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Fish that can be kept in room temperature water?

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I just bought a 10 gallon fish tank kit from Wal-Mart, the tank kit included the tank, hood, lights, water conditioner, fish food, and a water filter... I also bought the air pump, air rock, air hose, and i bought rocks to put in the bottom.

I have my aquarium set up, water in it, i put the water conditioner in the water already, have the filter filtering water, etc...

I want to know what kind of fish i can keep in this aquarium using room temperature water... I don't want to get a large fish, just a medium sized or smaller fish. also can algae eaters be kept in room temperature water?

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  1. Goldfish usually do ok in room temperature water, they need approximately 72-75 degrees F.  Frogs could also be kept in that temp range.  If you bought the heater, you could keep guppies, tetras and other small colony fish.  Betta's do ok in room temp water, although a heater would better suit their needs.  Check out the fish in the coldwater section of the pet store, those are usually the room temp fish and find appropriately sized fish(1 gallon plus an additional gallon for every inch of fish).  Good luck with your new tank.


  2. it should have come with a heater..or i'd think it would...if not buy one..it won't be that expensive and then you can have any fish you want (not too big cuz it is onyl 10 gallons, but you don't want big so it is good)...if you don't want to do this, go to petsmarto or something and talk to someone who speacializes in the fish department

  3. I think you can keep beta in room temp......what's wrong with Beta's?

  4. It depends on what your room temperature is, but honestly I would add a heater to that tank and get tropical fish. They aren't that expensive, and the thing with smaller thanks is that water levels fluctuate much more often than with bigger tanks, so if for example in the daytime your room temperature is at 75F and at night it goes to 60F, most likely the water will as well because it's a small tank, and those kind of temperature changes are harmful for your fish.

    If you have a heater in the other hand, the heater will have a set temperature set, and if the temperature starts to decrease it turns on to bring it back on the temperature it's supposed to be, thus the waters will stay balanced and your fish will thrive. There's various species of tropical fish that will live well in a 10 gallon, such as neon tetras, bettas, and honey gourami.

    But, if you have air conditioning at your house or something that makes it stay at around 75F all the time, then you can have some small coldwater species (not goldfish, they get too large for a 10 gallon), like these ones:

    Gold, Green, or Rosy Barb

    Guppy

    Bloodfin Tetra

    Buenos Aires Tetra

    Hillstream Loach

    White Cloud Mountain Minnow

    Zebra Danio

    Croaking Tetra

    Make sure to read up about the nitrogen cycle before adding fish (will save you time, money, and your sanity) and try to follow the 1" per gallon rule. Good luck!

  5. Goldfish, except they can get pretty big.  I have 2 in my 10-gallon tank that doesn't have a heater.  I've had them both for a year now.

  6. i'd say get some guppies, but instead of just saying that, im gonna provide some more info on why you should get them. first of all, they can live in like any water condition, though they provide about 78 degrees normally, the babies (which you will get lots of) prefer 86 degrees to grow faster, and to breed and really set the mood its 82 degrees for the male and female. ok now for the breeding. youve heard of people getting tired of their fish dying in a couple months and them having to go buy new ones. guppies arent like that. guppies are very disease resistant because they originate in south america in small streams or ponds where any water condition is fine for them. they also live a very long time, but depending on how low the temperature is will make their life be a lot longer. i have some guppies that are 2 years old! and if something unfortunate happens say a couple guppies die, they are reproducing so fast, they will replace their unfortunae brothers and sisters. the only very small downside is you may need a couple extra tanks if you want to keep them all. otherwise you can sell them to a local pet store where they will gladly take them in exchange for money, or store credit where you can get free pet supplies to support your guppy breeding "addiction" that it may soon become. guppies are also very colorful. the males tend to have smaller bodies but bigger more colorful tails, as the females have much larger bodies (especially when their pregnant) shorter less colorful tails. definitely keep them, becuase they are the future to guppies that are soon to come. the females give birth to 30-50 guppies, however many are eaten by the parents and other fish. to prevent this you should get aquarium plants. i hope you found this information helpful, and BEST ANSWER PLEASE! i hope you can tell that this answer blew the others out of the water : ) good luck with the guppies i hope you are soon to get, and happy breeding!

  7. Forget the 1"/gallon rule. Do you think you could put a single 10" fish in your tank? It wouldn't be able to turn around.

    If you don't want to put in a heater, then white cloud minnows might be the fish for you.  They like their water in the mid sixties to low seventies. You could put a nice school of 6-7 of them in your tank.

    And all fish put off ammonia. Their pee and poo are nitrogenous wastes.

  8. sure i guess...

  9. Room temperature is a relative term. What if you like your A/C on 65, or you're a windows open person and don't use A/C. Go to an actual pet shop. They'll give you real, fish-related advice. A heater doesn't cost much, if you need one. They'll also tell you that algae eaters won't eat EVERYTHING. Sorry to burst that bubble.

  10. I think that you can have a Beta Fish. Both my brother and I have Beta fish and they have lasted fairly long...My brother also has bottom feeder in his tank; I think they are algae eaters.

    I think that if you go back to Wal-Mart, or go to another pet store like Petsmart, or Pet Cetra, there are sure to be people that specialize in fish and such.

    If you want to consider Beta fish, you can check out this link: http://www.siamsbestbettas.com/care.html  You can get Beta fish at almost any pet store with fish. You can get only one male Beta fish, per tank. So, if you want to fill up your tank more, you could get female Beta fish. Some pet stores sell them, but not as many as male Betas. This is because the male Betas are way more colorful, and the females are not. But, they don't fight if you have more than one in a tank, so you can put as many as you want.

    Also my brother has a kind of goldfish that are in room temperature water.

    Here is a link that has cold-room temperature water fish that you could get: http://www.siamsbestbettas.com/care.html

    Like I said, you can also always ask the people that work at the pet store, they are their to help you.

    I hope I helped you.  

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