Please help with my setup

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rittz

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Jan 11, 2014
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Exuse the ghetto appearance, I'll be adding brick and rock work, etc.. very soon on the outside walls. I'm using a roughly 30 gallon container, round in shape. I've added lots of natural colored gravel, rock work and bricks for shelter and breeding dens. I'm looking to house rosy red minnows and maybe grow out three or four baby commons.. for filtration I'm using a 60g hob and a 15g hob. %50 weekly water changes are planned using well water.

Here's my concern. The weather here is crazy. Last week it was snowing this week its in the mid 70s. So temperature can change quickly, also our summers reach around 110. For the next couple of months were expecting temps between 70-80.

Is this environment suitable for cold water fish? Or would my best bet be to make this an indoor pond? Any help would be great!

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One way to stabilize the temperature would be to bury the container in the ground. Otherwise the temperature is going to fluctuate. Also that container is going to be difficult to clean with all the rocks and bricks in there.
 
Im moving the setup indoors. Could I introduce the dozen rosy reds or would this be too much for breeding purposes?
 
rosy reds would be good for a 30g especially with holes and rocks to breed in (they like little territories).
 
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