My Guppies In The Sun

[Paradise3]

So I cleaned my 6 gallon out earlier and my male guppies seemed to enjoy the sun, so I put them in a large jar, holds about 1 gallon, for about 15 minutes out in the hot sun and the they loved it! Their colours shone and they were swimming about happily!
Here are some pictures, the first of of them during normal light and the other 2 are of out in the sun.

Normal Light.

In the Sunlight.

Cheers,
Paradise<3!

 

[OldMan47]

Sunlight is a part of many fish's natural habitat. If we could keep the tank water cool enough and keep the algae at bay, many of our fish would do better if they were allowed some exposure to sunlight. I have a 150 gallon tub that I set up in my back yard each year so that I can put some of my fish outdoors. What I do is choose whichever fish are especially troublesome to me. Maybe they are not breeding well or I have had deaths that were unexpected. Whatever reason I have for choosing a particular fish, they always look great when I bring them indoors at the end of summer. Last year I had unexplained deaths in my Xenoophorus captivus colony and had gotten things back on track with water changes and a change in diet. I still had no idea what had been wrong but had some hope that things might work out. I held back a single pair in my indoor tank just in case things did not go well outdoors and put the rest of my colony out in that tub. By September, when I brought them back in, the survivors had not only improved but had produced a ton of new healthy fry. I am with you on this observation Paradise, fish do far better when exposed to a more natural environment that includes some direct sunlight.

 

[Paradise3]

Sunlight is a part of many fish's natural habitat. If we could keep the tank water cool enough and keep the algae at bay, many of our fish would do better if they were allowed some exposure to sunlight. I have a 150 gallon tub that I set up in my back yard each year so that I can put some of my fish outdoors. What I do is choose whichever fish are especially troublesome to me. Maybe they are not breeding well or I have had deaths that were unexpected. Whatever reason I have for choosing a particular fish, they always look great when I bring them indoors at the end of summer. Last year I had unexplained deaths in my Xenoophorus captivus colony and had gotten things back on track with water changes and a change in diet. I still had no idea what had been wrong but had some hope that things might work out. I held back a single pair in my indoor tank just in case things did not go well outdoors and put the rest of my colony out in that tub. By September, when I brought them back in, the survivors had not only improved but had produced a ton of new healthy fry. I am with you on this observation Paradise, fish do far better when exposed to a more natural environment that includes some direct sunlight.

Yeah they had great colour. If only I could set up a small pond or something on my back balcony so I could keep some of them outside during the summer, the only problem with this is that I live in the UK so it's not exactly the warmest.

Cheers,
Paradise<3!

 

[OldMan47]

I live in central Illinois which has much the same summer temperatures as yours. By choosing how much sun and how much shade my tub sees, I can regulate the temperature in my tub to some degree. I also use a simple fountain pump that sprays the water into the air before it returns to the tub. That oxygenates my water and forces the temperature closer to air temperatures or even cooler. In my location, high temperatures are an issue in mid-summer but low temperatures are a problem at other times. I simply direct more or less water to that spray pattern to try to regulate tub water temperatures. When all of the water is returning under the water line, water temperatures are higher than when most of the return flow is in the form of a spray. The spray promotes evaporation which causes cooling of the tub water. This is my tub in operation last summer.

I would look into getting yourself a tub that you can use on your balcony. Although one the size of mine might not work for you, strategically placing the tub in sun vs shade should allow you to regulate temperature to some degree. Don't forget that if you can get guppy water temperature anywhere between 68F and 80F, 20C and 27C, your fish should thrive in your tub. Don't fret too much with natural temperature variations close to those temperatures since fish are very adaptable to natural water temperature changes.

 

[Paradise3]

Thank you for that OM. I'll look into to seeing what size I can get. I only have 2 male guppies for now but I may be getting some nice snakeskins soon.

Edit!
I have confirmation that I should be getting 2 snakeskins and 1 mosaic. The snakeskins should be 1 red and 1 yellow and the mosaic should be yellow.

Cheers,
Paradise<3!