Cold water aquarium
A cold water aquarium is a special aquarium that does not require heating. They represent the oldest forms of aquariums. This differs from the classic freshwater aquarium . However, depending on the species being cared for, it may be necessary to install a cooling unit.
Cold water aquariums are particularly suitable for the care of the fish species native to Central Europe . But the goldfish is also one of the fish that find the best living conditions in a cold water aquarium.
Types of fish that can be kept in a cold water aquarium
Native species:
- Loach ( Barbatula barbatula )
- Bitterling ( Rhodeus amarus )
- Three-spined stickleback ( Gasterosteus aculeatus )
- Minnow ( Phoxinus phoxinus )
- Gudgeon ( Gobio gobio )
- Crucian carp ( Carassius carassius )
- Ruff ( Gymnocephalus cernuus )
- Moderlieschen ( Leucaspius delineatus )
- Rudd ( Scardinius erythrophthalmus )
- Wolffish ( Cobitis taenia )
- Bleak / arbor ( Alburnus alburnus )
Foreign species:
- Blue banded barb ( Pseudorasbora parva )
- Cardinal fish ( Tanichthys albonubes )
- Paradise fish ( Macropodus opercularis )
- Barbel ( Pethia conchonius )
- Rainbow minnow ( Notropis chrosomus )
- Disc perch ( Enneacanthus chaetodon )
- Zebrafish ( Danio rerio )
Cultivated forms:
- Brocade barb ( Puntius semifasciolatus )
- Goldfish ( Carassius gibelio forma auratus )
- Golden orfe ( Leuciscus idus )
- Guppy ( Poecilia reticulata )
- Parrot platy ( Xiphophorus variatus )
literature
- Kaspar Horst and Horst E. Kipper : The optimal aquarium - guidelines for setting up and maintaining the freshwater aquarium , Ad aquadocumenta Verlag, Bielefeld 1992, ISBN 3-925916-15-6
- Dieter Tönsmeier : Native fish in the aquarium , Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-8001-7195-3