Hey guys! Not sure WHY youtube is not using my thumbnail, but hey- that is the joy of being a creator right? Anyway, I thought I would respond to some of the most frequently asked questions about summer tubbing. How are your tubs doing?
I've had a tub I bought at Walmart for $3 that's been doing great for two years now. It's not an outdoor tub, it sits on the floor of my closet. 18gal max, I tend to keep it around 12gal so it doesn't burst. I bought it just to have someplace to put my swarm of guppies when the original 6 made about 50. They've now ballooned to over 100 and I'm just trying to find a day to run the extras to my LFS.
I have had two ponds for over twenty years which i love but I did my first tub this year. I have hyacinth and lilies in it as well as four gold fish. Oh and some duck weed. As the hyacinths double i throw the daughter plants into my ponds. I also throw excess duck weed into the ponds too which my bigger fish, koi and goldfish, love to eat. A good hobby and I am really enjoying it. I love your youtube shows!
You look good, Rachel! Like...bright and recharged. It seems your adventures in nature are rejuvenating you through and through. I'm so happy for you that you're able to do more of what you love.
Thank you so much Rachel you are a wonderful women and a true inspiration ☺️..... Inspired by your videos about summer tubbing a few years back I started to do summer tubbing too(here in India Summer season is from mid March to June)and this year I had huge success with my fish and invertebrates and all of that was possible just because of you 🥰You have contributed a lot to the hobby Rachel.... Always appreciate your efforts🥰Lots of love from India ❤️
Excellent to hear. I'm curious, what fish/inverts do you keep in your tub, and what are the ambient temps in your area? I've got guppies and endlers, and our latest "heatwave" got up to the high 30s C. Overnight, the tub temp can get down to 20, even with a 300W heater.
Hi Rachel! I left for vacation for a week and my tubs exploded! My water lily is blooming like crazy and my lotus is about to bloom for the first time. Like you, I keep on top of the fertilization.
Great video. Can you address two issues….1. How to deal with extreme heat so many of us have experienced this Summer. 2. Best fish to start out with in our tubs. Maybe a top 5 best fish to tub. 3. Best location for tubs - Sun, Shade or combo? Thanks again for all the content that you upload to YT. Hot again today in Maryland.
My first try at tubbing is a great success so far. I have a 40 gal tub with golden danios and rosy minnows. They are all happy and active and I see all sizes of fry in there. It’s amazing. UPDATE: the golden pearl danios have totally changed colour. In the store they were a light gold. Now they’re all a dark silver colour with blue and purple shimmer on their sides. The fry are all black. Amazing!
Thanks for the reminders and encouragement Rachel! My first tub pond is 110gal and a few weeks old. Lots of plants at all levels. This is my testing and learning season.
Super helpful advice! I just started my first outdoor tub this summer and I'm super excited. I did not know about the mosquito bits!! Ordered it right away!
My first year with tubs and so far they are doing great! I'm still working on the little preformed pond, but I have two tubs with guppies that are doing awesome. The pond is all set in place, pump is running, and water is flowing, but I'm still working on the landscape. Thanks for all the tips!
I’m soon going to start a plant farm that is immersed and will be making some videos on that. I’m sad that I can’t get my UA-cam channel to grow but I’m trying to produce some good tips and videos
I just built my first tub pond based on inspiration from you and Aquarium Coop. So excited that it's coming together. It will be stocked with Bloody Mary neocaridinas and Longfin White Clouds.
Beautiful. I live at a apartment complex.I have a 20 gallon flower pot I bought at Home Depot with some lava rocks and a lot of java ferns and Anubis’s plants. I had a fish net over it so no one or neighbors mess around with it.I had 1 betta in there.well I had it for a month outside near my door and my dam neighbors are a holes. They “spilled” car oil and fell in my pot.there my upstair neighbors.I came home from work pissed I cleaned it up and moved it in my home with heater and filter today.I can’t have shit outside and I really wanted the natural light (morning sun only) and wind on my flower pot.I was so happy but like always.ppl in the world gotta fuck things up
Rachel, would you consider doing an outdoor channel for your adventures? The pics and videos you've shared on your FB page have been breathtakingly beautiful. Since I've been following you I've never seen you so happy, with ear to ear smiles and twinkling eyes.
My resident raccoon population has been thrashing my lily pads, and water hyacinth, pretty much nightly. The kits take single bites out of the crunchy bits, but the guppies are out breeding any predation by far.
I made a wire mesh top for my tub pond because of raccoon raids. I used pvc coated welded wire mesh garden fencing. So far has stopped at least 3 raids. Last year, before the topper, they managed to catch and kill several of my Medaka Ricefish.
No tubs, but my mini orchids have gone Crazy with blooming this year!! Hope yours are doing as great. Your yard and the tubs look great!! Awesome check list of things to do and what to watch for. Have a good one Rachel. 👍🥳
Hi Rachel, Thanks for all the beauty you create, and for being an inspiration to others! I have a request, How about a video of you telling us the name of each plant in the tubs? I live in an area where "pond" plants are not readily available and don't know what to look for to order or to pick up at HD. I love the video but I kept thinking "I wonder what that plant is" LoL
Great video! I'm about 30 minutes from you so all your tub videos are always so applicable. This year I sprayed the exterior of my 100gal rubbermaid with 2" of closed cell spray foam insulation and am going to try overwintering white clouds.
Thank you for your great advice. I have thought many times about having a outdoor tub but my dog loves water too much ( gsd, malamute Cross) maybe one day i will have a summer tub with fish but i may try growing water plants. Am loving all your outdoor trips, so beautiful to see all about where you live an the nature around x
I have a dog who loves water too. I raised up my 50 gallon tub on cement blocks, so it's much harder to get into. I also put garden mesh over it. No issues with my dogs. Maybe that could work for you?
Wonderful, lovely video: with one _major_ oversight. Please know what what you are going to do, and have pre-prepared tanks/facilities/outlets for when you bring your tub-raised critters and plants inside for the winter. That is all that has has stopped me from doing what you are recommending...........................
I was told to come here to ask you a question. I just ordered 2 Venice fly traps. I’m wondering if I could possibly grow/keep alive if I put them on / my fish tank. And can I keep them outside and just use aquarium water to water them. Like the bucket from water after cleaning.
Awesome image quality! Did you get a new camera? My tubs are doing pretty well this year, even though the summer here is nothing to write home about. Very little sun, lots of rain and below average temps. The (endler) guppies are being guppies, but my biggest surprise is my M. kubotai and D. erythromicron tub.. there is fry *everywhere*. To the extent that I'm already looking to set up temporary tanks to grow them out after the summer before finding a new home for them. The fillamentous algae is also out of control in that tub. The only tub without algea issues is the guppy tank, those guys keep is nice and clean. How is the bog doing?
Thanks for the advice and the updates. Your videos are always a breath of fresh air. I actually had to bring my plants & fish tubs in during a cold snap. Mother Nature has really thrown a bunch of curve balls this year and we need to keep focused on her tantrums to keep our fish safe & comfortable here.
so , tell me when I should move fish outside , and when should I move them back inside ????? also how many times should I breathe per minute ? do I need to go potty ?
@@RachelOLeary you are looking good Rachel , happy , healthy ! I'm glad to see it , I'm happy you seem happy . it took a bit , after my divorce , then one day it was like I took in a big breath and when I let it out , life was new and exciting again. I wish you many decades of happiness and fish !
Or add a lot more fast growing floaters (water lettuce, hyacinth, red root floater, azolla, etc) or things like parrots feather, hornwort or anacharis. They would use the nutrients before the algae does
pick fish that like the kind of water you have too!! don't buy fishes that need soft water when you have hard. don't get yourself into a situation where you're having to tinker with ph of the water. ZONT ZOO-IT!
AAAAARRGGGGGGHHHHHH Visualise means to see in your head - just say 'see'! Likewise, 'use' is better than 'utilise' most of the time. Otherwise, love ya! lol
Hey guys! Not sure WHY youtube is not using my thumbnail, but hey- that is the joy of being a creator right? Anyway, I thought I would respond to some of the most frequently asked questions about summer tubbing. How are your tubs doing?
I've had a tub I bought at Walmart for $3 that's been doing great for two years now. It's not an outdoor tub, it sits on the floor of my closet. 18gal max, I tend to keep it around 12gal so it doesn't burst.
I bought it just to have someplace to put my swarm of guppies when the original 6 made about 50. They've now ballooned to over 100 and I'm just trying to find a day to run the extras to my LFS.
I have had two ponds for over twenty years which i love but I did my first tub this year. I have hyacinth and lilies in it as well as four gold fish. Oh and some duck weed. As the hyacinths double i throw the daughter plants into my ponds. I also throw excess duck weed into the ponds too which my bigger fish, koi and goldfish, love to eat. A good hobby and I am really enjoying it.
I love your youtube shows!
1 year later... Need more content. You're a total badass wealth of wonderful information!
Those tubs are so cool!
Thanks Joey
The clips from your trip look beautiful. Can't wait for the vids on it to come out.
You look good, Rachel! Like...bright and recharged. It seems your adventures in nature are rejuvenating you through and through. I'm so happy for you that you're able to do more of what you love.
I love this tutorial. Made me realize how lucky I am to live in a tropical country so I can have my container pond all year round.
Thank you so much Rachel you are a wonderful women and a true inspiration ☺️..... Inspired by your videos about summer tubbing a few years back I started to do summer tubbing too(here in India Summer season is from mid March to June)and this year I had huge success with my fish and invertebrates and all of that was possible just because of you 🥰You have contributed a lot to the hobby Rachel.... Always appreciate your efforts🥰Lots of love from India ❤️
That's awesome! So glad to hear it's worked well for you!
Excellent to hear. I'm curious, what fish/inverts do you keep in your tub, and what are the ambient temps in your area? I've got guppies and endlers, and our latest "heatwave" got up to the high 30s C. Overnight, the tub temp can get down to 20, even with a 300W heater.
Hi Rachel! I left for vacation for a week and my tubs exploded! My water lily is blooming like crazy and my lotus is about to bloom for the first time. Like you, I keep on top of the fertilization.
Same here! I came home and everything was so huge!
Great video. Can you address two issues….1. How to deal with extreme heat so many of us have experienced this Summer. 2. Best fish to start out with in our tubs. Maybe a top 5 best fish to tub. 3. Best location for tubs - Sun, Shade or combo?
Thanks again for all the content that you upload to YT. Hot again today in Maryland.
Thank you for this info! Great video, as always. I can’t WAIT to see your adventures paddling. It sounds absolutely amazing!
My first try at tubbing is a great success so far. I have a 40 gal tub with golden danios and rosy minnows. They are all happy and active and I see all sizes of fry in there. It’s amazing.
UPDATE: the golden pearl danios have totally changed colour. In the store they were a light gold. Now they’re all a dark silver colour with blue and purple shimmer on their sides. The fry are all black. Amazing!
Thanks for the reminders and encouragement Rachel! My first tub pond is 110gal and a few weeks old. Lots of plants at all levels. This is my testing and learning season.
You are going to love it! That is an amazing size to start!
More great advice, thank you Rachel!
Thanks so much for the great tips. I hope to start my first tub next spring!
Do it!!!
Super helpful advice! I just started my first outdoor tub this summer and I'm super excited. I did not know about the mosquito bits!! Ordered it right away!
Thanks for inspiring me to go 2 summers tubbing and using your advice to successful
My first year with tubs and so far they are doing great! I'm still working on the little preformed pond, but I have two tubs with guppies that are doing awesome.
The pond is all set in place, pump is running, and water is flowing, but I'm still working on the landscape. Thanks for all the tips!
Glad it's going well!!
I'm in the UK and don't have a garden 🙃 so enjoy watching yours very much and one day I can have a pond xx
I’m soon going to start a plant farm that is immersed and will be making some videos on that. I’m sad that I can’t get my UA-cam channel to grow but I’m trying to produce some good tips and videos
I just have to mention, you have a wonderful looking lawn and also
I just built my first tub pond based on inspiration from you and Aquarium Coop. So excited that it's coming together. It will be stocked with Bloody Mary neocaridinas and Longfin White Clouds.
Your plants look fantastic!
I'm doing one 40 gallon tub this year, and so far I'm happy with it... Lots of babies so far.
Excellent video! Excited to be doing my third year summer tubbing! 😊
Beautiful. I live at a apartment complex.I have a 20 gallon flower pot I bought at Home Depot with some lava rocks and a lot of java ferns and Anubis’s plants. I had a fish net over it so no one or neighbors mess around with it.I had 1 betta in there.well I had it for a month outside near my door and my dam neighbors are a holes. They “spilled” car oil and fell in my pot.there my upstair neighbors.I came home from work pissed I cleaned it up and moved it in my home with heater and filter today.I can’t have shit outside and I really wanted the natural light (morning sun only) and wind on my flower pot.I was so happy but like always.ppl in the world gotta fuck things up
The Danio Choprae look awesome!
Yay your back from your adventures.
Very cool info. I'm going to try this next summer. I live in Columbus, Ohio.
Rachel, would you consider doing an outdoor channel for your adventures? The pics and videos you've shared on your FB page have been breathtakingly beautiful. Since I've been following you I've never seen you so happy, with ear to ear smiles and twinkling eyes.
I am thinking more a dedicated playlist on this channel
Looking forward to trying this again next summer...feet beware, I will not tolerate any more fractures lol. Also look forward to trip videos.
Great video love your tubs thanks to you I now have two tubs of my own and are doing great keep up the excellent work love your channel
Always helpful Rachel.
My resident raccoon population has been thrashing my lily pads, and water hyacinth, pretty much nightly. The kits take single bites out of the crunchy bits, but the guppies are out breeding any predation by far.
I made a wire mesh top for my tub pond because of raccoon raids. I used pvc coated welded wire mesh garden fencing. So far has stopped at least 3 raids. Last year, before the topper, they managed to catch and kill several of my Medaka Ricefish.
Great video! Thanks for addressing these points.
No tubs, but my mini orchids have gone Crazy with blooming this year!! Hope yours are doing as great. Your yard and the tubs look great!! Awesome check list of things to do and what to watch for. Have a good one Rachel. 👍🥳
Always great content. I look forward to the up coming vids!
Thanks for the tips. Very useful.
Great informative video thank you for being you and being awesome 😊
Great tips again Rachel Thanks 😘 You are looking so healthy and beautiful in your vids lately 🤩 Enjoy 💋
Love the tub vids! Great stuff Rachel!
Hi Rachel, Thanks for all the beauty you create, and for being an inspiration to others! I have a request, How about a video of you telling us the name of each plant in the tubs? I live in an area where "pond" plants are not readily available and don't know what to look for to order or to pick up at HD. I love the video but I kept thinking "I wonder what that plant is" LoL
Your channel makes me happy. :)
Great video! I'm about 30 minutes from you so all your tub videos are always so applicable. This year I sprayed the exterior of my 100gal rubbermaid with 2" of closed cell spray foam insulation and am going to try overwintering white clouds.
Thank you for the tips! You’re the reason I started summer tubing. It’s my 3rd year and first time keeping Vietnamese Mountain Minnows.
I love your tubs!!
Such pretty plants in all your tubs!
Can’t wait to see your outdoor footage - it looks like you are really enjoying your new adventures 😊
Love your tips always. Ever so informative xo
Love your videos! Thanks for great info.
Thank you for your great advice. I have thought many times about having a outdoor tub but my dog loves water too much ( gsd, malamute Cross) maybe one day i will have a summer tub with fish but i may try growing water plants. Am loving all your outdoor trips, so beautiful to see all about where you live an the nature around x
I have a dog who loves water too. I raised up my 50 gallon tub on cement blocks, so it's much harder to get into. I also put garden mesh over it. No issues with my dogs. Maybe that could work for you?
@@ReneesZooTube good idea, i may try raising tub higher, thank you 🙂
Just found your channel. Thanks
Show us the bog gardens with the sarracenia
Awesome video, as always! And I must say, you are looking great in the video! Spending so much time outdoors has been great for you!
Wow absolutely amazing tubs and video! You're a true expert and your hard work is noticed! We need more like you!
Great video!
Thanks so much for this! Im taking a stab at my first summer tub with some long fin white clouds...fingers crossed for lots of babies!🤞🏼😬
Thank you😎💕👍
Wonderful, lovely video: with one _major_ oversight. Please know what what you are going to do, and have pre-prepared tanks/facilities/outlets for when you bring your tub-raised critters and plants inside for the winter. That is all that has has stopped me from doing what you are recommending...........................
Very nice, they all look great!
Love your videos! Valuable information!! 😊😊😊
I was told to come here to ask you a question. I just ordered 2 Venice fly traps. I’m wondering if I could possibly grow/keep alive if I put them on / my fish tank. And can I keep them outside and just use aquarium water to water them. Like the bucket from water after cleaning.
Awesome image quality! Did you get a new camera?
My tubs are doing pretty well this year, even though the summer here is nothing to write home about. Very little sun, lots of rain and below average temps. The (endler) guppies are being guppies, but my biggest surprise is my M. kubotai and D. erythromicron tub.. there is fry *everywhere*. To the extent that I'm already looking to set up temporary tanks to grow them out after the summer before finding a new home for them. The fillamentous algae is also out of control in that tub. The only tub without algea issues is the guppy tank, those guys keep is nice and clean.
How is the bog doing?
Same camera, but trying out different editing software.
Thanks for the advice and the updates. Your videos are always a breath of fresh air.
I actually had to bring my plants & fish tubs in during a cold snap. Mother Nature has really thrown a bunch of curve balls this year and we need to keep focused on her tantrums to keep our fish safe & comfortable here.
Really good video, and information.
Thank you. Glad you're well. Do you have any advice for a hydra population? Looking forward to more content :)
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Have you or anyone else’s iris’ not bloomed yet? Nice long beautiful green leaves but no flower🤷♂️✌️
Mine bloomed at the end of may
Can I keep corydora habrosus (salt and pepper) in 10 gallon?
do you rhave any kind of algae eating fish in your tubs during the summer ?
I have a TON of WCM’s in a 40. So many I’m worried. Do you ever move super breeders into another tub?
Maybe catch the biggest adults out and rehome or sell them? That will slow production a little and allow the younger ones to grow out.
Do you need to have any special qualifications or have to undergo any kind of inspections if you want to sell these plants to stores and customers?
so , tell me when I should move fish outside , and when should I move them back inside ?????
also how many times should I breathe per minute ? do I need to go potty ?
I get dozens of comments asking me those first two questions...not so much the last one
@@RachelOLeary you are looking good Rachel , happy , healthy !
I'm glad to see it , I'm happy you seem happy .
it took a bit , after my divorce , then one day it was like I took in a big breath and when I let it out , life was new and exciting again.
I wish you many decades of happiness and fish !
Thumbnail looked like you were crying 😂
no clue why youtube didn't use the thumbnail that shows up in my studio that I made. Gotta love the internet.
I just want to know how to get the dark green tint out of my pond. Shade cloth it?
Or add a lot more fast growing floaters (water lettuce, hyacinth, red root floater, azolla, etc) or things like parrots feather, hornwort or anacharis. They would use the nutrients before the algae does
@@RachelOLeary thank you
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Yaaaaay!!!!
What underwater camera do you use?
Dji osmo action
Are you considering making anything to eat?
I'm getting no audio, although other videos work fine.
pick fish that like the kind of water you have too!! don't buy fishes that need soft water when you have hard.
don't get yourself into a situation where you're having to tinker with ph of the water. ZONT ZOO-IT!
excellent advice!
AAAAARRGGGGGGHHHHHH Visualise means to see in your head - just say 'see'! Likewise, 'use' is better than 'utilise' most of the time. Otherwise, love ya! lol