I hate it when I lose a detailed post. Yea, it happens to me to. Anyhow, I present to you my minnow habitat hatchery nursery.
Never seen that before. Great idea. Did you come up with this yourself Jeff, or is it a known design? Either way I am looking forward to see your observations.
Onward and upward!
I watched hundreds of pond videos, and there was a snippet of one of these in the middle of one. He just said what it was. I looked all over for it again but couldn't find it again. So, short answer, not my idea, but it needed more exposure. I found another milk crate stack video, but that was it. No pipes in his.
Turns out a standard brick will slide snuggly into a pipe. I shoved 2 in, and deployed it where I dug out the pond connecting channel. It's not near as deep there, and I may have a better chance finding it in a few weeks when I put a go pro down to check it out. That is if I can find my gopro. Aint used it in 2 years.
Nice. That should work well.
Quote from: Jeff on May 22, 2024, 09:21:40 AMI hate it when I lose a detailed post.
I lost that long and detailed tree take down post in my "porch" topic in the General board yesterday. LINK (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=124267.msg2034868#msg2034868)
When I was ready to post it, I got a notice that my 30 day login had expired and that I needed to log back in. I desperately tried to retain it but it would not happen. I finally salvaged the text, and then had to go back and make the pictures match. I finally deleted two pictures from the gallery and made the best of it.
I like your minnow habitat hatchery nursery. It seems like a good idea and should be successful. :thumbsup:
Glad to see you are enjoying your pond!!!
Great idea!
I like that idea Jeff! Thanks for posting it. I need two of those so my Fathead minnows can establish before the ducks and catfish eat them all. Great nursery habitat. I got plenty of milk crates.
Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to see the go pro videos!
I can spot the habitat when the pond is still so I know where it is. I'll probably wait until mid summer to try and get a look how its doing.
I bought a section of drain pipe for a habitat, thinking I didn't have enough on hand. Then I looked around harder and scarfed up enough for second habitat. I tried one with concrete chunks in one tube and one without weight. They both sink fast.
But since my pond fluctuates so much, about 5 feet last summer, I decided to float them. I will have to buy end caps and plan on adding two each, 3 foot long 4 inch PVC floats to one side corner. That way, it would look diamond shaped floating in the water. I plan on having a weight on the bottom with a rope. So they won't float too far from Mom and Dad minnow.
Do you think 4 inch pipe 3 foot long times two will float the habitat?
I have made my fish feeding rings the same way.
Here is my 2 inch PVC pipe feeding ring for the catfish. It is duck proof, but the fish are so excited at feeding time, they rock the ring enough that feed escapes to the duck's delight.