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Profile:Skiffia multipunctata
Field:temperature
Status:Approved
Votes:7
Submitter:Doedogg
Reason:
Old Text:25;30 - °C
77 - 32 °F
New Text:17;22 - °C
63 - 32 °F
Votes
MemberVoteWeight
LindyReject-4
BabelfishApprove4
Jason_R_SApprove3
AdamApprove4
NatalieReject-2
DoedoggNeutral0
sirbooksApprove3
renegade545Reject-1
Total: 7
Comments
Doedogg
Post InfoPosted 16-Jan-2007 18:35Profile PM Edit Report 
NatalieReject
From Fishbase: tropical; 25 – 28°C
Post InfoPosted 19-Jan-2007 20:56Profile Homepage AIM MSN PM Edit Report 
Doedogg
EditedEdited by doedogg
Fish base may be a good start for gathering information, but it should not be considered gospel. It's easy enough to find many other sources that show them wrong in this instance.
The average AIR temperature of the region this fish comes from is 21ºC, so I doubt the water temps would be higher.
Post InfoPosted 20-Jan-2007 02:18Profile PM Edit Report 
LindyReject
Post InfoPosted 22-Jan-2007 06:13Profile PM Edit Report 
Jason_R_SApprove
personally, I take everything from fishbase with a grain of salt. these 3 sites all state that goodeids do much better in lower temps.

http://www.goodeiden.de/html/multipunctata3.html

http://home.clara.net/brachydibble/Skiffia_multipunctata.htm

http://www.geocities.com/sarniaaquariumsociety/Skiffiamultipuncata.html

from the research I've done, cichlids in the same area do best in the 22-25 range but again the sites I linked all claim goodeids are healthier and breed better in even lower temps. I don't buy for a second that any fish from mexico requires a temp of up to 30C (86F). the waters in the wild might get up that high during certain times of the day in the hottest months of the year, but I don't believe it would be healthy to keep the fish in that temp 24/7 365 days a year.
Post InfoPosted 24-Jan-2007 15:39Profile Yahoo PM Edit Report 
renegade545Reject
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AdamApprove
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BabelfishApprove
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sirbooksApprove
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