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Many minnow questions

Started by Guest_Leo1234_* , Nov 19 2013 07:37 PM

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#21 Guest_Leo1234_*

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Posted 22 November 2013 - 06:15 PM

I do not know about the dace anymore since It is my 1st time without a heater and with a heater, my temp would get to 82 F. Would It survive that? Its only that high at 1:00pm-2 or 3:00pm. If i did get fathead minnows, do they school? I might get some soon and get about 5 or more if they school.

Edited by Leo1234, 22 November 2013 - 06:19 PM.

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#22 Guest_Skipjack_*

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Posted 22 November 2013 - 07:02 PM

What is the question? If you are keeping natives you should never use a heater. Period.Ever.

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#23 Guest_Leo1234_*

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Posted 22 November 2013 - 10:28 PM

Im saying this is my 1st time with natives and without heaters
I had tropical before

What Im asking is just in case the temp was increased to 82 by the summer heat, will they survive

Edited by Leo1234, 22 November 2013 - 10:29 PM.

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#24 Guest_steve_*

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Posted 23 November 2013 - 07:23 AM

I've had my tanks get that warm in the summer before and haven't lost anything from heat yet. I do try to make sure that I'm getting plenty of oxygen in the water at those temps.

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#25 Guest_BenCantrell_*

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Posted 23 November 2013 - 09:37 AM

A few years ago my roommate and I both had SRBD in our aquaria - his on the 1st floor and mine in the basement. A week with highs in the 90's killed his off. The basement topped off at about 80, and mine didn't have any issues. It wasn't an experiment or anything - we had different filtration, different foods, different chemicals, etc. Nonetheless, it's probably useful as anecdotal evidence.