of their wild instincts and parent raise some babies soon - no luck so far. But the CPD's have done great and I should have enough of them from the tub to raise and sell for quite a while. I have a larger pond that I have put a bunch of angels in from time to time - but they are too hard to catch. When we had a real cold snap one year I found about 30 of the most beautiful silvers/marbles half dollar and bigger dead - made me want to cry. I keep them inside only now. One of the nice things about having hundreds of fish at any given moment - you can experiment and not worry too much about it.
 
fishycat said:
Wow, I second everything H2Ogal said!! Especially the part about pics! :thm:
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:iagree:

Very cool! They're such awesome little fish. That pond rocks! I bet all those fish will look awesome after being out in the sun all summer.
 
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