40 Breeder, Coldwater Stocking

PaulJ69

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So I have a 40 Breeder sitting next to me in the basement. Temperature right now is 72°F in the summer time, hottest gets to about 75 maybe, coldest would probably be around 65 then I will most likely have a heater for anything lover than that. But I'm trying not to use a heater.

Option 1: Coldwater River. I am thinking of having 2 canisters shooting from one end to the other. I would probably have white cloud minnows, hillstream loaches and something else. Or something totally different. What are other cold water fish that like a nice current?

Option 2: Just a non river tank. HUGE school of bloodfin tetras, or something similar. I really feel like having a big school of something. I also heard/read that Buenoes aires tetras can tolerate mid sixties?

Option 3: 4 Axolotls

Idk what else to think of. Give me some ideas on fish and tank setups.
No Goldfish, and No Danios. :D

Thanks
 
I moved your thread here since it covers coldwater and this is the proper forum for that.

You could try garras with the #1 option. I've done a river tank for hillstream loaches before. Garras and stiphodons will mix just fine there if you can find those.
 
Stiphodons do not fare too well in cold water, so that would be a definite no no. What about darters?
 
Smaller species of Sunfish, like genus Enneacanthus (Diamonds and Blackbands both of which are NJ natives) or smaller Lepomis sps. (Dollar Sunfish or Orange Spotted) will make beautiful centerpiece fish, like semi-aggressive cichlids. Try a school of Dace or Shiners for a bit of activity. A few examples are Redbelly Dace(Phoxinus sps.) Rosysided Dace (Clinostomos funduloides) Rainbow Shiners(Notropis chrosomos) or Flagfin Shiners (Notropis signipinnis) All of these can be found from time to time on AB, or they're almost always available from Sachs Aquaculture, www.aquaculturestore.com
 
wow thanks for the website!
So I'm Pretty sure I'm going for the Cold Water River tank deal.
What are some plants that would survive fast moving cold water?
Thanks again!
 
Find a fast moving stream near your house and get the plants. Fontinalis antipyretica, Willowmoss comes immediately to mind.
 
American hornwort, proserpinaca prosperina, many of the bacopas, that's all I can think of off the top of my head.
 
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