Re: RC: RC: water tank fish??

["Nancy Mitts" <mitts_n@hotmail.com>]

My problem has been keeping the big ones alive when it gets really hot. Not 
that the water gets that hot in the big tank, but they seem to run out of 
air. I lost 3 big ones (6-8 inches & fat) over Memorial Day weekend. At 
least I have 2 of their "babies" from last year to keep the one remaining 
one company!
Nancy Mitts


>From: tallcarabs@juno.com
>To: Kenzie_Kelly@spc.com
>CC: ridecamp@endurance.net
>Subject: RC:   RC:   water tank fish??
>Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 16:41:11 -0500
>
>Wow,  you've really put a lot of thought into this.  I have 4 large tanks
>and all I did was go to the pet store and get a dozen feeder fish (12 for
>$1).  Usually about 6-8 would die in the following weeks, but the ones
>that survived are still here -- that was 20 years ago for the first tank.
>  I've never fed them.  Just put them in and forget about them.  Some of
>the fish would get sucked in when a horse unused to fish came up to drink
>-- the fish seem to love to nibble on the horse's nose.  There's always
>hay dropped into the bottom which makes hiding places.  All I do is once
>a year I dump the water and wash out the silt on the bottom.  The sides
>are devoid of algae -- just the calcium deposits.  What's nice is no
>scrubbing of the algae, no mosquitoes, and a fun conversation piece when
>a guest notices all those orange and white blobs swimming around in the
>troughs!
>
>Rae
>Tall C Arabians -- TX

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