A cross between the rocky mountain white and Sipe Red Mossie is about the worst cross I can imagine. The rocky mountain white is a niloticus/aurea cross and has fair cold water tolerance. Mossies have poor cold weather tolerance unless selectively bred for it. Sipe's strainis not. Being in CA you run up against regulations unless you get mossies. I have a wild variety that has much better cold tolerance, but just barely. Below about 70 the get fungus.

As far as a strainer for the suction, I use this stuff:


Check the want adds here. I saw an associate of mine selling Rocky Mountain White Fry. She's in San Diego too.