Re: NANFA--OT: "Plecostomus" was "not thinking-long"
hyperelectra (hyperelectra_at_netzero.net)
Mon, 23 May 2003 11:51:52 -0500
I have had a plec in my pond now for well over a year here in Fl. and it
has
survived all the cold snaps thrown at it. The plec is growing like a
weed.
Spike,
Spike's Everglades Aquarium
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS" <HOOVERJ_at_wes.army.mil>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 10:42 AM
Subject: RE: NANFA--OT: "Plecostomus" was "not thinking-long"
> Adama wrote:
> >>>I am experimenting with a plecostamus in one of my
> ornamental pools. I read somewhere that they can
> withstand water temps down to 50<<<
>
> Jan writes:
> That seems pretty cold for a tropical fish. We see plecos
(Hypostomus)
and
> sailfin catfishes (Pterygoplichthys)in the San Antonio River, but
during
the
> winter only find them at sites that stay fairly warm (> 70 F).
We
collected
> some this week - the plecos already spawned and we saw a lot of
> young-of-year (20-40 mm) at a site where the January temp was 72 F and
May
> temp was 77 F. The sailfins apparently have not spawned yet but
are
gravid.
> My guess is that both fish move into warm spring seeps when the water
gets
> too cold for them. Most of the aquarium literature I am familiar
with
> indicates a lower limit on temperature around 62-65 F.
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