Burbot temperature

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Hello, I am starting a cold water aquarium with a volume of around 1000 l. I would like to have burbots here. But there is a problem with the temperature. I read on the Internet that they do not thrive in water with a temperature higher than 15 degrees Celsius. I would like to ask if anyone has experience with this? Unfortunately, I cannot keep the temperature below 20 degrees Celsius in this aquarium, the temperature will probably be around 22 C. If it is not possible to keep these fish at such a high temperature, I will put them in an outdoor pond.
 
I have the same question. I'd like to try them but they indeed they need cold water it seems. It'd be nice to hear from someone who actually kept them and knows their keeping temps firsthand.

IDK if it feasible for you but a 300W-500W water chiller should suffice for a 1000 liter. We have 500W one.
 
I will definitely use cooling. I will make it from a PC fan. I use it on every tank, without them I would have water over 30 C in the summer. But the thing is, I can't get the temperature below 20 C in the summer, even if I put ice bottles in the water.
 
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Burbot!

There ya go; how's that? No "guess what's in the bag?" nonsense, just come right out and say it: burbot. I'm a fan of native fish in the aquarium; my only previous experience with Burbot was with a couple that I hand-caught as 4-inch youngsters in the shallows of a crystal-clear northern...
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I have never kept them, due to that rigid temp requirement,
But I used to SCUBA dive in areas of northern WIs where they were common (northern Door County, in Lake Michigan).
I would never see them in areas above the thermocline.
My guess would be, a very efficient Chiller would be required to keep them healthy.
 
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I caught burbot twice and each time in the summer in warm and shallow ponds designed for spawning carp. At the deepest point, the depth is around a meter.
 
Kelly_Aquatics said:
Strange. I have heard of people catching them in shallow creeks in the alps and Russia but those are cold mountain streams.
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Channa argus originally comes from Russia. They lived here 60 years ago, but then most of the fish got caught up and the rest disappeared.
Bowfins live here only in one private pond as curiosity.
 
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