Thanks Lisa and Horton. Yes temps aren't going up past 65F this next week according to the forcast. Pond temp at 5 pm today was 62F. Put some pond water in the indoor tanks just to help with any differences in chemistry. It's amazing how fast things start growing with a little sunshine!

Thanks for all the advice! I now have heaters in my tank and the water is setting right at 70 degrees. I'm not sure if I'll have to turn it up farther or not. My Dad found some "plant" lights and we put those up, lowered them closer to the plants, and I increased their daylight hours to 14. We've noticed that the roots are now reaching more downward than before and fanning out all the little hairs, where as before they were kind of shrunk up and stayed on top. Any comments on that? As for the fish they love the warmer water!! They hang out around the heaters quite a bit and are a lot more active and friendly. They've been eating their fish flakes out of my hand, I'm so excited!! Oh, we also brought in some new plants but I'm not sure what they are. They started growing in our livestock tanks this Summer while we had the fish out in them. Since the tanks are going to freeze up or be drained, and I wasn't sure my other plants would survive, we brought some of these in and planted them in the gravel bottom. The fish really like them and went crazy over the algae that was growing on them.

Yeah..I think fish that make bubble nests are classified as labrynth fish. These are: Blue Gourami (Trichogaster trichopterus) Croaking Gourami (Trichopsis vittatus) Dwarf Croaking Gourami (Trichopsis pumilus) Dwarf Gourami (Colisa lalia) Giant Gourami (Osphronemus goramy) Golden Gourami (Trichogaster trichopterus) Honey Gourami (Colisa chuna) Kissing Gourami (Helostoma temminckii) Moonlight Gourami (Trichogaster microlepis) Opaline Gourami (Trichogaster trichopterus) Paradise Fish (Macropodus opercularis) Pearl Gourami (Trichogaster leeri) Roundtail Betta (Betta plakatthai) Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens) Thick-lipped Gourami (Colisa labiosa)

Leo - Thanks for the confirmation on Talledega's color. Stamile's photo shows more of a true red, but I love your photo. That's one of the few that's going on my wish list this year. Debra