Amphilophus citrinellus

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Being cold blooded temperature will of course play into their activity level and appetite. The real question is if sustained high temperatures are harmful to the fish in the long term, which I feel they would be.

Maybe a month or two at elevated simulates summer in the wild but it would probably be best to do a cooler period in the winter as well.

There is some good info from several guys who know their stuff on the temperatures of native CA's Here.
 
Modest_Man;4277022; said:
Being cold blooded temperature will of course play into their activity level and appetite. The real question is if sustained high temperatures are harmful to the fish in the long term, which I feel they would be.

Maybe a month or two at elevated simulates summer in the wild but it would probably be best to do a cooler period in the winter as well.

There is some good info from several guys who know their stuff on the temperatures of native CA's Here.
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thanks for that, i am thinking of dropping my temp slowly. what rate would you do this? 4 vieja 2 severum,silver dollars and synodontis + pleco
thanks
 
Interesting point and good read. A simulated seasonal flucuation in temp should be done for most species we keep. If I draw a coralation between our tanks which are usually kept at a constant temp and natural bodies of water we see temp fluctuations are normal between seasons from the extreams we see here in the north east to the not so extream in CA as an example. If we look at LMB the northern strain and Florida strain we see the southern bass with extended warm temps grow larger faster but I beleave do not live as long as the northern bass. A slow down period for the metabolisom is required to not burn out too fast. I think we get hung up with getting our fish to grow big fast where the old maxum "slow and steady wins the race" might be the approch we need to take. Tempurature is, or should i say the correct use of temperature is prob one of the overlooked aspects of water perameters, and should be taken into consideration more than it is. I love this hobby it always keeps you thinking, tweaking and learning.
 
Maybe try bumping it up to 85-86 for just a couple days and see if you can notice a difference. That's how hot my tank has been sitting at with this damn heat.
 
Modest_Man;4277964; said:
Maybe try bumping it up to 85-86 for just a couple days and see if you can notice a difference. That's how hot my tank has been sitting at with this damn heat.
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Tried that to with no luck, right now I am keeping it at 78-80. Trying to prevent the breeding:grinno:
 
Hey Scott you think fish experiance shrinkage in cold water? Yea, maybe that I'll stop them GL, haha.
 
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