Randy
Adrian Tappin wrote:
> At 08:49 27/08/99 -0500, Randy wrote:
> >Thank you for the advice. All the fish are inside now and their temp. has been
> >adjusted to 78 F. Our winters here in Nebraska can get down to 40 to 60 F
> >BELOW ZERO---the fish CAN'T stay outside. Only the goldfish are capable of
> >this in a 18 to 24 inch deep pond.
>
> Well, that's a little cold for them including me :-)
>
> Brisbane got down to 4C (40F) this winter and that's very very cold for us.
> Although other areas around Brisbane went down to 1C (34F) Barry M has an
> outside pond with honey blue-eyes (P.mellis) and maybe he can tell us what
> temperature it went down too. You will be surprised what temperatures the
> rainbowfishes and blue-eyes can handle.
>
> 20 C translates into about 68 F, if I
> >recall. That may be too low for some of their tank mates. What about 74 to 76
> >F? Would that be a healthy temp. for them? That' s about the lowest I dare go
> >with some of the Synodonis in with them.
>
> I think you will find that most catfish can handle lower temperatures too. I
> think we would be surprised at the 'winter' temperatures of the amazon
> particularly in the dense rainforests. I think they would handle 20C (72F)
> very well?
>
> Adrian.
>
> Adrian R. Tappin
> Brisbane, Australia.
> "Home of the Rainbowfish"
> http://www.ecn.net.au/~atappin/home.htm