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hle_81
10-19-2003, 2:10 PM
what fishes can handle temperatures in the 60's?
Goldfish or any related species.
ROLLIN
10-19-2003, 3:41 PM
Also white clouds, weather loaches, hill stream loaches, etc....
ChilDawg
10-19-2003, 3:50 PM
And, as I've found recently, Zebra Danios, among others.
aquariumfishguy
10-19-2003, 4:16 PM
Be carefull when recommending goldfish, pond goldfish (commets, feeder fish, koi, etc.) can handle temps in the 60's but fancy goldfish (fish that most avid goldfish keepers keep) should have a water temperature of around 74-75 degrees F.
ChilDawg
10-19-2003, 4:46 PM
Good call, afg. I am writing a profile on the Goldfish for a site (http://www.aquatic-hobbyist.com/phpBB2) with which I am involved, and that will be one of my main points. :)
Dapple2
10-19-2003, 5:01 PM
...as well as cherry barbs, ringed loaches, paradise fish, darters, and several killis....
aquariumfishguy
10-20-2003, 3:17 PM
Good job! ...but, I couldn't see the link. :(
ChilDawg
10-20-2003, 3:30 PM
My bad. I'll try it again (http://www.aquatic-hobbyist.com/phpBB2/index.php).
tricksterpup
10-20-2003, 4:13 PM
GOLDFISH... BAH..
Here is a list of fish that would be perfect for a cool water tank.
Elassoma okeefenokee (Pygmy sunfish)
Heterandria Formosa (least killiefish)
Jordanella floridae (flag fish)
Lucania goodie (bluefin Killie)
Gambusia affinis affinis or holbrooki (western and easter mosquito fish
Fundulus chrysotus (golden topminnow).
Fundulus lineolatus (Lined Topminnow)
Notemigonus crysoleucas (Golden Shiner)
Pteronotropis hypselopterus (sailfin Shiner)
I thought this might be a more interesting list than the usual crowd. The pymy sunfish are for the more experienced fish keepers, since they require live foods. But always check out your bait shops, you can find some really cool fish in their holding tanks.
But if you want more common fan fair, try these also, pumpkinseeds, rosie reds/fat head minnows.
jim
fish_freak
10-20-2003, 5:43 PM
I would go with sunfish too. there are some absolutly beutiful variety's. If you are a subscriber to aquarium fish they did a cool water aritcle sometime in the last year, if you save them, with all kinds of posiblity's for a coolwater setup
Iced Galaxy
10-20-2003, 6:44 PM
i would go for weather loach because they are active and hardy fish. they do best in cool water or even cold water too...
i have 2 in my 20g.
excellent fish
for more info go to: http://www.loaches.com/index.shtml
fishlips
10-21-2003, 5:49 PM
How about a texas cichlid? Said to tolerate water temps in the 40's.
thekrib
10-21-2003, 6:12 PM
i have a single Green Sunfish in a 25 gallon, he is really stunning, and fun to watch, and he has more personality than oscars. i've trained him to jump completely out of the water for worms and other food, and he eats flake as well.
but i still havent found ANYTHING that is compatible with him, he nearly killed (i got it out before it died) a pleco 3 inches larger than it, and it ate a 3 inch swordtale and a 3 inch algae eater (the fastest, hardest to catch fish ive ever had), and he ate crawdads.
i dont have a heater on the tank and i think it stays around 65-70, but he lives in my climate, with water in the 40s-50s in the wild during winter. i saved him from an evaporating puddle.
i would be intersted in selling him for pretty cheap if you want.
hle_81
10-22-2003, 6:44 PM
will blackskirt tetras, zebra danios, & platies be ok in 68 degree water?