Bruce Stallsmith wrote:
> Yeah, I think we're going into peak darter season. I'm keeping 2 for the
> first time, Eth. duryi (black darter) and Eth. tuscumbia (Tuscumbia darter,
> from Helen Keller's hometown in Alabama!). The black is actually a very good
> aquarium fish, after becoming acclimated to the tank she (I'm pretty sure)
> actively patrols the tank looking for shredded worm. She complements the 2
> stonerollers and 1 bigeye shiner pretty well. The Tuscumbia is much more
> reclusive, although he/she will lunge for worm from cover and then retreat.
> They're kept at room temperature in a room off of my greenhouse (shaded)
> where day time temp is about 75 deg. F., maybe down to 68 at night, with a
> timed 13 hour, 25 watt light at one end of a 10 gal. tank with external
> filtration, strong air bubbler and pea gravel substrate.
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL
> (I saw the play "The Miracle Worker" the other night, so I'm up on Helen
> Keller trivia.)
>
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