I do have a waterbed heater to put under the liner for any temp up to 85
degrees.
thanks for the reminder on pathogens.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Bock" <bockhouse_at_earthlink.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- indow pond
> Well said, Josh.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joshua Wiegert" <JLW_at_dune.net>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 7:49 PM
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- indow pond
>
>
> > Hi Gordon.
> >
> > To answer your first question -- go native! My guess is that people on
> this
> > list, like myself, will be partial to natives. With that cool
> temperature,
> > though, you'll have some trouble keeping most of the tropicals, and be
> > restricted to some of the cooler-water fish, like danios, white clouds,
or
> > severe south american fishes. . . . . Better bet, go native. By my
rusty
> > calculatiions, you have aobut 720 gallons of water in there -- plenty of
> > room to do lots of different things.
> >
> > Also, never ever release a fish back into the wild. In our home
> aquariums,
> > they're exposed to a number of different diseases that native fish
usually
> > don't get. There's a real chance they can carry some of these pathogens
> > back into the wild.
> >
> > Joshua Wiegert
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Gordon James <gordonj_at_fundy.net>
> > To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 5:59 AM
> > Subject: NANFA-- indow pond
> >
> >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I'm almost done my indoor pond
> > >
> > > 8 feet * 6 feet * 2 feet deep
> > >
> > > It sits on a concrete floor where the tem is about 60 degrees.
> > >
> > > I'm trying to decide if I want to go with native fish or tropicals.
> > >
> > > any comments or suggestions?
> > >
> > > also, I released most of my native fish (shiners, chubb, pumpkinseed
> > sunfish
> > > and American green eels) from my outdoor pond back into the wild. Any
> > > suggestions on winter time collection of native fish?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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