My Mirror carp in the Cold water fish tank/ SpiegelKarpfen im Aquarium [3/3]

[GaryIrl83]

A rather wonderful tank which I would love to have. I did notice the fish are not the same color as the wild. quite paler. I would like to add the gudgeon in there as well, bottom dwellers and beautiful little fish found commonly in Europe rivers, lakes and canals.

[n03lzz]

@GaryIrl83

Thank you very much.

There're actually two little gudgeons in the tank, you can see them at 0:25, 2:16 and 2:52.

[michigancarpangler]

Nice tank mate, I'm jeleous!

[n03lzz]

@michigancarpangler:

Thank you very much for the nice comment.

[blownable]

These fishes are awesome. And so is your tank and the setup. I bet those fish don't even know they were caught.

[n03lzz]

Thank you.

They maybe know, but they never told me :D

[blownable]

Guess their afraid you'd release them back to the water pollution and having to look for their own food.

[n03lzz]

Yes, it's easier this way.

[N0zProductions]

They look so cute when there young :))

[n03lzz]

They do.

[PinkBetta81]

Beautiful fish!

[n03lzz]

Thank you.

[mV33rs]

What is that silver fish called at 0:07?

[n03lzz]

You mean the silver fish at 0:09, swiming from the left to right side?

That's an european chub (Leuciscus cephalus).

The greenish one in the front at 0:07 is a young tench (Tinca tinca).

[mV33rs]

I mean the silvery fish, I always thought the european chub has got bigger scales? I mean I have had only two of those ever in my fish tank, and still have one now and the scales of that fish are soo extremely tiny?

[n03lzz]

I caught them last year as very little fish (<1cm) and raised them in my second tank. While they grew up (they're now 4-5cm and of course still growing) I was looking what species they are. Chubs have big scales with a black fringe, that's right. But everything else (e.g. their body shape, fins, ...) matches perfect to a chub (in my opinion), even the place where I caught them.

[n03lzz]

You're interested in my european chubs?

I made a new video of them and uploaded it today.

Hope you like it.

[Klethix]

what is a cold water tank and what can you have in it?(how do u make it?)

[n03lzz]

A not-heated tank with fish that require cool water temperatures (maximum ~20°C). To achieve these temperatures (even in the summer), the tank has to be installed in a cold room (e.g. in the cellar) or must be cooled down with a heat exchanger.

I keep several endemic european fish, as you can see in the video description.

[blownable]

Unfortunately for me, I live in a tropical country, at the equator, so its always hot and humid. On the plus side, I could keep rams in an outdoor pond if I wanted too.

[n03lzz]

Yes, you'd need some big heat exchanger and also a big purse for the electricity bill to keep fish like this. But, as you said, you've some other cool options. There're two sides to every question.

[commonSagitario]

same for me, no heater needed alway 26c

[n03lzz]

I think, a big tropical pond is some of my big dreams. Where are you from?

[commonSagitario]

Im from Bangladesh but I live in the UAE and visit it every 10 months but tropicals ponds are not uncommon.

Actually over there fist ponds are dug and heavily planted and wild fish are released untils its a complete ecosystem.

[commonSagitario]

But its not as cool as it sounds but any its better than a coldwater pond.

You know There a fish called Hilsa fish I always eat It is one of the hardest fish ever to keep no specimen survives more than 2 minutes out of water.

[n03lzz]

Oh, it sounds very cool. It's a great imagination (at least for all aquarist who are not living in such a tropical country. I'm sure it's not a big deal for anybody else) to have a big tropical pond with all of that fish instead of a little tank in the house.

Hilsa seems to be a very popular fish around india and it's the national fish of bangladesh. Wikipedia tells me, there're more than 50 ways to cook it :o

[commonSagitario]

really tasty fish, any way tropical ponds are awesome as they are actually like mini ecosystems but after years its like natural because the fish are left to bredd and you have to realeas e them as they are fry are the water have to be have river water and half ground water its pretty simple and economic but chilled ponds are very expensive.

[n03lzz]

I think so, even to cool a tank is expensive. A big heat exchanger costs much money and needs a lot of power.

[commonSagitario]

yeah but as I kept gold fishes I had to put ice cubes every 4 days to maintain at 20C.

[n03lzz]

A "goldfish tank on ice", sounds like a new cocktail.^^

[commonSagitario]

lol

[infernoskateboards]

where did you get them i want one

[n03lzz]

That was no big deal, I just told the man in the pet shop that I want to buy them. :D

[infernoskateboards]

but where did you get it from ??

[n03lzz]

It calls itself:

"The biggest pet shop in the world" - Zoo Zajac

... i don't know, if that's helpful for you because it's in Duisburg, Germany.

[Sum4life23]

And what will you do, when they'll grow too big?

[n03lzz]

All of my fish are juvenile and move into my pond later. Most of them grow up fast and just stay for one or two years (depends on the size) in my tank.

I actually have two ponds (2,5 and 4,5m³), but I also have the option to release them into a lake (that's a good thing with endemic fish).