Fancy goldfish do fine with higher temps than normal comets. I keep the temp at 74.
Red Devil;696999; said:
Synodontis pictures please............... post!!
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phaedraeos;697155; said:
Gold fish should be 65 to 70 at the warmest and synodontis should be 78 to 80.. so the goldfish you are keeping too warm..and synodontis is too cool.. .. we have had gold fish for many years and i have never heard that theres a difference between fancy and plain in water temps..
Goldfish are a cold water fish and can be kept in water down to 35 degrees.. but we do bring ours in for the winter because the ice would get too thick in the pond.synodontis may have behavorial problems due to water temp..i did see on line a few people did keep their gldfish at warmer temps but every book i have read i always read that this would shorten the goldfish life span..I used the planet catfish info when deciding whether I could put the featherfin in my tank. They say temps of 71.5 to 79 degrees farenheit are the featherfin's range, which is why I thought 74 degrees would be fine.
here's the link: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=121
As far as goldfish temperatures, yes they are a cold water fish but that doesn't mean they need to be in cold water to survive. Warm water increases their metabolism, meaning the eat more, poop more, and need very high water quality. I have more than adequate filtration and aeration in my tank, keep the parameters pristine. If you search the internet, you will find many different temperature ranges listed for goldfish. Many goldfish forums state that 76 is the high range of their temperature tolerance.
here's the link: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=121
As far as goldfish temperatures, yes they are a cold water fish but that doesn't mean they need to be in cold water to survive. Warm water increases their metabolism, meaning the eat more, poop more, and need very high water quality. I have more than adequate filtration and aeration in my tank, keep the parameters pristine. If you search the internet, you will find many different temperature ranges listed for goldfish. Many goldfish forums state that 76 is the high range of their temperature tolerance.
Well Liz, I did better than pix, I got a video this morning. It's mostly my Trumpet Knife, but you can see one of my Eupterus in there briefly twice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK9yM2p3FcU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK9yM2p3FcU
USMC Sniper;697823; said:
wow that was a great video.. i really enjoyed that ..love that knife, he is just beautiful and really has some size, also the infamous Oscar.. he is a very active Oscar..he seems to be everywhere and notices everything, and of course i saw Synodontis and huge pleco..your 125gal set is awesome!!!
Thank you!!!!
anybody have any synodontis that they would like to add to this thread..because we would love to see them all... 
