Just......wow. That makes no logical sense at all.
All I can say to those laws is
All I can say to those laws is
Albino Siluris Meridionalis going into his outdoor pond!
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Just......wow. That makes no logical sense at all.
All I can say to those laws is
Just how it goes ??
… same thing has happened to many people before me with many other species. My thing is “when will it end”That fish visibly stands out a mile away. I would be more worried about predators than surviving temperature and water conditions.
I used to breed albino sailfin plecos (gibicepts) in earth ponds. Water rats would swim down 3m to catch & eat 50cm broodstock. Birds of all sizes & native terrapins (turtles) would pick off the smaller fish. Only happened with the albino morphs. Had to use electric wire, bird netting, green water for protection.
I used to breed albino sailfin plecos (gibicepts) in earth ponds. Water rats would swim down 3m to catch & eat 50cm broodstock. Birds of all sizes & native terrapins (turtles) would pick off the smaller fish. Only happened with the albino morphs. Had to use electric wire, bird netting, green water for protection.
Meridionalis's climate is listed as subtropical. Makes me very much doubt it can handle harsh Colorado winters. What makes you think it will survive?
There is quite a lot of fish listed as subtropical that can survive our winters. Grass carp for example. Grass carp are very different than this catfish obviously. I have heard how tough these fish are and personally experienced it. This fish is a test subject so I can see if these fish will survive. It won’t bother me if it dies which is what I’m expecting. If this fish survives, it opens up a whole new realm of possibilities on keeping “subtropical” fish outdoors in this harsh climate. I am building another large pond and while that gets built this fish will be my indicator if fish from that geographical area can survive up here, which opens up new possibilities for stocking exotic fish species.
Not sure that's a valid conclusion. A sample size of one fish...and even then, whether it lives or dies will merely be an indication of the cold-hardiness of this one species, rather than having validity regarding fish in general.
Grass carp listed as sub tropical?
Here in the uk grass carp are most definitely a cold water fish quite happily living outdoors in frozen ponds. Not sure the list of sub tropical fish is correct. But that said, good luck, or for the sake of some, maybe not.
Just out of interest, is there another classification for cold water species?
Whatever you are reading doesn’t class anything of lower temperature than tropical as “sub tropical” by any chance?
Hence everything not rated as tropical being rated as sub tropical including cold water species, temperate species and alike
Here in the uk grass carp are most definitely a cold water fish quite happily living outdoors in frozen ponds. Not sure the list of sub tropical fish is correct. But that said, good luck, or for the sake of some, maybe not.
Just out of interest, is there another classification for cold water species?
Whatever you are reading doesn’t class anything of lower temperature than tropical as “sub tropical” by any chance?
Hence everything not rated as tropical being rated as sub tropical including cold water species, temperate species and alike
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