[RML] Designer Fish

Andrew Boyd (andrew at pcug.org.au)
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 22:40:00 +1100

Hi All, just after a few ideas. I have a couple of tanks I am thinking of
setting up without heaters here in Canberra (for those of you in North
America, Canberra is the Capital City of Australia, not Sydney or Qantas ;)
). A 1200mm x 600mm x 600mm (4' x 2' x 2') and a 900mm (3') "standard".

Does anyone know of an Australian native fish (aside from Damnbusia) that
will be happy in 12-16 degrees C water for most of the year yet survive
occasional bouts of 25-30 degrees C in the worst of summer, and an
occasional dip to maybe 8 degrees C overnight in winter? It gets both
hotter and colder here than these extremes outside, but we tend to keep the
house reasonably liveable for ourselves. I'm not sure that a beast that
would thrive under these conditions exists.

I did have a Murray Jollytail (Galaxias rostratus) that survived quite well
for a couple of seasons under these extremes - is anyone breeding any
Galaxiids at the moment anywhere in Australia?

Grateful for your thoughts.

Cheers, Andrew
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