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>>5003192
I can't do anything right bros

Anyone raise annual killifish outdoors? I want to do the summer tubbing thing, but don't have space to overwimter fish.

>>5021317 (OP)
>its that time when your fish becoming the boring background you ignore and feel like an extra chore on weekends

feels bad man.
Buying new fish just for the shiny new thing feel is a cop out as well so i aint doing that till most of these die of old age.

>>5021335
I think eventually most people hit this point if they keep boring community stuff. You either dial it back to low maintenance planted tanks or get something actually interesting to put in there.

>>5021335
Plants. My fish tanks's primary purpose is to create plant water. It's the only reason I do water changes. Buy 1 gallon jars from target. Fill them up with water, gravel and plants. Cheapo led and a shelf.

>>5021337
That's why there's so many nano tank people. You can have like 3 or 4 in the same footprint as a large tank. Always something to do. And they are easy to blow up and start over.

>>5021329
I'm in the same boat. I want to put a tub out on my porch, but nov-april/may they'd need a solution. I'm in New England. I might just drag the tub inside and put a light over it and just leave it on my back porch. I could always just let the water get low and the birds will take care of it for mem

>>5021337
The plants are the more interesting part for me now as well. However, I don't think I would be satisfied with all plants no fish. That would be boring.

>>5021329
>I want to do the summer tubbing thing, but don't have space to overwimter fish.
Bro, tons of the best looking killifish are annuals, so they die off in the winter after laying eggs. The eggs themselves need to go through a dry period before spring rains before hatching and starting the cycle all over again. Pic related. Even if you tried to keep them alive longer, very few people have a successfully kept specific specimens over a year.
TL:DR; grow killifish, let them die as they naturally do during Winter.

how often do your fish die for seemingly no reason?

>>5021893
Very rarely, but I don't buy inbred tetras from the lfs anymore.

>>5021317 (OP)
I want to keep a single betta in a 28 liter tank. It will have a couple of plants and duckweed. Do I need filtration?

I plan to vacuum the gravel quite often.