stocking schooling fish

[deeleywoman]

that had me worried, since their usual temperature range is shown topping out around the upper sixties/lower seventies, pretty much everywhere i've read. i'm glad, though, cuz i'd much rather have them than the cherry barbs =)

 

[Kashta]

Nope.. I remembered that wrong. It's 72 degrees, not 75.

I was trying to remember where I'd seen temp ranges in case you wanted a link. Someone had posted a question about temperatures, goldfish, and compatibility... so I'd just been looking up a big list of cold-water fish options not too long ago. I was surprised to see the white clouds listed at 72... thinking they needed to be even colder than that.

Although the normal temperature range of the species in the wild is 18–26 °C (64–72 °F), it can survive water temperatures down to 5°C (41°F).

 

[Kashta]

Okay.. there was somewhere else that listed them much higher.

Water Temperature:

42 to 78 degrees Fahrenheit (5-27 degrees Celsius).
​

http://www.aquatic-hobbyist.com/profiles/freshwater/cyprinids/whitecloud.html

Anyway.. yes, White Clouds are fine for tropical community tanks too.


Edit: Scroll down on that page... it was the section about Breeding that listed the 75 degree temp.

Breeding:

They could quite possibly be the rabbits of the fish world. It may be argued that the Convict Cichlid (Cryptoheros nigrofasciatus) breeds more readily and more prolifically, but T. albonubes belongs in the top two in those categories. In a well-planted tank with temperatures that do not exceed 75 (and, some authors suggest, with temperatures that do exceed 68 but stay under the formerly-mentioned benchmark), they may be tough to stop from breeding. They are not obligate oophages, so some of their fry will likely survive along side the adult contingent. Fry have even more beautiful colours than their elder counterparts and have distinctively blue-tinged eyes.
​

​

 

[deeleywoman]

yeah, those are some of the same pages i came across. the indication seemed to me to be that they could handle those temperatures, but wouldn't be too happy. i may have red too much into the wordage, what with my OCD paranoia lol

(i've mentioned that i love you, right? >.>)

 

[Kashta]

I don't know. A lot of people keep them with tropicals... not that this means it's ideal for them or that we (collectively) don't often just ignore certain requirements fish have when this conflicts with what we'd rather give them.

Here's another site that says 75 degrees is within their normal range.

http://www.tropicalfishandaquariums.com/Carp/WhiteCloud.asp