Top 10 Frosty Fish for a Cool Water Aquarium ❄️
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Күн бұрынGiven how cold it is in Colorado, it takes more power than usual to keep my aquariums at tropical temperatures. So, I thought it might be fun to set up an unheated tank with cool water animals that can live at room temperature. Here is a list of 10 freshwater fish and invertebrates that like to live in cooler temperatures.
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0:00 My unheated 5-gallon aquarium
0:26 Cool water invertebrate #1
1:15 Cool water fish #2
2:41 Cool water fish #3
4:07 Cool water fish #4
5:09 Cool water fish #5
6:00 Cool water fish #6
6:53 Cool water fish #7
8:03 Cool water invertebrate #8
9:38 Cool water fish #9
10:42 Cool water fish #10
12:12 Why I decided to add a heater
@GirlTalksFish Жыл бұрын
*Did I skip your favorite cool water fish or animal? If so, list it below!*
@rithuharu7264 Жыл бұрын
Koi carp 😪
@julianjiang1390 Жыл бұрын
Great video! Gotta be Japanese rice fish:). Endlers can live in 65ish range too.
@suzierafferty9591 Жыл бұрын
Medaka ❤
@matthewzito6130 Жыл бұрын
Goldfish, Giant Danios, Zebra Danios, Pearl Danios, Celestial Pearl Danios, Hillstream Loaches, Rosy Barbs, Odessa Barbs, Cherry Barbs, Bloodfin Tetras, Buenos Aires Tetras, Variatus Platys .....
@ChrisJohnsonCJs-Kitchen Жыл бұрын
@@suzierafferty9591 Yes! Love them, planning on getting my first ricefish soon.
@DeformedDevices Жыл бұрын
White mountain minnows are totally underrated. They are cheap. They are beautiful. They color up so well in a nice tank. They breed so easily in a well planted tank. Very very hardy.
@jwm1893 Жыл бұрын
The gold ones are my favorite
@rembrandtshadows Жыл бұрын
they are also extirpated in the wild.
@texsuncolly Жыл бұрын
I love mine so much. But they aren’t breeding. I wonder if my Ramshorn snail is eating their eggs
@ZekeLawl Жыл бұрын
I’ve had mine for about a year and a half, I just moved them into my first planted tank so hopefully I can get them to breed before they pass away
@pillsnpiegaming 11 ай бұрын
started with guppies/endlers got white clouds and never looked back they are absolutely amazing fish so peaceful and curious.
@katesmiles4208 Жыл бұрын
Finally the cold water aquarium is gaining traction. As the demand grows so should the diversity of colours and types 😬. Thanks for the stream 👍
@RacecarsAndRicefish Жыл бұрын
can't believe ricefish didn't make your list! they're very hardly, they do fine at 60F, they come in many colors, very easy to breed, and you can get them at aqua imports!
@Alloehell102 Жыл бұрын
Could u keep them in small ponds outside
@kellycasperhanson4426 7 ай бұрын
@yearandom914 Part of the year, for sure. You need to check your winter temperatures against their lowest temperature recommendations. You'll love them in ponds or outdoor tubs!
@IMaqua Жыл бұрын
I keep mostly unheated aquariums in my fish room, well at least 90% of them. Fish room temperature is 70-80F depending on the season of the year. Cost of electricity has been crazy here in Europe. Even to heat up my tiny fish room to 70F is sooooo expensive. I am looking to keep more and more fish that do not require heater. Cheers Irene.
@chelsmeister Жыл бұрын
Me too! None of my tanks are heated, but temperature goes between 75 to minimum 65 in the winter. I am keeping endlers, BN, amanos, bolivian ram, and also a nerite, who are all very happy :)
@chelsmeister Жыл бұрын
And as Irene mentioned for other fish, my endlers live longer if they are in cold water (they also take longer to grow up!)
@Flaggerz Жыл бұрын
@@chelsmeister same I live in a tropical country and some people even suggested to me to get a cooler or something
@IMaqua Жыл бұрын
@@chelsmeister my endler babies also grow up much slower in winter and faster in summer.
@rembrandtshadows Жыл бұрын
North American Centrarchids: dollar sunfish, flier. Larger fish, rock bass, mud sunfish. Monster fish: bowfin. Darters and killifish have interesting BREEDING colors. I live in Virginia, let me know if you are interested, I will see what I can do.
@cadenlikespigs Жыл бұрын
“Don’t just get one because you’re buying into all of the Minecraft hype” Very wise words to live by.
@SilverforceX Жыл бұрын
Correction for you on some of the species temperature. Cherry Shrimps will survive just fine down to 8C overnight, White Clouds will survive 4C. I have them in outdoor ponds and they do really well year round. The best though is Japanese Ricefish, or Medaka (micro Koi). They will survive low temp as long as water does not freeze. Will also survive up to 35C just fine.
@antonyburt4183 2 ай бұрын
I put six WCMM in a 120 litre wildlife pond four years ago and they're still going strong. Not sure on water temps but they've survived winters that have got down to -10c and summers up to 35c
@michaelfox6820 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for covering this topic. When I first got back into tropical fish, I did a lot of internet research on "cool water tropicals", as I live in a cool climate (central Ontario) and didn't want to heat my aquarium. I came up with a lot of species that are readily available and has a temperature range as low as 65F (18C). In addition to the already mentioned white cloud, paradise fish, flagfish and rainbow shiner, I came up with: red wag, micky mouse and green lantern platys; rosy red minnow; odessa, golden, and tiger barbs; zebra and celestial danio; panda, pepper corys; Buenos Aires and bloodfin tetras; bristlenose pleco; Asian stone catfish; pygmy sunfish and Endler livebearers. If you can keep your unheated aquarium at 68F (20C), you can add a host others (e.g., cherry barb, Hillstream loach, neon, black neon, ember and candycane tetras. I was amazed at how many so-called tropical fish can live well at these temperatures!
@discordiacreates6669 Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, looking into native bait fish is also a very good idea for cool water aquariums though they can be on the bigger side and have food aggression issues if ya go that route. Also... Don't put rosey minnows in a heated tank, I've only had a single one survive longer then a month and my first try with crappie minnows, bigger silvery grey to olive colored guys, well... They lasted maybe three days with a heater but months in an unheated tank. Demanding on oxygen and water flow though but for a bigger higher flow tank, I think they're neat. Honestly more native fish would probably be a good idea in general in the fishkeeping hobby, no risk of invasive takeover if what's in your tank has been here already for the past few hundred years at least, and no need for a heater or cooler if they're kept around the same as yearly outside temps (granted they're human safe temps) but since most in North America are threatened or endangered... Idk any legal way to get a bunch of species or I'd at least try to breed some
@racereadypowerhouse Жыл бұрын
I’m shocked you didn’t mention ricefish! They have been awesome in my no heater setups!
@HashtagTheKate Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU! The non goldfish/koi cold water category is so underappreciated in the hobby. Sweet little Odo knows whats up! Ha. Tiny feet on snow = no bueno. 💜
@noodlynoodle Жыл бұрын
And honestly the thing is most fancy goldfish do actually need heaters depending on what's "room temp" for you. A lot of folks will try to say they like cold water but it's more like they can *survive* the cooler temps but they actually need around 77-ish°F to be really healthy and happy !
@joshbrz Жыл бұрын
i have some CPDs and assorted sewellia in an unheated tank with mostly crypts and epiphytes. it can get pretty chilly in winter (60s) but everyone seems happy and the s. albisuera had babies last january, so 🤷♂
@oscars85 Жыл бұрын
I have a similar setup, in winter the tank hits about 65, and fish seem happy.
@My_Fridge Жыл бұрын
I just recently moved to Utah from Florida and started over with my tanks. Got some White Clouds and just love them so far
@amysteiner140 Жыл бұрын
OMGOSH! Shrimplets get me every time. That are just the cutest.
@ooski Жыл бұрын
Wow, just what i needed. Perfect timing
@aquagino88 Жыл бұрын
Great video! Appreciate the metric conversions. :)
@Evil_Genius_888 Жыл бұрын
My cherries are doing great at 68 degrees. I’m getting ready to move them from a 29g aquarium to a 47g rimless. If I can find them I plan to add CPDs too.
@garg4531 Жыл бұрын
Great list, and I love that we got to see and hear about your clown killifish and new cherry shrimp here!
@chelsmeister Жыл бұрын
YES FINALLY!! So excited to see this video :)
@robertfoster2988 Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate the way you give consise information that can actually put to practical use
@LifeGoesNorth Жыл бұрын
Thanks Irene! I've got a happy-unheated tank with cherry shrimp and gold white cloud minnows and they are thriving.
@jobyjoby9310 Жыл бұрын
I highly recommend the Redbelly Dace, it’s a perfect tank mate or alternative to the Rainbow Shiner. Bright red and yellow on them. I also recommend any species of darter, the colors are super bright on males, and they vary in size and shape.
@audrameyer9558 Жыл бұрын
Great content, Irene 😁 I love all things "Killi" and Gardneri are very hearty and beautiful. I also love Pygmy Sunfish 🥰 They are tiny and the males are absolutely stunning!
@GirlTalksFish Жыл бұрын
Ooo, I was tempted to add pygmy sunfish to the list but they seemed so shy. Are they very timid in your aquariums?
@audrameyer9558 Жыл бұрын
@@GirlTalksFish At first, they were. As the plants in the tank have grown in and they have become used to me, they are out and about 😁 They have actually started to breed!
@koishiikitty Жыл бұрын
I have white clouds, both gold and long Fin, in two outdoor ponds in Washington. They breed easy and do just fine over winter south ice. Japanese medaka are another really good cold water fish.
@jt4185 Жыл бұрын
I’ve been keeping Panda Cory’s for about 4 months and they have been doing great between 65-70°. I did add a heater set at 70°. I have not successfully bred them in these conditions yet, but the tank is still relatively young. The fish seem happy and healthy though.
@russellbrubaker4132 Жыл бұрын
Another cool cool species are the Gymnogeophagus from Uruguay and Argentina. Many of the different species are pretty uncommon in the hobby. But they are really cool little earth eater cichlids that can take temps down into the 50s. Also, several cory catfish can handle cooler temps.
@AquaticMoose Жыл бұрын
Loving this topic recently 👍
@sarahwoodring5587 Жыл бұрын
Great video! Love the shout-out for flagfish; they're my new favorite species. They're wonderful algae eaters!
@rembrandtshadows Жыл бұрын
I am going to investigate different populations of flag fish whilst I am down in Florida, more likely next year than this. Let me know if you are interested.
@jessicasinclair323 Жыл бұрын
Medaka ricefish! Got them outside in West Midlands UK all year round. Also the bog standard goldfish, sarasa commets etc can live outside all year round here too. And bitterlings are very cool to keep too
@boebender Ай бұрын
Great video!!! You did such a good job-comprehensive, informative and fun to watch! Cheers!!
@andycarter4581 Жыл бұрын
Still the best presenter on KZfaq for the hobby!
@oscars85 Жыл бұрын
Surprised CPD's were not on this list as it's said they can take as low as 65 degrees.
@joppek77 Жыл бұрын
Good job on the research! 👍Some time ago dug deep into the topic of cool water fish and I was pretty much set on getting Paradise Fish and possibly Whiteclouds. But then I got a cat instead. 😄I'm a big fan of labyrinth fish though and Paradise Fish in particular. 🐟
@paulakreinberg1448 Жыл бұрын
I experimented this year with keeping white clouds in my unheated space without a heater. they have been doing great . the lat two months have averaged 50F , but in the third month, two are now missing. I think 55-60F would be ideal for them.
@shesellsfish Жыл бұрын
Love cold water tanks and fish. 👍💖👍
@bethfoort Жыл бұрын
Perfect timing, I am getting ready to try a cooler aquarium.
@PotooBurd 6 ай бұрын
This is so informative!!! Fantastic reporting!🌻🌼🐝
@lizettebusquets4305 Жыл бұрын
I've had the same problem with unheated tanks. In the winter, they just got too cold, especially at night, regardless of keeping the room around 70. So, had to add heater.
@PokemonAdventures009 Жыл бұрын
Feel you on that.
@taylorhillard4868 Жыл бұрын
Honestly I don't bother anymore. I've had a number of incidents and emergencies and have kept even a number of warm water species like guppies and ember tetras in waters as cold as 55 and they've done just fine. Most of what I keep now are cold water anyway (except the guppies) but they're still breeding and active at 65.
@hummingbird3771 Жыл бұрын
Great ideas, thanks!
@TheBrewster320 Жыл бұрын
Recommendation as an alternative for axolotls, Spanish ribbed newts. Care is exactly the same as axoltols and reach similar sizes though not as bulky and more active as adults, however, they’re much more tolerant of high temperatures! Comfortable up to 75*F, so if you’re comfortable they’re comfortable. And they are fine down to 50*F so winter time drops are an issue either.
@rembrandtshadows Жыл бұрын
I guess they are very social and can take a joke
@jesshouse529 Жыл бұрын
Great video! I discovered you through Aquarium Co-op and am loving your channel. I am an ecologist but specialize in the midwestern US--I have a lot to learn about all these fascinating aquarium species!
@rembrandtshadows Жыл бұрын
there are a lot interesting North American species, like the Centrarchids (sunfish and basses). Some sunfish stay small and colorful. Get a good field guide and you might have some in your local waters. Hit me up if I can help. I live in Virginia.
@jesshouse529 Жыл бұрын
@@rembrandtshadows Thank you! I am definitely interested in keeping and breeding small native species.
@rembrandtshadows Жыл бұрын
@@jesshouse529 from the Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of Virginia, North American Native Fishes Association might be a good place to start.
@Veritas1980-Chill Жыл бұрын
another fish that's cool to keep with goldfish for cleanup and algae control would be hillstream loaches. they do like a bit of flow, though, which would not be appreciated by a lot of fancy goldfish.
@fredjones554 2 ай бұрын
Love your content ❤
@pault8591 Жыл бұрын
My coldwater tank currently has Scarlet badis, clown kilifish, borneo loach (hillstream loach), variety of shrimps including orange eye blue tiger, pygmy corys, and celestial galaxy rasbora. also have some horned nitrites . everyone is happy and thriving. shrimp are even breeding.
@dawnt6791 Жыл бұрын
All of my tanks are unheated. At least, they don't have heaters. The pumps on internal and HOB filters also provide a bit of heating as they do their work, and I only have 2 tanks that don't have anything more than a sponge filter in them (2g jarrarium, 5g quarantine tank). We keep our house 74-78 F year round (warmer in summer, cooler in winter), so it works great. The lowest temp I've registered in any of my tanks is around 72 F in our living room, which stays cooler than the bedrooms. The main thing people need to look at is their ambient room temperature throughout the year.
@dawnt6791 Жыл бұрын
Oh, stocking: 29g - Gambusia mosquito fish, pleco, panda cories (HOB used only for water movement - stays around 74 F) 6.8g - chili rasboras, blue dream/jelly shrimp (in-tank sump with submerged water pump - stays around 74-76 F) 29g - Endler's, lemon tetras, pygmy cories, bristlenose plecos, neocardina in various colors, Amano shrimp (HOB - stays around 74 F) 10g Riraparian (maybe 7g water) - guppies, orange neocardina (internal filter - stays right around 74 F) 7g - ember tetras, gold honey gourami, cherry shrimp, Amano shrimp (internal filter - stays 74-76 F) 2g jarrarium - neocardina shrimp (blue dream, blue jelly, jade - nano sponge filter only - covered with a snug fitting lid - stays right around 75 F) 5g quarantine tank - contains a heater in case I need it, but I've never had to use it - contains only a sponge filter - this tank sits near the floor, so it's the one that's dropped to around 72 F
@sunriseshell Жыл бұрын
An outdoor pond in Colorado is going to get a wee bit cooler than 65. And this is in spring/summer/fall. My white clouds are in an unheated space and is regularly in the 50s and they are doing well and have great appetites. Rosy Red Minnows do well in this space too and are super cheap as they're feeders.
@rejbratch68 Жыл бұрын
Great video, i just want to ask what are those white things on the glass? re they cherry sheimp babies?
@khandeexiong7769 2 ай бұрын
Cyprinella lutrensis are great cool water fishes. Great coloration and active swimmers.
@alip.9740 Жыл бұрын
I know this isn't related to this topic but have you made a video yet about fish that live in similar conditions as betas? Specifically fish that aren't schooling fish. My daughter wants to try another fish other then betas but can't really revamp the tank. She enjoys your videos and thought you could help. We did do a quick ask to Google but only found fish that live well with betas which could answer this question but didn't know if there are other fish that don't do well with betas that could live in similar conditions also. I could do a better research but thought we would try connecting with you about this as well. Thank you for your fun and very helpful videos!
@craigquinn8225 Жыл бұрын
thought for sure you would have said rice fish. amazing colourful small fish. I keep them in my pond in the uk. and we get minus temperatures. also my cpd are really happy between 23/24
@anthonybartomeo9027 Жыл бұрын
i ran no heater this winter in wisconsin i have blue neon tetras black neon tetras brilliant rasboras and mystery snails and they love it!
@johnnygalaxy9022 Жыл бұрын
I kept White clouds in an outdoor tub over the summer. I thought i took them all out by october when it got down to 15c, but when i totally shutdown and drained the tub in December to my surprise some White Clouds were left over and totally alive under an thin layer of ice!
@davidschluter6639 Жыл бұрын
I like long finned zebra Danios and neon rosy barbs for the ponds in the spring for mosquito control.
@mattmoore1311 Жыл бұрын
I have a 120 gallon tank. We kept green sunfish in it for several years with no heat. They become very interactive like cichlids.
@RandomTheresa Жыл бұрын
I have a species only tank of clown killies, fantastic little fish!
@jawjagrrl Жыл бұрын
I've had rocket killies in a 2.5 unheated tank for about a year, and they just moved into a 5gal heavily planted setup. I had shrimp in the original tank though, and any bright colored ones were all killed after a day or two - you could see bites :( so that doesn't always work. Maybe if they had a 5gal from the start, but they were drawn to the bright colors. My wild type shrimp survived their roommates. I do love the killies and would highly recommend!
@traceya8699 Жыл бұрын
Hey Irene, your Clown Killifish are cool and I have a 6 gallon tank so was looking for ideas. What else do you feed them? Would they take ordinary flake or pellet food? I'd like to try shrimp but know they need to be acclimatised carefully. Do you have any videos on acclimatising shrimp? Thanks. PS love your videos
@abcaquaticbiotopecreations8915 Жыл бұрын
Rainbow shiners are one of the natives that I breed!
@jayfuller3709 Жыл бұрын
Great video!! I wish I could get my tanks with shrimp in them to go below 78 degrees. They are in my 2nd floor study. My Betta tank is at 84! All but the Shrimp tank, 76 & the Ram tank, 84 are set to 78.
@crzrck 3 ай бұрын
I live west of Chicago. I put three Paradise Garage in a 8000 gallon pond. At the end of summer there were thousands of paradise fish. It's insane. You can put them in just about anything outside and they will breed
@Birdofthetacklebox Жыл бұрын
I really like mudpuppies they come from the northern US and are quite active during the winter. I say they can go down to 50*-65* but they get big growing to 17 inches though they are very rare in captivity though.
@aquadiaryofficial Жыл бұрын
Being betta breeder and staying in Boston,USA.. my biggest challenge is keep all my basement tanks heated. But love betta fish than cold water fish. 😊
@Aedony Жыл бұрын
I have a ph of about 6-6.5 and my shrimp are doing great. So just a note to people who may think their shrimp wont be happy in softer water. They will, and they also breed just as well.
@technomad9071 2 ай бұрын
well done for learning sthandard metirc units
@handy-capoutdoors4063 Жыл бұрын
I took a long time to look for cold water fish. I live in Wisconsin and am worried about an unheated tank incident. I was hoping to find some fish that could survive a Wisconsin winter. Can you do a video on arctic or antarctic aquarium fish? The cold water list is very obscure
@rohanarts1158 11 ай бұрын
great video
@JollyRancherFriends Жыл бұрын
Ty ❤
@mrbanjofrog Жыл бұрын
For the Australian fish, if you can get the southern Pygmy perch. They love it cold. Give them hides and plants and a tank at least five gallons. They might be kinda aggressive though
@Aedony Жыл бұрын
I have my shrimp tank on the windowsill with no heater and no filter. In the winter I had it go down to 14°C and in the summer 35°. They won't breed (or move) as much below 15°. They are still fine, eating and all, but not as active. In the summer I was more worried but they were fine too. At about 21°-22° they are most happy I think.
@fij715 Жыл бұрын
What shrimp do you have?
@Aedony Жыл бұрын
neocaradina
@666Maeglin Жыл бұрын
I love it how you also put celsius degrees in you movies, many of your american colleagues can take a exmple from . Using Fahrenheid , Inches , feet and gallons and oither mediebal measurment units only used ion the USA
@Spunky7819Hove-bi4eg 11 ай бұрын
I saw one of the blue lobsters in a tank with some peppered corydoras at a chain store the other day, I felt so bad for the little guys because they were super curious about him and swimming near him. Luckily he was preoccupied with some larger fish near the top so he didn’t seem to mind them. But still, total time bomb in that tank
@bloody_toast8103 3 ай бұрын
Dojo loach mentioned! ❤
@Iamayla355 Жыл бұрын
Hello I’m from Co do you have any good recommendations for good fish stores here?
@marcodominguez927 Жыл бұрын
Where do you find empire gudgeons here in Colorado ?
@rembrandtshadows Жыл бұрын
there are a lot of native species which look interesting. I actually had a private aquarium ask me to supply some bowfin to breed. They have interesting colors but qualify as monster fish. They also have Jurassic attitude.
@vianlodrin5410 Жыл бұрын
Five of my low subtropical/cool water fish are the climbing perch, snakehead gudgeon, black dwarf snakehead, spotted galaxis and three lines bagridae
@huldu Жыл бұрын
As a kid I would often go into nearby lakes and catch local fish and keep them in various aquariums. At first it worked great they were doing just fine but after a year something just didn't seem right. The local fish around here(carp, pike, zander, perch etc) goes into some sort of "hibernation" not sure what it's called during the winter due to the very low temperatures and lakes freezing. I could never figure out how to do in an aquarium a kid back in the early 90's. I had an idea to pull cold air in from the outside into the tank but never got around to doing that. I just saw something was wrong so I called a fish specialist that took them all. They were great fish except the pike and the perch. They were nightmare monsters. The carps were my favorites along with sticklebacks. The carps were so friendly and would always come to my hand when feeding them and let me pet them(they got quite big). I should note that the indoor temperature back then was around 20-22c, which I'm quite certain was well above what the fish were used to. I always caught them as fry as they would hang around the shores.
@simpanzee1006 Жыл бұрын
You know what I would love to see one day? Selectively bred au fish or pumpkinseed. They already have so much cool colors. Wpild be even cooler if they could pop more. They're like less finicky cold water discus lol
@WhiteCloud746 Жыл бұрын
FWIW, White Cloud Minnows will darken and get much deeper color on a dark substrate like Ecco Complete or Flourite Dark.
@loganthegeckoking8038 Жыл бұрын
I got my first 40 gallon last month and I got my first fish for it yesterday a lionhead goldfish named lil Wigglesworth
@Languagebeta 5 ай бұрын
Rosy red and fathead minnows are my 2 favorite coldwater fish... but their the only coldwater fish I've kept
@Crystalspets Жыл бұрын
There are some really cool cold water fish
@watzegjemedaarnouvan Жыл бұрын
Hello i love your videos
@abcaquaticbiotopecreations8915 Жыл бұрын
For me keeping and breeding NA natives, all of my 36 tanks are unheated in my basement fishroom. Temps in the coldest part of winter can range from 48°f to 72°f in the hottest parts of summer.
@beseggg 11 ай бұрын
How cumbersome would it be to heat an 8 gallon tank in a sheltered balcony in zone 6B? Last winter the coldest temperature was 35F. I have a 100W heater. Is this a good idea?
@johncameron4194 Жыл бұрын
Good video
@jonnyboom5993 Жыл бұрын
I had some white clouds survive the winter in my pond. It got below zero degrees farenheit for days.
@scottplumer3668 Жыл бұрын
I wanted to do a tank with local Ohio species (where I live). I started with crayfish, then added rosy red minnows. The crayfish ate every single one of them. They also eat any plants I try to put in there, so it's become the crayfish tank. We had a power outage in December 2020, and the temperature in the tank go down into the 40s and they were fine. They actually seemed more active in the cold water.
@alekkoomanoff7281 8 ай бұрын
Check out your neighbors, Zimmerman's Fish.
@williamelaphemorelia 10 ай бұрын
Paradise fish are really similar to bettas, and they are amazing betta alternatives.
@PlainsPup 4 ай бұрын
For those cichlid fans out there, if you want to keep some fascinating, cichlid-like fish that live in cool water, try the sunfish family (centrarchids). These include aquarium classics like the tiny Everglades sunfish, the small blue-spotted sunfish, and the medium-sized pumpkinseed. There are 38 species in all, including orangespotted, longear, bluegill, and green sunfishes, as well as smallmouth and largemouth bass (for giant tanks only). All these are cool water fishes, and if you give them a winter cool-down period followed by a spring warm-up period, they can spawn for you. I've kept several of them, and they have a lot of "wet pet" appeal, much like cichlids.
@eddiecochrane602 Жыл бұрын
Funny, I never considered empire gudgeons an oddball fish! Lots of personality - have heaps of these in my Australian native cool water aquarium. Agassiz's perchlet is another Australian native cool water fish with lots of personality - plus their large eyes give them an unusual appearance. The good old pacific blue eye is a very active fish for cool water aquariums. Mostly a plain silver fish but when the males flare their fins it's rather colourful and it's hard to go past their brilliant blue eyes. Rhads have a bit of colour and do well in cold water (tolerant of a huge temperature range) but need a rather low pH and are particularly hard to get hold of in the aquarium trade even in Australia. Empire gudgeons, pacific blue eyes and rhads all do well in outdoor ponds in Sydney over winter, but haven't ever tried agassiz's perchlets in my pond.
@Jadae Жыл бұрын
There are several types of very colorful Pygmy Sunfish from America that can do small, cold setups, as well.
@gppaula Жыл бұрын
As a Coloradan, what (if anything) do you to deal with our hard water?
@kenjiro2676 Жыл бұрын
My neos are overwintering outside, they weathered 33F nights in a 20g pond. They are definitely very cold hardy. The same can be said for white cloud minnows, blue paradise fish (opercularis, occelatus), and most of the other fish you brought up that were bred outdoors in ponds, being able to overwinter under ice. Maybe with the exception of the Florida flag fish, axolotls, and the paradise gudgeon.
@GirlTalksFish Жыл бұрын
Holy cow, no way! I didn't know Neos could live outdoors in such cold weather, so maybe next year..
@vanessa.stolke 9 ай бұрын
Are you sure with 33F (0,5 Grad Celsius)? I can not believe this.
@kenjiro2676 9 ай бұрын
@@vanessa.stolke yes the neocaridinas survived that and bred well the following spring.
@vanessa.stolke 9 ай бұрын
Oh, that's amazing. I didn't know that you could go so low with the temperatures with Neocaridina, even though I've read reports like this from time to time. I thought they were exceptional cases. I keep Macropodus and Barbodes semifasciolatus. In my research I found out that they can tolerate low temperatures, but from 10 degrees Celsius (50 Fahrenheit) I bring them in again. I also read somewhere that Sewellia lineolat also tolerate such low temperatures, but I couldn't find a scientific source. I like Tateurndina ocellicauda, but again there is no scientific source I can find that tells me how low the temperature can go without harming the animal. That's why I don't have Tateurndina, even though I find it very beautiful.
@kenjiro2676 9 ай бұрын
@@vanessa.stolke I like tateurndia too, if I had to get a goby it would probably be the stiphodon species or Hypseleotris compressa, since I know for sure that those don’t need it warm. I think people in Europe, or at least some breeders, made a very strong cold hardy line of macropodus occelatus and opercularis. Most of them use some sort of cover of the pond to protect it from snow. I really like my cold water fish, I just wished I had more room for more.
@MeowtroidPrime Жыл бұрын
I've got 24 karat white clouds, about 17 of them! They're overwintering in my kitchen tank but they'll be going into my mini pond on my balcony once it warms up c:
@MeowtroidPrime Жыл бұрын
Oh you missed my favorite cool water fish: medaka rice fish!! Also super easy to breed and come in a huge variety of colors. I have some black medaka rice fish I am going to try to breed this year too!
@GirlTalksFish Жыл бұрын
Fun! Everyone keeps telling me to try them so maybe I should see what the excitement is all about.
@MeowtroidPrime Жыл бұрын
@@GirlTalksFish I've noticed the males are especially fun to watch when they're in breeding mode - they flare their fins out in a really pretty display and you can see all the red in their fins when they do
@wannabe_D7000 4 ай бұрын
Its winter the lowest has gotten 2 degrees c and i have gold fish in my tank without heater and its semi outside inside the house but in an open area where wind can enter and everything and they are fine till now not sick and actually i feed them once in 4 days as its winter but they are fine not sick and playing a lot
@andycarter4581 Жыл бұрын
Hillstream loaches like it cool!
@Mater-code Жыл бұрын
Your fish plays so well in the aquarium.. i have a 3+ feet aquarium but my fish doesn't play much and just be slow or look lazy.. please give me some tips.... pleaseee
@Chompchompyerded 5 ай бұрын
I keep crayfish in with my Asian flapshell turtle. They are a GREAT cleaner species, eating all the leftover turtle food and sometimes even eating turtle dung (yuch!). They also graze on algae and because of that, I have a pretty much spotless turtle tank. The water is nice and clear, but I do need to do water changes every other week so that ammonia, nitrates and nitrites don't build up. Another name for a flapshell turtle is a "substrate plough." They will dig up an entire 40 gallon long tank crammed full of plants if you give them a couple of hours, and they will be very proud of their work. They just love to dig and root around. They see it as their purpose in life to dig holes, fill them in, and build other holes, taking time to root around with their little pig-shaped noses from time to time. There seems to be a lot of respect and friendship between the turtle and the crayfish I have. The crayfish like to dig holes too. I guess you could say I have holy pets even though nobody in particular has blessed them. In addition to plants, neither the turtle nor the crayfish are particularly good tank mates for fish. I put guppies in there just once, and they were all gone by the next day. I don't know who the culprit(s) were, but they were gone without a trace. The guppies were someone's culls and I had been given them, so no money loss, but using live critters as food outside of daphnia, blood worms, and brine shrimp, just isn't my idea of ideal, especially when everyone else has a good and balanced diet. Live and learn.
@johncameron4194 Жыл бұрын
Cute dog
@Languagebeta 5 ай бұрын
I keep rosy red minnows in a 10 gallon tank, and am trying to decide what to get next, because their getting pretty old
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