My tanks (mostly 20s and 30s) stay coolish due to evaporation and the fact
that my "yard" is so well shaded that I can't grow a decent tomato. :) The
small tanks do get warm -- up into the 90s -- but I do not keep bows there
in the summer. Actually, I plan on removing my remaining outdoor bows to
an indoor tank as soon as i can get to it, as they are no longer
heat-loving fry. ;) My preference is to keep Oz/NG desert fishes
outdoors instead, as they do quite well in the warmer temps. BTW, last
summer, none of the larger tanks even got to 90 F. I was impressed!
Later (but not on RML, unfortunately)
Julie <><
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On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, John Dowden wrote:
> I too would like to keep some rainbows outside this summer, but I am afraid
> it is too hot here in North Carolina for them. It gets to the lower 90s
> during the day and the lower 70s at night. Is this too warm? How do the
> floks in Arizona keep their bows cool outdoors in the summer?
>
> John
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