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Re: cardinals

To: Aquatic Plants Digest <Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com>
Subject: Re: cardinals
From: "H. Hoekstra" <hugo at greed_nl>
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 19:20:28 +0100
In-Reply-To: <199906060748.DAA22513 at acme_actwin.com>

>Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 16:24:52 EDT
>From: Moontanman at aol_com
>Subject: Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V3 #1073

>I am not convinced that cardinals need overly warm water, I have kept them at

>68 to 72 degrees for at least 3 years which is several times their natural 
>life spans of 9 months or so. As a matter of fact and I since I can't prove 
>this most of you will not believe I had a group of 24 cardinals in a 120 gal 
>tank kept at an average of around 70 degrees and after five years I still had
>7 of the original fish. I think that might be a record. 
                                                                            
>Moon

5 years a record? Many people have kept cardinals as long as 10 years.
IMO cardinals are quite hardy and adjust well to less favorable conditions.

Best regards,

Hugo Hoekstra

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