Re: [GSAS-Member] Fish & temperature

["auntie.fran@netzero.net" <auntie.fran@netzero.net>]

That's an interesting observation, John.  Are those fish by chance cichlids?  
We have three tanks and the only one that are, as you say, skittish, are the 
cichlids.  The other two either ignore us or beg for food.


Growing old is inevitable; growing up is optional.

-- John Ruhland <john@drruhland.com> wrote:
I've been reading a bit about prisoners rights, criminal justice, etc.
Our fish are kind of like penned prisoners. Other than my Oscar, most 
of my
fish tend to be skittish when I walk by, except when they are hungry.
I put a bit of epsom salts in all the tanks to help them relax a bit.
John




On Apr 1, 2005, at 8:05 PM, DELPHILABS@aol.com wrote:

Hello all,

I am glad that I started this thread -- some good  observations.

My own theory is that our fish in tanks are much more stressed  than in
nature.  Try as we might, the environments we create are no  substitute 
for nature.
  I think that our aquarium fish are much more  susceptible to disease 
than
the same fish in nature.  Sudden temp changes  could be the straw that 
breaks
the camels back.

Also, using Clay's fine analogy, the kid that lives in the  Pacific 
Northwest
and is in and out of doors all day long is much more robust  and 
acclimated
to endure a wide range of temp change.  A kid that spent his  whole 
life in
Hawaii puts on a coat when it gets below 70 degrees.  Maybe  if we 
cycled the
temperatures in our aquariums the fish would become more  tolerant?

This is fun, how about a couple more? Has anyone had a fish  that hangs
around a hot heater like you would expect of a cold blooded reptile?  
I've never
seen that in my tanks.

Also, my observation diving all over the world, is that most  species 
are
always in pairs (or schools) in nature.  You especially see  this in 
Butterfly's
and Angels. I used to keep a lot of single fish when I did  saltwater 
aquaria
years ago.  If I ever get back into it, I will ALWAYS try  to get 
pairs.  I
wonder if any of my fish ever died from "loneliness"   :-(
Keith

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