Toptex
Member
Hi guys,
It has been a while since I last posted anything so I thought I would let you know what I've been up to.
I had many issues in regards to the temperature of the water with my inside tanks. My poor axies were truly stressing and I did everything short of buying a cooler to try and keep water temps down. Consequently I lost 3 of my gorgeous axies so we had to think of an alternative.
I have 4 axies, Darky, Daisy, Sunshine and Grenade and they have been relegated outside and almost forgotten. But that's not to say that they have been neglected. They are fed a bunch of healthy fat earth worms every 3/4 days and are swimming happily in their new rain water tank that we set up about a year ago.
Thankfully my hubby is handy. He obtained a foam box from a kitchen appliance place, rendered it and sealed it. We placed it under a downwater pipe which collects the rainwater from the roof and I connected a filter (tho probably a bit small for the size of the tank.) A bag of sand (let it settle for a week or so), some live plants in it and my tank was born, my axies happy as ever. It never overflows as we consistently use the water for the garden.
I regularly test the water specs and they are perfect and water temp is a low 13-16 degrees C all year round due to the polystyrene properties.
So there you have it.....my axie tank.
Cheers
MA
It has been a while since I last posted anything so I thought I would let you know what I've been up to.
I had many issues in regards to the temperature of the water with my inside tanks. My poor axies were truly stressing and I did everything short of buying a cooler to try and keep water temps down. Consequently I lost 3 of my gorgeous axies so we had to think of an alternative.
I have 4 axies, Darky, Daisy, Sunshine and Grenade and they have been relegated outside and almost forgotten. But that's not to say that they have been neglected. They are fed a bunch of healthy fat earth worms every 3/4 days and are swimming happily in their new rain water tank that we set up about a year ago.
Thankfully my hubby is handy. He obtained a foam box from a kitchen appliance place, rendered it and sealed it. We placed it under a downwater pipe which collects the rainwater from the roof and I connected a filter (tho probably a bit small for the size of the tank.) A bag of sand (let it settle for a week or so), some live plants in it and my tank was born, my axies happy as ever. It never overflows as we consistently use the water for the garden.
I regularly test the water specs and they are perfect and water temp is a low 13-16 degrees C all year round due to the polystyrene properties.
So there you have it.....my axie tank.
Cheers
MA