Jerry Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Hey all, I’ve gotten addicted to breeding fish outside, so far I’ve only kept Bettas, endlers, ricefish, panda Corys and CPDs outside but would love to keep fish outside year round without using heaters, the coldest month of the year where I live is December with average highs being 68 f and lows being 44 f, does anyone have experience with species that would do well, I’m mostly interested in nano fish or fish that can live comfortably in 20 gallons. I’ve thought about experimenting with Hara Jerdoni, green Kubotai rasbora, glow light danio, clown killi, Dwarf rainbows and continuing to keep the CPDs and ricefish outside. I have several 20 gallon tubs, three 40 gallon and one 150 gallon. Thank you for any suggestions, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preston John Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 The mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis. It’s nothing fancy but it can live and breed in water between 33°F and 104°F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy B Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Maybe white cloud mountain minnows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat_Rigel Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I have the same question- I'm in Northern California-ish. I am considering putting a heater in the tub just to keep it above 60*F on very cold days.I'm feeling saucy and might try putting my guppy culls out there, but I don't want to just condemn them to a slow death. So... yeah, still up in the air. I think cloud minnows are good choice, as mentioned above. Personally I love the gold version, but I know the long fins are very popular. But heck, the regular guys are cool too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo2o915 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 White cloud and also heard rice fish are good too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Definitely rice fish, I had not kept them before this year and they turned out to be both pretty and prolific! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seized Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Rice fish are awesome. But whiteclouds work well too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat_Rigel Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I just recently got some ricefish but I'm too scared to put them outside yet; I want to make SURE they breed first in case something... I dunno, something bad happens outside??? I have eggs right now so here's hoping they hatch with many many babies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanR Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I'm going to be doing an small outside "pond" that will be 35 gallons. I've seen Golden White Clouds in year round tubs and they are pretty, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 Thanks for the responses, I have two tubs with the Platinum Ricefish and they seem really hardy haven’t lost a single one out of 22 so far and just transferred 16 of them to the 150 gallon tub today hoping to find babies in the tub they were removed from soon. Have you been able to colony breed them outside or do you need to separate the eggs in order for the fry to survive the parents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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