Re: [Killietalk] Cold water killies

[Charles Harrison <Charles at inkmkr_com>]

Hello Bill,
It sounds like we need a little more information, ie, which fish have 
you tried? tank space? foods, just how cold are you working with, 
etc., etc.

Charles Harrison
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At 10:31 AM +0000 1/6/05, wm crash wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> Every time I deal with cold water killies, and keep them at the 
> suggested cold temperature, I have all sort of problems. Fish not 
> eating, fish not laying eggs, fish getting disease that I normaly 
> see when a warm water fish lives in temperatures below what they 
> should be (e.g. bettas at 65F will get dropsy unless ick/velvet 
> kills them first).
>
> I am usually about 4-5F above literature values on pretty much all 
> species in order for them to seem happy, eat well, and lay eggs.
>
> I have used all sorts of thermometers, sometimes 10 of them in one 
> small tank. So I believe the reading I am getting is pretty 
> accurate. Just the values I need to use are consistantly higher.
>
> Any suggestion on where this might come from ?
>
> take care,
> wm_crash, the friendly hooligan
> AKA #08840, SAA #162, HOOLIGAN #1
> San Jose, CA

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