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Florida Tropical Fish Freezing to Death
A typical tropical fish farming operation in Florida, the media reports suggest, consists of several swimming-pool sized ponds that owners maintain outdoors. Some farmers keep a few greenhouses for particularly cold-sensitive fish, so it is difficult to transfer all outside operations indoors due to space considerations.
Instead, fish farmers have been rushing to pump warm water into their outdoor ponds and to cover them whenever possible.
Hard life or death choices must be made, however, as the farmers are forced to decide which fish will likely perish outside and which should be brought into the greenhouses, if those are even available. Economic considerations are influencing those decisions. For example, Ray Quillen, the owner of Urban Tropical, said that he is sacrificing "babies" for larger angelfish that are almost ready to be shipped.
The only ones to benefit from the losses appear to be wading birds that are feasting on the fish remains.
Subfreezing temperatures continued to plague many parts of Florida today, but the fish farmers and the state's many other residents are hoping for warmer days ahead.
Cichlid help please - Pet Forums Community
I have a red devil cichlid.. and I have several bottom feeders in with him.. I was told I wouldn't get anything in with him.. But so far we have all been managing, the loaches have plenty of hiding places.. But Rocky seems in a terrible mood and is frantically chasing if he spots one.... He is normally ok about the loaches, like he had accepted them.. Apprx 4" He came in the tank.. My sis bought the tank and he was still in it when she went for it.. No mention of the fish though on Ebay so she was a bit shocked.. she wanted to put tropical fish in it... So I had him... I don't know how old he is... I have had him about 3 months. maybe a bit more not sure.. anyway.. I wasn't told he couldn't have a mate at first and I got him one but had to take it back. I had explained to the aquatic centre what I had.... he nearly chased it out the tank.. so I settled with the bottom feeders who he isn't to bothered about.. He is generally very laid back and hates me.... But earlier he was going mental. When I intro the bottom feeders I changed the tank round so he didn't feel like he owned everything.... Apprx 4" He came in the tank.. My sis bought the tank and he was still in it when she went for it.. No mention of the fish though on Ebay so she was a bit shocked.. she wanted to put tropical fish in it... So I had him... I don't know how old he is... I have had him about 3 months. maybe a bit more not sure.. anyway.. I wasn't told he couldn't have a mate at first and I got him one but had to take it back. I had explained to the aquatic centre what I had.... he nearly chased it out the tank.. so I settled with the bottom feeders who he isn't to bothered about.. He is generally very laid back and hates me.... But earlier he was going mental. When I intro the bottom feeders I changed the tank round so he didn't feel like he owned everything.... Unfortunately, like other Central American cichlids, Red Devils are known for their boisterous and sometimes violent temperaments...
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