Subj : Re: Best freshwater fish To : All From : Jt Date : Tue Jul 22 2003 11:39 am gouramis and bettas, perhaps? though i would recommend you install a chiller to keep temp constant and at a tolerable level. JT "Dolchas" wrote in message news:ea7605b9.0307211217.69fc4d46@posting.google.com... > Greetings all! > > I live in a part of Southern California, USA, where it gets pretty > darn warm during the summer months -- at least two days in the last > week the temps got up to 104.5 in the shade. Since I don't have air > conditioning, you can imagine how warm my 20-gallon fish tank can get > -- it certainly is routinely higher than the maxiumum indication of 82 > degrees on the tank thermometer during the summer. There is no way I > can move this tank into a cooler location unless I move it to the > basement. I do put ice in the tank when things get desperate. > > Surprisingly, the fish I have had in this tank have not done badly -- > I guess I have varieties that tolerate high temps. > > Anyway, I got a new tank recently to replace my old one, and I will be > buying a bunch of new fish soon. Can anyone recommend types of > freshwater fish that are known for being particularly tolerate of high > temperatures? > > Thanks in advance for any advice! > > Chuck --- þ RIMEGate(tm)/RGXPost V1.14 at BBSWORLD * Info@bbsworld.com --- * RIMEGate(tm)V10.2áÿ* RelayNet(tm) NNTP Gateway * MoonDog BBS * RgateImp.MoonDog.BBS at 7/22/03 10:39:57 AM * Origin: MoonDog BBS, Brooklyn,NY, 718 692-2498, 1:278/230 (1:278/230) .