Cold to Warm

[Makaiveli]

Are there any coldwater inhabitants that can flourish in warm water? I'm in Seattle, and I just got back from the Puget Sound....there are some beautiful anemone's, and starfish, and hermit crabs, and snails, and slugs, and shrimp during low-tide.

Is it possible? Anyone ever tried hermits? Snails? Anemone's?

I also saw the same looking copepods found in warm water...in cold water. They looked exactly the same, same size, shape, movement, everything.

 

[aquariumfishguy]

Well first of all, Seattle doesn't get so unbearably hot (not for long) that you'd have a pond with water over 80 degrees for any length of time...unlike Michigan.

If you take the basic Goldfish, for example they can live in pond water at or around 80-82 degrees in the summer for weeks. It happens in much of the midwest, south, and east and west coasts...we just deal with the heat and so do our fish.

However, I wouldn't use the word "flourish" very loosely. For another example, if my Goldfish had to stay in 85 degree water year round I dont think they would flourish, if even 'get by'.

 

[VoodooChild]

If you live close enough so that you can constantly replenish your supply, then I'd say go for it. Otherwise you'd have to invest in a chiller.