Watering system

[jimmyneutrontx]

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[tex8569]

Does any place sell a kit with everything you need?

[hog_down]

No, but you can piece pretty much everything together from Amazon and a decent hardware store.

[Spiderpig1776]

I’ve been looking for a kit for awhile with no luck

[hog_down]

List:
1) Figure out what adapter you need for your particular water tote. They can be found on Craigslist or Facebook marketplace for cheap, try to get food grade:

Cam lock to 3/4" garden hose water tote adapter: https://www.amazon.com/Gallon-Drain-...xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

2" fine thread water tote to garden hose adapter: https://www.amazon.com/Fittings-Adap...75B5R5FX&psc=1

2" coarse thread water tote to garden hose adapter: https://www.amazon.com/wantmatch-Ada...dDbGljaz10cnVl

2) paint water tote to prevent algae buildup, or you can add a tiny amount of bleach, or do both.
3) buy garden hose
4) Tractor Supply automatic dog bowl: https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/pr...0aArLiEALw_wcB
5) figure out a way to elevate the water tote, either by railroad ties, cinder blocks, or a platform.
6) Assemble.

Should be around $200 total for everything, and considering how dry it is across the state, this will help all wildlife.

[donpablo]

I’ve been looking for a kit for awhile with no luck

They do make fancy guzzlers/guzzler kits but they’re pricey.

[Spiderpig1776]

I’ve been looking for one of the oasis water stations for a long time with no luck

[donpablo]

These are really nice but my fingers are wrapped too tightly around my wallet.

https://www.rainmakerwildlife.com/guzzlers

[donpablo]

Bees

Anyone have problems with bees? Within minutes of cleaning out the layers of bee carcasses from my water trough, I have a dozen more committing suicide in the water. No idea how to fix this.



Also, you guys ever have issues with your trough getting clogged with algae?

[hog_down]

^^^ give the bees something to land on, such as a big flat rock, and not as many will drown.