What are some of the cold fish species besides Gold fish?

**angelcakes** · 01-30-2008, 11:45 AM

black moors,lion heads,orfe,koi(which may out grow tank)subumbkin(i think its spelt right) tench,rudd,or if you want predeter fish perch,i come from the uk so theres alot of variety for cold water fish,theres is a lot of choice but be warned some do grow big and may need rehouseing,

**Ichthyologist** · 07-20-2008, 11:02 PM

Buenos Aires tetras
Killifish
Bloodfin tetras
cory cats
paradise fish
Apistogramma borellii
American flagfish
Blind cave tetra

Just ensure to do research before making choices

**Tam18993** · 09-07-2008, 01:47 AM

Mexican walking fish are a type of coldwater
and they are super cool!!

**Fishalicious** · 09-07-2008, 02:34 AM

Originally Posted by Ichthyologist

Buenos Aires tetras
Killifish
Bloodfin tetras
cory cats
paradise fish
Apistogramma borellii
American flagfish
Blind cave tetra

Just ensure to do research before making choices

Most of the above fish are can be kept sub tropical and not really cold... I guess it just depends where the 'cold' starts and ends....

Lot's of the above fish are South American...I wouldn't keep any of them below 75F

**Northernguy** · 09-21-2008, 02:23 AM

Pike ,Walleye(Pickeral),Muskie ,Smallmouth,....
Man what a huge tank that would be!

**Mvjnz** · 09-22-2008, 01:58 AM

Originally Posted by angelcakes

black moors,lion heads,orfe,koi(which may out grow tank)subumbkin(i think its spelt right) tench,rudd,or if you want predeter fish perch,

A lot of those are just varieties of the common goldfish, they are just bred to look different. The fancy kinds that you mentioned are not as tolerant to cold as the common goldfish...

Pacific blue eye is a small schooling fish which can handle temperatures down to 5 degrees celsius and up to over 30 degrees. A lot of Australian gudgeons can also handle those temperatures.

**Demjor19** · 09-23-2008, 10:17 PM

Banded Highfin!

Here are a few others: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...US285%26sa%3DN

**johnpeezy** · 09-24-2008, 04:19 AM

We can order these at my store I think for about 30 bucks(around 7") sorry we don't ship

The shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus

you need a BIG pond. See if you can house one of these where your from.

will definitly win on oddball award from the negihbors.

channel catfish
gara pingi pingi
are a few others I can think of off hand.

**domjd05** · 10-09-2008, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by CAF

Be careful of the sticklebacks, depending on where you live, it may be illegal to even possess them.

It is illegal to even stock a pond with fish in maine... at least with koi and other popular themes.

**sPuD** · 10-31-2008, 07:30 AM

LOL. Tadpoles!!!!!!! but then they grow into frogs and that mean to keep them in a tank. . .

Dunno if you can get them where you live
but fresh water crays (in NZ we call them Koura)
or fresh water crabs are also neat

The fresh water mussels help filter the water, but don't move so . . . are kinda boring

Some tropicals or sub tropicals can be climatized down to be cold water such as:
Algae Eaters
Myers hillstream

Or there is always the white cloud minnows

Axoltls are great! nice touch to a cold water aqurium . . . but don't go too well with other fish. LOL they eat anything that moves and fits in their mouth

But don't shun the goldfish ahh, as they come in some pritty cool varities and look neato!Like i have this shubunkin, which is a grayish black on the back half and a ghostly white on the front half.He is awsum, as he has a red spot where his heart is (i think)And has black eyes!I named him Spud then named my username after him.LOL only fish of mine that i've named. LOL hes that special and is a goldfish!