I have them all beat

the desert pupfish

its a native fish to SoCal it lives in the ponds in the deserts, that get
way too hot in
the summer and way to cold in the winter, even to salinities from 0 to above 45ppm

also a fan across the tank will keep it much cooler, the catch will be increased
evaporation which means more top offs and higher humidity in the room
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richard reynolds
richard.reynolds{at}usa.net


Dolchas  wrote in message
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> 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
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