Cold water fish options

Found another one while researching a different topic. The panda loach, Protomyzon pachychilus ... 64F-72F

From google:

PokeSephiroth wrote:I believe the Rosy Red Minnows are also known as Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas)...and while they are cold water compatible, they are considered as an invasive species in our state

Source: http://wdfw.wa.gov/ais/pimephales_promelas/

If any of you know of species that aren't currently on the Illegal Species post:

http://www.wafishbox.com/t7948-forum-rules-on-illegal-plant-and-animal-species-state-and-federal-laws#73630

Please let me know via PM so I can update the post. The fathead minnow is already on there, but I updated the name to include rosy red.

Something of interest to me, kinda off topic, but throwing it out. First post, ember tetra, 68-82, I just got 20 of these about a month ago, and they arrived with pretty bad ich. I acclimated them to a tank that was 88 degrees, they have been there for a month, just yesterday I dropped 2 degrees to 86, and tomorrow will go to 84, and so on. Only lost one of them, but interesting how broad a temp range can be tolerated.

That is part of the reason for this exercise, to learn what is really out there! While researching this, we ran into the fact that white clouds live at 90 degrees in their source... There have been a lot of similar "really???" moments like that during this project.

I know darters were mentioned Tom but this one caught my eye when I was looking them up and surfing pictures.  What a beauty...these are the spawning colors being displayed in the picture

Greenside Darter
Etheostoma blenniodes



and a short article about them
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/species_a_to_z/SpeciesGuideIndex/greensidedarter/tabid/6654/Default.aspx

They would probably fall out in your "cold" category.

And what a pretty fish, added to the investigate list

i' ve been keeping one of my 125s at 68 degrees not by choice. It contains roseline sharks, guppies and hillstream loaches. a few furcatus rainbows. and sexy pleco, that I can't recall the name of.

Dwarfpike, Your my nieghbor! and that panda loach is spectacular! Oh Cory??!!!

I let my "pond" go a little too long this fall and I can vouch that cherry shrimp, Heterandria formosa, and a pair of cherry barbs survived mid 40* water, the cherry barbs aren't a good idea as I started off with at least 14 but I did have 2 survivors.

So I was just going over this information again. I'd like to add Fancy Goldfish, Koi, Shubunkins, Bitterlings, Rainbow Dace.

Paracheilognathus himantegus? Any other bitterlings?
I already have a catch-all for goldfish (shubunkins, fancy, etc.)
Koi added
Notropis lutrensis for the dace? (BTW, that is one gorgeous looking little fish!!!)

Not sure if these would count under what you are looking for, but cichlids of the genus Gymnogeophagus require a cooling down period. They come from Uruguay so need about 3 months of below 65F before coming back up to normal temps to thrive.

From http://aqvaterra.com/ via Google (yes you can go collect your own, there are a couple trips a year):

Now thats a seksi fish!

dwarfpike wrote:From http://aqvaterra.com/ via Google (yes you can go collect your own, there are a couple trips a year):

I am curious as to the cost of such a trip as $200 in cichlids is great... but if the tour costs you $3000 its not such a great deal.

That would probably fall in the pond or garage fish tank category! Unheated aquariums AND rooms!

Chiisai wrote:Now thats a seksi fish!

dwarfpike wrote:From http://aqvaterra.com/ via Google (yes you can go collect your own, there are a couple trips a year):

I am curious as to the cost of such a trip as $200 in cichlids is great... but if the tour costs you $3000 its not such a great deal.

If I remember right, the package is about $1500 or so ... covers everything (hotels, food, import permits). Of course, you have to buy the plane ticket all the way down to there, which is spendy about another $1500). Still, I imagine for some (like me), looking at fish in your aquarium you collected would be something special.

Tom...jumping up and down...Tom...look a these (maybe already mentioned but here they are)....the bid is climbing but I see why...beautiful

Elassoma Gilberti (Gulf Coast Pygmy Sunfish)
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwusnative&1391823025

http://www.nanfa.org/fif/Egilberti.shtml

Ohhhhh, wow....

WOW! Added to the research spreadsheet

If you're planning to attend the GSAS meeting 2/11 I'll be giving a talk on native fish and there will be some to auction off afterwards!

That's quite a display he's doing.

Tom. There's a guy on E-bay from Florida selling wild-caught killies 3 types. Try a search for killfish. He also sells swamp plants and a pic of HIM IN HIS OWN ALLIGATOR SWAMP pond!

I'm currently tanked out, but I LOL'd at his water lettuce post

Suprised you found him,,, I didn't even give you his e-bay seller name,, man your good>>>>>
I know,,, he looks like SWAMP THING!!!!!
ARRGG
He does have some really cool Everglades grape tomatoe seeds for sale...