RE: [Killietalk] RE: Killietalk Digest, Vol 16,Issue 24 -- Jord. floridae tempera tures

[Chris <cgraseck at optonline_net>]

Lee,

I once heard a tale about Fred Behrmann keeping J. floridae over winter
in an outdoor pool on long island.  I'm not sure how tall a tale it was
though.

Cheers,
Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: killietalk-bounces at aka_org [mailto:killietalk-bounces at aka_org] On
Behalf Of Koran, David HQ02
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 11:47 AM
To: 'killietalk at aka_org'
Subject: [Killietalk] RE: Killietalk Digest, Vol 16,Issue 24 -- Jord.
floridae tempera tures

Lee,

I can't offer you specifics on the floridae but almost every year I miss
one
or more fish when I remove breeders from my greenhouse back into the
basement.  I may not empty all tanks before Spring and the tmeperature
in
the greenhouse doesn't drop enough anymore to allow a skin of ice to
form on
standing water but I am sure the water temperature does drop into the
mid
30's long and often.  When I start to clean and prep tanks for the new
Summer season I find the hold overs, usually a little thin but
surprisingly
healthy.  These have been Fundulus, Cyprinodons and Aphanius.

Dave Koran

Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 10:42:20 EST
From: LeeH920226 at aol_com
Subject: [Killietalk] Jordanella floridae
To: killietalk at aka_org

This summer I put a pair of Jordanella floridae out in a 60 gallon water
lily 
pool. Not only did they virtually eliminate the hair algae, they also 
reproduced very well. I harvested several dozen a few weeks ago.
Yesterday,
I did the 
final cleanup and covering the pool for the winter to keep more leaves
from 
blowing in. I caught another dozen or so nice, healthy and plump
Jordanella 
floridae juveniles. The water temperature is about 45 degrees F. I am
sure
there 
may be more floridae in the pool. The question is -- how cold can they 
tolerate?

Lee Harper
Media, PA USA


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