Mini Pond Parameters

[Mr Gumby]

Hi folks, 

I want to try a mini pond but here in the UK it doesn't get that warm. 

I have bronze, albino and black corydoras, otocinclus, Cpd and ember tetra. 

Are any of those likely to breed at cooler temps and if so what's the minimum night time temperature I should be hoping for

Any advice greatly appreciated 

Gareth 

[KBOzzie59]

How mini?  As long as it's a decent volume of water (20+) gallons it should hold much of the temp it gets during the day.  I live between Seattle and Vancouver BC and our weather is much like yours, actually probably a little cooler.   I lived out near Molesworth for 4 years and I recall some pretty warm stretches of weather.

[Mr Gumby]

I can't go too crazy size wise as she who must be obeyed would not be happy. 

I'm guessing deeper is better than wider for heat retention? 

 

[kammaroon]

I live in London and I plan to put out Medaka ricefish and CPD/Galaxy Rasboras in May. The overnight temperatures should be almost 10C/50F by then. I know the weather here is very similar to Vancouver BC (my brother lives there).

BTW, Lidl has 65L/17 US gallon mixing buckets on sale right now for £6 each:

[Mr Gumby]

That's really helpful, do you think a couple of corydoras would be OK with my CPD's? 

Might even try a few cherry shrimp as I'm pretty sure they can go cooler

[Dancing Matt]

It is possible the corydoras would eat the eggs.

[Mr Gumby]

I'm thinking that with enough cover I'll still get a decent amount of fry. If the cpd adults behave like they do in my display tank they'll probably eat more than anyone else of their own eggs. Fun to try tho and fingers crossed enough will make it