Is that the Pumpkinseed fish? It's legal to collect them with a fishing permit! After they've been kept with exotics, they have to be destroyed though, rather than released back out into the wild. -----Original Message----- From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Trish Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 11:58 AM To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Room temperature tank I have always wanted to keep sun perch.....they are easy to catch, with a little food tempting them they practicaly jump into your boat! But from what I have read they are extreamly dirty. And besides not even sure if it would be legal in this stae to keep them in aquariums. Trish --- steev ward <steevward@mac.com> wrote: > If the room is 68F and you set the heater for 70F > the electrical use is > minimal if not negligable. Using powerhead type > pumps also dispenses the > waste heat into the tank. > > Other candidates for 68-70 degrees (I'd like to hear > more): > White Cloud Mountain Minnow > Danios > Weather Loach > Bloodfin Tetras > Corydoras > Glass Perch > Most Killifish > Most Gouramis, Paradise Fish > Some Barbs(?) > Most Plecostomus-types > > Steev > > haika@drizzle.com wrote: > > > I have an unheated tank here at work with Endler's > livebearers. Typically > > the temp is pretty uniform...about 72. I have > co-workers who have kept > > honey gouramis, neon tetras, Amano shrimp, > wild-type guppies and platies > > in unheated tanks. The plants do fine as well, but > we do mostly low-tech > > non-C02 injected tanks and have mostly cheap stem > plants, java moss and > > java fern. > > > > Betty Goetz > > > > _______________________________________________ > > GSAS-Member mailing list > > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > > > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member