I don't know where else to put this so here it is. I have a 100 gallon water tank where I have guppies so I can feed extras to the chickens, ducks, turkey and the goose. The tank is inside a small greenhouse to help protect it from the cold of winter and the heat of the sun in the summer. I have an under gravel filter, a side mounted filter, and a heater to keep the water at a constant temperature. We keep the good looking fish to procreate and the plain looking fish and those with deformities are fed to the birds as a treat. It is fun to watch the chickens and turkeys peck into a few inches of water to try and catch their treat, and the ducks and goose enjoy diving into their pool to chase the fish treats. Eventually I hope to sort out small groups of the colorful fish to sell to others with their own fish tanks, hopefully making just a few bucks but at a better price than the local fish stores. I found that I can buy bulk fish food flakes online at a far better price than the local fish stores, and the one large bucket has lasted 2 years and and I still have about a third of the bucket left. I enjoy checking on them each morning and each evening, even though they are pretty much self sufficient aside from the daily feedings.
I started with 8 fish, 5 females and 3 males, and they all had their own color scheme. It didn't take long for them to create many different colors in their offspring and a big variety of color patterns. Last spring I added 3 more fish with their own unique colors, including an albino female and a white female. They have each helped to produce several more colors and patterns.
In the winter months I place a piece of plastic over the tank and add a piece of a pool solar cover to help hold in the heat. At night the small amount of moist heat that escapes condenses on the plastic roof of the green house and "rains" down on the plants in the green house to water those plants. The warmth of the water helps keep the greenhouse warm overnight. I have seldom had a problem with front inside the green house, normally just on the inside of the plastic of the ceiling where there is only one layer of plastic.
Moral of the story, if you have a small green house and a need/desire to raise some fish the fish tank would be helpful in maintaining the temperature of the greenhouse during the winter months.
I started with 8 fish, 5 females and 3 males, and they all had their own color scheme. It didn't take long for them to create many different colors in their offspring and a big variety of color patterns. Last spring I added 3 more fish with their own unique colors, including an albino female and a white female. They have each helped to produce several more colors and patterns.
In the winter months I place a piece of plastic over the tank and add a piece of a pool solar cover to help hold in the heat. At night the small amount of moist heat that escapes condenses on the plastic roof of the green house and "rains" down on the plants in the green house to water those plants. The warmth of the water helps keep the greenhouse warm overnight. I have seldom had a problem with front inside the green house, normally just on the inside of the plastic of the ceiling where there is only one layer of plastic.
Moral of the story, if you have a small green house and a need/desire to raise some fish the fish tank would be helpful in maintaining the temperature of the greenhouse during the winter months.