An offer for my Plec. I dont think I should let it go...

[JeffinMS]

Lady has a large backyard pond. Looking at the temp requirements for this
fish, I dont see how it could survive even in our climate (Central
Mississippi). Opinions?

[Koi-Lo]

"JeffinMS" > wrote in message
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> Lady has a large backyard pond. Looking at the temp requirements for this
> fish, I dont see how it could survive even in our climate (Central
> Mississippi). Opinions?
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These are tropical fish. If the water drops below 70 in the winter where
she lives it will probably die.
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[Eric]

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:01:38 -0500, JeffinMS wrote
(in article >):

> Lady has a large backyard pond. Looking at the temp requirements for this
> fish, I dont see how it could survive even in our climate (Central
> Mississippi). Opinions?
>
>

If you lived down on the coast I'd say give it a try. I wouldn't try it more
than 70 miles from the moderating influence of the Gulf of Mexico. Lots of
folks keep pl*cos in ponds in Houston and most winters they do fine,
particularly in deeper ponds that don't have such quick temperature swings.
Still, a late winter cold snap usually does them in after a couple of good
years.

I have seen foot long pl*cos in Bray's bayou, but I'm not sure whether they
were recently released or had lived there for many seasons.

Feral tropical fish are pretty common here.

-E