Regular Member xchairity_casex Posted August 4, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted August 4, 2012 okay, so i know its a late start, but weve still got some good weather ahead, but i decided to start a small plastic tub pond (about 30-40 gallons) mainly its for guppies, but if its successful this year next year ide like to grow out a few fancys in there for the summer, bring them in in the winter. but my question is, i want it to be a green water pond, so NO filtration, just an air pump to create water flow. but my question is for guppies, do i need a heater for night time? lately has been getting down to between 60-75 degrees 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member motherredcap Posted August 4, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted August 4, 2012 Is the pond sitting up out of the ground or is it buried? We had a lot of guppies as a child (my dad was a hobby breeder) and we rarely used a heater (inside) so I believe that they are fairly tolerant of lower temps but 60 is getting low. If the pond is buried or insulated in some way it will maintain a consistent temp better than if it sits up on a porch. I´m no expert but would say that a heater turned low at night to keep the water temp from dropping would be a good thing if the water temp is indeed dropping noticeably at night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member xchairity_casex Posted August 4, 2012 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 4, 2012 nope, its sitting up on the porch. not buried, okay, ill stick a heater out there for night time then! also was wondering, how long should it take the chlorine to dissipitate from the water sitting outdoors in the sun? a week? longer? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member number20121 Posted August 5, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted August 5, 2012 nope, its sitting up on the porch. not buried, okay, ill stick a heater out there for night time then! also was wondering, how long should it take the chlorine to dissipitate from the water sitting outdoors in the sun? a week? longer? Why not just use prime or any other dechlorinator? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member xchairity_casex Posted August 5, 2012 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 5, 2012 because i plann on waiting a few days first, today was an awfully cool day, so im gonna wait about 3 days anyways, prolly will end up useing a water conditioner 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member motherredcap Posted August 5, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted August 5, 2012 Hmm..I wouldn´t think it would take very long at all for the chlorine to evaporate... certainly it would be gone by the end of the week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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