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- Organization: University of Maine System
- Date: Saturday, 21 Nov 1992 14:27:58 EST
- From: <APARKER@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
- Message-ID: <92326.142758APARKER@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
- Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
- Subject: Re: FLOUNDERS
- Distribution: world
- References: <6659.106.uupcb@cccbbs.UUCP>
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- In article <6659.106.uupcb@cccbbs.UUCP>, jeffrey.astrachan@cccbbs.UUCP (Jeffrey
- Astrachan) says:
- >
- >Hi everyone. I feel so badly writing that I only have a 10 gallon tank.
- >But I do feel I'm making the most of it. I've been trying lately to
- >purchase more interesting looking fish. My latest purchase was two
- >flounders, each about 2-inches in diameter. I don't really know if I
- >need to do anything special with them. My pH is quite low (about 6.2),
- >but all of my fish (about 12) seem quite happy. I did have a really
-
- ** 'Freshwater' flounders are, in reality, brackish water fish, and if you
- don't keep at least a few tsp. of salt/gal in their water they will
- ultimately, in a word, flounder. They'd probably prefer the pH above 7,
- too. As to your tank, you already have too many fish for long-term
- survival in a 10gal, so if you intend to keep buying fish, a larger setup
- is probably in order. As to the flounders, good luck sexing them (esp.
- @2" in size). Feed them frozen bloodworms and brine shrimp, make sure the
- other fish aren't getting all of the food (flounders are slow), and expect
- them to reach at least 6", if they survive.
-
- Good luck,
- Alex Parker (aparker@maine.maine.edu)
- >
-