101. Top 5 Fish that Don’t Need a Heater

For various reasons, many aquarists don’t want to have a heater in their aquarium. In this episode of the podcast: the Water Colors staff discusses fish species that are suitable to an aquarium without a heater and a few considerations to have when you’re not utilizing a heater in an aquarium. If you have questions, or just wish to show off your home aquarium, join the Water Colors Aquarium Gallery Podcast Listeners Facebook group and join the conversation!

Correction: -In this episode we postulated that Apistogramma panduro could be considered a coolwater Apisto. This depends on the criteria of “coolwater”. Apistogramma panduro can go down to 20°C/72°F. In the context of the conversation in this podcast episode, Apistogramma borelli would have been a better example, as they can go down to 18°C/65°F.

Fishes Mentioned within This Episode: – Betta splendens – Betta unimaculata – Betta pugnax – Betta ocellata – White Cloud Mountain Minnow (Tanichthys albonubes) – Neon tetra (Paracheirodon innesi) – Bristlenose pleco (Ancistrus sp.) – Blue Paradisfish (Macropodus opercularis) – Common swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii) – Common platy (Xiphophorus variatus) – Southern platy (Xiphophorus maculatus) – Highland swordtail (Xiphophorus malinche) – Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) – Common molly (Poecilia sphenops) – Sheepshead swordtail (Xiphophorus birchmanni) – Least killifish (Heterandria formosa) – Goodeids (Family: Goodeidae) – Cuban Limia (Limia vittata) – Rummynose tetra (Hemigrammus bleheri) – Halfbeaks (Nomorhamphus spp) – Stingrays (Suborder: Myliobatoidei) – Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) – Salt and Pepper Cory (Corydoras paleatus) – Panda Cory (Corydoras panda) – Clown killifish (Epiplatys annulatus) – Hyphessobrycon tetras (Hyphessobrycon spp.) – Ember tetra (Hyphessobrycon amandae) – Lemon tetra (Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis) – Panda Apisto (Apistogramma panduro) – Cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi) – Green neon tetra (Paracheirodon simulans) – Hillstream loaches (Sewellia spp.) – Zebra/Leopard danios (Brachydanio rerio) – Cherry shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) – Turquoise rainbowfish (Melanotaenia lacustris) – Eastern rainbowfish (Melanotaenia splendida) – Dwarf rainbowfish (Melanotaenia maccullochi) – Boeseman’s rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani) – Buenos Aires tetra (Hyphessobrycon anisitsi) – Nothobranchius rachovii – Nothobranchius eggersi – Odessa barb (Pethia padamya) – Lake Inle danio (Devario auropurpureus) – Cherry barb (Puntius titteya) – Opsarius danio (Opsarius pulchellus) – Celestial Pearl danio (Celestichthys margaritatus) – American flagfish (Jordanella floridae) – Goldfish (Carassius auratus) – Dojo loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) – Kuhli loach (Pangio semicincta)