I can't offer great pictures, but I would vote for the rainbow darter or the orangethroat darter (okay, almost any of the dozens of North American Etheostoma darters!), the pygmy sunfish dirtydutch showed us, Aphanius mento killies, white cloud minnows, paradise fish (really nice in a pond, right up to the ice) and the red-bellied dace I catch here in Canada, behind beaver dams. I wish I had had a decent camera when I used to keep dace - what a fish.
jmurray has a really nice oranda there. They aren't my cup of tea, but that is a nice one.
Giant danios are another nice fish that can take cooler water. Just started keeping these within the last few months..they're very hardy, only get to about 4" in an aquarium (need a longer tank for better swimming room), and school together beautifully. They are constantly on the move and extremely hard to catch and photograph though! LOL
can anyone tell me what the blue spotted fish in dirtydutch4x's second photo is near start of this thread? looks like no cold water fish i've seen, i want one!
Lonedove55 I have a Giant Danio in with my Parrots and severums he's easily 7" long and about 5 years old. I'll try to get a decent picture this afternoon.
That would be an elassoma gilberti, or perhaps the elassoma okefenokee. Believe it is the first though. they are super tiny little things and pretty great fish.
Thanks majerah! Looking on google images that looks like the fish in the first photo, i cant find any with the distinctive spotted pattern in the second?
Wow! Beautiful collection of cold water fishes. I am really impressed with the pictures you have shared here and I will you have the most beautiful fishes in your tank. Too good! If you can share their names too, it would be very helpful.
My vote theNorth American Stud Fish-Beats most tropical Killies-Sorry no image
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