Hey,
I've just got a friend of mine into keeping fish. I got him a coldwater tank, just a 20 litre. Im into keeping tropical and dont know that much about keeping coldwater fish. Does anyone have any advice to give me on it and can anyone tell me what kind of fish are nice to have...So far he has 3 mountain minnows, a goldfish, a pleco and a black moor. Is there any others :?:

Thanks for your help,
G

hi does your friend like frogs by any chance. you can get golden frogs and black clawed frogs that are really lively in a tank. there are also various types of loach that are happy in these tanks. I have killis and Rhinogobius wuis in another cold tank. i thought that there was not so much to fill a cold tank but that is not the case. some tropical fish can also be kept in a cold tank so maybe get your friend to ask, most shops are helpful. hope that helps

Realisticly a 20 ltr is far to small for a goldfish to live in long term, in my opinon anyway, let alone the above mentioned. Give them a good start in the hobby and get an all in one system like a reckord 60.

I would recommend keeping 10 or so minnows in it, or one perhaps two fantails.

Unless you plan to keep tropical fish, dont keep frogs and clawed frogs would attack the fantail, undoubtedly. Also, most loaches are tropical again, with the exception of Dojo loaches/weather loach.

Rhino wui are an exception in that they come from cool water streams in china, and can therefore fair evenly in coldwater or tropical.

Thanks for the tips guys! Rekord sixty is a bit out of our price range, but if I had the money I would get him one! Maybe when i earn my millions....
g

dave seems to know everything so why dont you ask him where to get an affordable rekord for your friend... :twisted:

Just out of curiousity, whats the local price for a Reckord 60 in your area?

I dunno, know they are well over €100 (which I dont have).... How much in your shop Dave? Are you in school and where do you work?

A reckord 60 is 99.99 where I work.

Im in senior cycle in secondary school in Dublin west.

Dave is correct in that the tank is much to small for the fish listed. A cool water 20L/5gallon tank would be sufficient for the White Clouds and a small cleaner fish such as a hillstream loach. I believe there are some species of small tetras that may be OK for a cool water system.

Did you change the tank??? i saw a few Rekord 60 and 70 for sale in Buyandsell for less than a 100...

Cheers