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my Pl*co behavior (g)
"*muffin*" wrote in message
(awww he was soooo cute ...I hope we can catch him in an inopportune moment so we can get him inside for the winter.) An easy but dangerous way to catch them in the fall is to wait for the first chilly morning below about 55 dgr.F.More than likely your pl*co will be lethargic and trying to sun itself in shallow water to warm up. Scoop it up in a bucket, bring it inside, and gradually let it warm to room temp(in the bucket) using a low wattage aquarium heater (like one made for a 5 gallon aquarium). I say dangerous because I've had about an 80% success rate but it was the only way I could catch mine because of the water plants and the pl*co's normal nocturnal behavior. And yes, the first year it was totally by accident, that I found three in different ponds on the same morning. If you try it this way, you MUST check every morning once the weather begins to cool down and your surface pond temp drops to near 70 F. because you never know exactly which morning the water temp will drop to the critical temp. and you MUST warm them back up gradually or that shock might also kill them. RGB Zone 5 OH |
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