Lethal Temps for Creek Chubsuckers?
#1 Guest_dsaavedra_*
Posted 02 May 2009 - 02:01 PM
are they not that tolerant to high water temperatures or what?
#4 Guest_Kanus_*
Posted 02 May 2009 - 11:47 PM
#5 Guest_dsaavedra_*
Posted 04 May 2009 - 03:55 PM
#6 Guest_keepnatives_*
Posted 04 May 2009 - 07:10 PM
How long have you had them. Some people have had problems feeding them and they can last a while. On the other hand if caught recently they may have suffered injury when caught.hmmm, then i wonder why all my creek chubsuckers died, and it was only the creek chubsuckers, nothing else dided. are they not very tolerant to lower levels of DO? even if that is the case, like i said before, i think my tank is pretty well aerated. the surface is constantly rippling, bubbles come in from the filter outflow, and i have an 18" bubble rod on the gravel in the back of the tank on the side opposite the filter outflow.
#7 Guest_Newt_*
Posted 06 May 2009 - 01:25 PM
I have a few creek chubsuckers living at 82 degrees right now, but the tank is very well circulated and they've been in there for a few months. I'd imagine they can tolerate pretty high temps, as the ones I have now were caught in isolated pools of a sluggish (could probably be considered tidal) creek. In the past, Fritz and I caught a few big ones in a large puddle caused by high water in the Waccamaw River. Don't know how long they had been there but it was a large, shallow pool (maybe 1.5 feet deep at the most) with no cover and a lot of sun exposure. I think they're pretty tough critters.
I've found them in similar conditions in West Tennessee, in bathwater-warm pools left by a retreating swamp. But the pools were well-vegetated, and that may have provided enough shade and O2 to preserve the chubsuckers.
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