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I borrowed a book on Freshwater Fish of Louisiana and have been able to identify 3 of the 4 species as Bluntface shiner (Cyprinella camura), Blacktail shiner (Cyprinella venustus), and Longnose shiner (Notropis longirostris). I think the 4th is either a Weed shiner (Notropis texanus) or a Rough shin...

I went canoeing in a fast flowing sandy bottom creek over the Easter holiday and caught some shiners for a friend who keeps native fish. After I brought them home and put them in a 10 gallon to hold them over the rest of the holiday, I started to really enjoy them and realize that they wouldn't be s...

I guess I'll set it up without loaches and see how high the temp gets. I don't expect it to get over 85. I don't keep my house really hot in the summer because my rabbits don't like the heat either. So they wouldn't be suffering if the tank was regularly 75-80 in the summer?

So I'm planning to set up a hillstream tank and I'm pondering if I might need a chiller. I live in southern Louisiana where it gets plenty hot and humid in the summer. I'm used to the heat and I like to save money on my electricity so I usually keep the A/C set around 78-80 in the summer. Also I'm i...