Re: [Killietalk] High temp limit for killies

[Charles Harrison <charles at inkmkr_com>]

The first Killie keeper I met here in St Louis kept a tank of  Aphy. 
scheeli on top of his TV and the light on on the tank all the time, 
the temp was in the low 90's. I was amazed . . .

There must have been a dozen fish in this 10 gallon tank full of 
water sprite. Once in a while a new male would appear and kept it all 
going. As I remember all he fed the fish was frozen brine shrimp


Only problem, there were 10 females to every male

It started me thinking . . .

Charles H

> I have a planted tank with a variety of fish including discus, neon 
> tetras, American-flag fish, cory cats and otos.  I would like to 
> have a few killies also.  My concern is the temperature of my tank: 
> it runs on average 84.5 degrees and does get up to 86 on occasion. 
> Are there any killifish that would be ok at this temp?  I have 
> searched the web but have never really found an upper limit for this 
> type of fish.

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