gagaforfish Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Corys can live in cold water. right? How would I go about acclimatizing them? My brother is buying six, and plans to put them with his goldfish, is this okay?? Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 I think HFF sells them in the coldwater section? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagaforfish Posted October 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Oh, do they? Might have to go check it out.. Don't normally look at the coldwater section!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 I think they do. But IDK if cories and goldfish would be ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Here we go again :lol: Cories never have and never will be coldwater fish. Some, not all can survive in cooler, often temperate water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Cories never have and never will be coldwater fish. Why not? :lol: I'm sure you could evolve them to handle cold water. Might not be in our day but in a few generations... :lol: It was only a few years since I bought my coldwater swordtails and cories from animates. Got a cory from HFF too back in the day :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 NO. No no no no no. Now repeat after me. NO no no no no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagaforfish Posted October 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 No? What can you put with goldfish?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 NO. No no no no no. Now repeat after me. NO no no no no. Why is that a no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Alot of fish will survive and even do well down to around 20C but anywhere below that they usually start to suffer.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Well mountain minnows, shubinkins, black moores, calicos, leopard fish. As ryan said, 20C at lowest possibly. That's relatively temperate. It is not coldwater. These fish are tropical. S. American and all. Would you put your clown plecos in cold water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 They could evolve over generations to adapt to that temperature. Just saying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 What can you put with goldfish?? There isn't really anything that can go with goldfish. I've seen a type of sucker fish, borneo sucker IIRC for sale with goldfish at animates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 evolve? No they cannot. If by evolve you mean survive, I'd be more likely to accept that unwillingly. borneo sucker IIRC for sale with goldfish at animates again, temperate not cold water. tell them that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagaforfish Posted October 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 So the corys will survive around 20C?? I think some winter mornings the tank is around 18C, but most of the time it is around the 20-21C mark.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 evolve? No they cannot. If by evolve you mean survive, I'd be more likely to accept that unwillingly. Why not? Animals have evolved to live in new environments... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdspider Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 I don't think you know how evolution works at all there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 over millions and millions of years overcoming geographic barriers. maybe you need to read a little more about evolution... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 I don't think you know how evolution works at all there.... Would adaptation be the word then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 over millions and millions of years overcoming geographic barriers. maybe you need to read a little more about evolution... Adaptation then. The biological phenomena where an animal adapts to better suit its habitat? The few was sarcastic btw. Like if I said you only have to buy a few lotto tickets to win the big one... :roll: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdspider Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 The gene pool would need to have the gene present that allows them to survive in colder water. Then the corys with that gene would be selected for. It doesn't just appear because of conditions. New genes can only occur due to mutations and then the environment (could) favours the new gene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 I am not getting into another coldwater debate on here Josh. Do as you wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 I am not getting into another coldwater debate on here Josh. Do as you wish. You don't believe adaptation is possible? It naturally occurs in pretty much every species. But alright. We'll leave it at that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Tolerate may be a better word. Some fish or animals may tolerate conditions outside of what they generally prefer but usually only for a short time and generally they do not do well. A bit like trying to work out why growing tropical fruit in a snow storm causes problems. Tropical fish are tropical fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagaforfish Posted October 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 So the corys will survive around 20C?? I think some winter mornings the tank is around 18C, but most of the time it is around the 20-21C mark.. ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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