Guppy tubs outside, how do you handle the first cold night in fall?
Nights are dropping into the low 50s F here and I still have a few tubs of guppy juveniles outside. Pic below of the tubs as they are now. Do you move everything inside once it dips under 55 or do you just stick a heater in the tub and keep going? Hate losing the end of the season growth but I don't want a cold shock either.
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I'd bring them in. Guppies handle cool water okay if it's slow, but a drop from 78 to low 60s overnight is where you start seeing clamped fins and ich. A small heater in a covered tub can work but I don't trust it outdoors.
agreed, and the hyacinth will melt back anyway once it gets cold. bring a handful inside for fry cover.
Floating a handful of hyacinth roots in a bucket indoors works well for fry cover too. Just keep it under a light or it rots.
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