> In a message dated 3/1/03 8:31:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> bockhouse_at_earthlink.net writes:
>
> > I didn't test the water in Fl. where I collected them but they shared to
> > > stream with lots of Mollies so I didn't think it was acid.
> > >
>
> Around here bluespots breed in water that is coffee colored but probably
> quite hard. I've never tested the pH but I would assume it to be neutral
to
> slightly alkaline. Most all of the sand around here contains shells and
shell
> hash not to mention all the limestone that is dumped into local streams to
> stabilize them. My bluespots routinely breed in water that has specific
> gravity of 1.002 or 3 with lots of calcium carbonate in the water so I
know
> they couldn't be very acidic.
>
> Moon
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