myster619 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I am just wondering if anyone here has kept cichlids outdoors or in a pond. Which cichlids can tolerate cold water for an entire season and not die? Share your experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simy696 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 lake in Victoria has warm water pumped into it from some plant keeps cichlids quiet happy only place im aware of it in southern aus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Some South Americans can tolerate the cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevepalffy Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 There was or still is a population off Jack Dempsey in a gravel pit in northern N.S.W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucem Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 There was or still is a population off Jack Dempsey in a gravel pit in northern N.S.W.I thought they got destroyed. Are they still around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevepalffy Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Dpi did state they were going to eradicate them....whether it 100% worked or not ....dont know. ..but definitely one strain off JD's survived a few winters at least ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euan Edwards Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I keep a few outside year round, they don't like it though.I went out one morning to find a tank of fish belly. I noticed some gill movement, so put in a heater.By the arvo they were up and swimming.The longest I have had a heater up and running outside was a week.Fish: fenestratus, salvini, bacourti, pearsi, robertsoni, coatzacolos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myster619 Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 What about convicts, texas and elliotis? Are they good candidates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Can I just clarify which season you are talking about. The three you have suggested may be candidates for placing in summer in a pond but they wouldn't survive over winter. If you were living in Qld you may have a longer period but here in Sydney they would struggle outside of summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myster619 Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 Winter season. Here in Sydney the water temp can go down to 15 degree celsius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanke Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 if u can get some north Americans they willback home in Boston it gets cold if u can get fish likesunfish, big mouth bass, small mouth bass fish like thatbut then I don't think u can get them here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southcoastbrad Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 My mate had red jewel cichlids in a pond outside for two years in campbelltown western sydney, and it gets really cold at night in winter out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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