Subj : Re: Best freshwater fish

Subj : Re: Best freshwater fish
To : All
From : Jt
Date : Tue Jul 22 2003 11:39 am

gouramis and bettas, perhaps?
though i would recommend you install a chiller to keep temp constant and at
a tolerable level. JT

"Dolchas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Greetings all!
>
> I live in a part of Southern California, USA, where it gets pretty
> darn warm during the summer months -- at least two days in the last
> week the temps got up to 104.5 in the shade. Since I don't have air
> conditioning, you can imagine how warm my 20-gallon fish tank can get
> -- it certainly is routinely higher than the maxiumum indication of 82
> degrees on the tank thermometer during the summer. There is no way I
> can move this tank into a cooler location unless I move it to the
> basement. I do put ice in the tank when things get desperate.
>
> Surprisingly, the fish I have had in this tank have not done badly --
> I guess I have varieties that tolerate high temps.
>
> Anyway, I got a new tank recently to replace my old one, and I will be
> buying a bunch of new fish soon. Can anyone recommend types of
> freshwater fish that are known for being particularly tolerate of high
> temperatures?
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice!
>
> Chuck
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