Pond in Heat. Will they survive?

[bshockstubb]

Well, my fancy guppies are outgrowing thier tanks.
I have way to many of them and it seems that I have the most beautiful ones around, I can't sell or feed them to anything.
So I decided to build a temp. pond on my outside porch.
I have some worries about this though.
You see, it gets 120+F [52C] here in Arizona.

I already have an outdoor pond that I raise my tropical fish in during the summer but I wanted to make a temp one to provide a haven for my guppies.

I used a 5 gallon bucket(dogs dish lol) and put a trio in there.
they lived in there for the past 2 days.

I built the pond today using a large kiddie swimming pool, then covered a 1/4 of it with tarp.
I also added some anacharis and some water hycthic for some shade/oxygen.

Do you think this will be alright for guppies in this sort of enviroment?

 

[fisher12889]

I think they will be ok. I just got back from Hawaii and it gets pretty hot there, but there were guppies in all the man made ponds I saw. I would maybe put some sort of shade over it though

 

[Bassman89]

as long as its deep enough and they have some sort of place to hide

 

[bshockstubb]

yeah. they seem to be doing fine.

any other ideas on fish to go in there?
I want something very easy to breed and will be able to get along with guppies.

corydoras maybe?

 

[fisher12889]

Corydoras are easier to breed in a planted tank. When I had mine they would lay their eggs on the front pane of glass, where the flow from the filter was strongest. I had to take the eggs out immediately though or they would eat them.

 

[bshockstubb]

mmm. i wonder.

i want something that may clean up on the alage and easy to breed

 

[fisher12889]

Bristlenose plecos eat more algae than anything Ive ever kept, and from what I hear they are bred often in aquariums.

 

[bshockstubb]

yeah. i was thinking that.
I havent seen any around here but I'll look into it.
liveaquaria.com perhaps