My fish in the sun!

[Cory1990]

Ok ok ok so loha told me the fish would get some color change from being in the sun. Kinda shrugged it off, but here is a updated picture of my previously all SILVER feeder 0.17$ goldfish. He has been In a indoor tank for 5 months. One month outside he is completely gold! And my betta who is in there with him has turned the deepest blue you can immagen! Sunlight+outdoor tank+ all bugs diet = best colors iv seen on these two fish!

Bad top view pic but I wanted to get them both in.



Please take note of my awesome double stack pill bottle sponge filter, lol it works great though!

[Mystery snail]

That betta is Blue Blue! Yea , Loha knows his stuff , no doubt about it. When he posts, I read. (I read a lot of posts, but if I see his name, it's first.

[Cory1990]

Yea it's crazy he has not been out there for to long but now he is already showing a color change.

[ZebraDanio12]

I'd love a tank outside...but...its like 90-100 here. Wish it would freaking cool off. I go out for 5 mins and I'm sweating! lol. Anyway, gorgeous colors on them!

[Betta man]

Maybe I'll try that with one of my fry when I get some that make it to adulthood.

[lohachata]

you should see what happens to congo tetras and german blue rams when they have been outside...not t mention a large number of other colorful fish.....get some dark glasses...

[Cory1990]

Dark glasses? And John your a genius!! I went out today and got some other fish for outside. Nothing fancy but I can't wait to get my big tank going... Only a few days before I can start putting it together out there.

[Cory1990]

Downside to outside tanks is rain, I dot want the tanks to over flow so I have to tarp them off. U got a better way John? Or do u have them under a cover?

[lohachata]

make a frame out of wood strips or PVC pipe that fit around the outside of the rim...staple some bird cloth from the garden center to it...lets bugs in and helps to keep fish in....or try some 1/4" or 3/8" fish netting..something like minnow seines.

[Betta man]

It gets to 100+ degrees here in the sac area and I don't think it'd be a good idea for me to try it with my prize possession, but I think I'll try it with my other male. Any tips for keeping the water temp cool? It gets so warm here, that a 5 gallon bucket will get to 90+ degrees in about 8 hours. Should I just use a ten gal instead?

[Cory1990]

I'm using a few ten gallons outside right now, they only get the high sunlight in the afternoon. I didn't want to bake them lol. But last night we got heavy rain and some hail. You guys should have seen me run out there with a plastic tarp and a staple gun. I was freekjng out thinking all the fish would get hurt while being pelted with heavy hail. I put about 20ish staples into the siding on my house but it saved the fish... Now I need to figure out how to save the siding lol. I pulled the staples out this am. It's not to bad but I deff can't do that again. So I'm thinking of a small frame with a angled plastic or rubber tarp to keep it from being hit so hard with rain and hail like that.

[Betta man]

I put my male out in full sun for 5-10 minutes because he was in such a small container. I'm going slowly increase the time he's in the sun.

[Cory1990]

Just let him sit in the shade in a small tank with no top. Don't feed him let him eat the bugs. It's amazing watching my betta tear apart a moth lol.

[Cory1990]

He's not the best betta his fins are not the best but, he was a rescue from Walmart he was the one out of 10 that was still alive. Funny thing is is when I started my hobby of fish keeping this was the vary first fish I got.

[Betta man]

It gets down to 70 degrees here at night. I am thinking of putting him in my 35-40 gallon pond outdoors.