But this data point is interesting, since water temps in S. Florida
never reach as low as reported here.
Dave
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Langston University; P.O. Box 1500
Langston, OK 73050; email: dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
telephone: (405) 466-6025; fax: 405) 466-3307
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----- Original Message -----
From: EELReprah-in-aol.com
Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 8:47 am
Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Florida Flag fish in pond without aeration
>
> In a message dated 5/17/05 11:34:25 PM,
> njz-in-clevelandmetroparks.com writes:
>
> << Does anyone know how low of temperatures that they can endure?
>
> >>
>
> I think so. I ran an experiment this past winter. I had several I
> left in an
> outdoor pond because I couldn't catch all of them. I brought some
> into the
> basement and some others into my "cool room" (an unheated storage
> area). I could
> not find any in the pond this Spring. The ones in the heated
> basement did
> fine. Those in the "cool room" did fine down to 40 degrees. When
> it dropped to 37
> degrees in late January they died overnight.
>
> Lee Harper
> Media, PA
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