That will be a great meeting if it happens. Thank you each of you, for all the good recommendations.I'm going to start by lowering the temperature slowly in all of my tanks, down to about 75-77 degrees, putting insulation on the backs and maybe on part of the covers, reducing lighting time and intensity to non-planted tanks, and possibly trying to replace some of the filters with power heads in the tanks, to salvage the heat from those pumps. I've always liked the idea of moving power away from the inside of the tank, since these appliances produce quite a bit of electromagnetic radiation - especially pumps and fluorescent ballasts. Actually, I think I'll put the heat- producing components UNDER the tank, and cover the open area behind the tanks. That way, the rising warm air will remain in the cabinet, and thus heat the bottoms of the tanks.
John On Apr 21, 2005, at 5:53 PM, auntie.fran@netzero.net wrote:This thread is making me hope the NANFA guy comes to a GSAS meeting soon :) I'd love to have a little Missouri Bluegill to claim for a tank.
Growing old is inevitable; growing up is optional. -- Trish <snips36@yahoo.com> wrote: Whoops!!!!!! My mistake. The Pumkin Seed is a Yellow Perch. The Sun Perch is also know as Brim,Perch,Sun Perch, Bream, and Sun Fish. The Perch I am talking about are small and round....with spiny dorsal fins, and have lots of yellow on their belly's, and almost rainbow dots on their sides....very pretty. Maybe someday I'll be able to try and keep them. The problem with this is talking Hubby into another tank.....LoL. Which I don't think will happen any time soon! He has a hard enough time with me keeping 6! But I say, "Hey whats ONE more!" Trish --- Trish <snips36@yahoo.com> wrote:
Yes it is......they are so cute! And are fun to watch. I remember fishing for them when I was kid with my dad.....they would practically jump into the boat! Very pretty in the sunlite. Trish --- Susan Welenofsky <welenofsky@comcast.net> wrote:Is that the Pumpkinseed fish? It's legal tocollectthem with a fishing permit! After they've been kept with exotics, they have to be destroyed though, rather than released back out into thewild.-----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.....theyareeasy to catch, with a little food tempting themtheypracticaly jump into your boat! But from what Ihaveread they are extreamly dirty. And besides notevensure if it would be legal in this stae to keepthemin aquariums. Trish --- steev ward <steevward@mac.com> wrote:If the room is 68F and you set the heater for70Fthe 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 tohearmore): 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 withEndler'slivebearers. Typicallythe temp is pretty uniform...about 72. I haveco-workers who have kepthoney gouramis, neon tetras, Amano shrimp,wild-type guppies and platiesin unheated tanks. The plants do fine as well,butwe do mostly low-technon-C02 injected tanks and have mostly cheapstemplants, java moss andjava fern. Betty Goetz_______________________________________________GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com
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