Re: NANFA-L-- photo tank
Todd D. Crail (tcrail-in-UTNet.UToledo.Edu)
Tue, 26 Apr 2005 17:33:34 -0400
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I thought darker buckets help the fish retain their color. Also, =
darker
buckets help calm the fish and reduce stress.
I bought dark buckets and noticed the fish, or water really, get =
hotter quicker in the summer,-in-least in this hot area.
moon=20
Which is what I observed with my black camera bag tucked away under =
willows in "the shade" of the September Ohio sun, and why I anecdotally =
would never consider putting fish in a black bucket. Esp considering my =
degenerative habit of not paying attention to where "the ones in the =
basket" are, and just running off looking for more ;) =20
In any case, I intend to quantify the stress or lack of stress as =
degrees temperature than "color" and "calm", which is as much my core =
argument now as anyone's, over the summer.
Todd
The Muddy Maumee Madness, Toledo, OH
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
http://www.farmertodd.com
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I thought darker buckets help the fish retain their =
color.=20
Also, darker
buckets help calm the fish and reduce=20
stress.
I bought dark buckets and noticed the =
fish, or=20
water really, get hotter quicker in the summer,-in-least in this hot=20
area.
moon =
Which is what I observed with my black =
camera bag=20
tucked away under willows in "the shade" of the September Ohio sun, and =
why I=20
anecdotally would never consider putting fish in a black bucket. =
Esp=20
considering my degenerative habit of not paying attention to where "the =
ones in=20
the basket" are, and just running off looking for more ;) =20
In any case, I intend to quantify the =
stress or=20
lack of stress as degrees temperature than "color" and "calm", =
which=20
is as much my core argument now as anyone's, over the =
summer.
Todd
The Muddy Maumee Madness, Toledo, =
OH
It's never too late to have a happy=20
childhood.
http://www.farmertodd.com
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