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BACK TO FISH
Here at Pet City Joondalup we stock
a large range of tropical fish and can take customer orders
for any of the coldwater fish listed on this page. Please phone
your order through after reading how to make a customer
order
Cold water fish that are NOT Goldfish are available to make
your unheated aquarium somthing different, the following fish
can be added to ponds and aquariums with no heater required.
| TANDANUS CATFISH - Available sizes = 4CM,
5CM, 8CM, 10CM, 12CM |
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A very popular and hardy native catfish suitable for
both heated and unheated aquaria. Grows to 60cm,
usually significantly smaller in aquaria. Large
specimens may eat small fish.
Like all Australian eel-tail catfishes, handle with
care as the dorsal and pectoral spines are capable
of inflicting a painful wound.
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| MURRAY RIVER RAINBOW 4CM |
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Native to the Murray-Darling basin, the
Murray River Rainbow tolerates a wide range of water
temperatures (25-30 C in summer and down to 9-10 C in
winter). It is an ideal native fish for unheated
aquaria and garden ponds - active, peaceful and easy
to care for. In outdoor situations, it is a
very efficient means of controlling mosquito larvae. The
males develop a blue-green body, black edged fins and
an orange tail, they can grow to 9-10cm whereas the females
remain slightly smaller. |
| PARADISE FISH 4CM |
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This is a very adaptable fish: able to be
kept in unheated or heated aquaria, and in outdoor ponds. Can
sometimes be aggressive towards tankmates such as fancy
goldfish, but this varies with individual fish. The
Paradise Fish has been popular as an aquarium fish since
the 1860's, and a number of different aquarium varieties
now exist. Males grow to about 7-8cm and the females
remain slightly smaller. In nature, Paradise Fish
are found from Korea, southwards to Vietnam. |
| ALBINO PARADISE FISH 4CM |
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This is a very adaptable fish: able to be
kept in unheated or heated aquaria, and in outdoor ponds. Can
sometimes be aggressvie towards tankmates such as fancy
goldfish, but this varies with individual fish. The
albino form has very nice red stripes contrasting against
its background colour. Males grow to about 7-8cm
and the females remain slightly smaller. |
| BLUE NEON BITTERLING 4CM and 5CM |
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Bitterlings are tolerant of cool water,
making it an ideal candidate for unheated aquaria in
Australia. They grow to about 9cm and are not particularly
fussy about water or feed requirements. Males develop
a beautiful rainbow colouration when mature, whilst females
remain silver. Bitterlings
have the unique habit of requiring freshwater mussels
in which to lay their eggs; the fry are then released
from the mussel when ready and feed on small particles
of food in the water. The Blue Neon is one of the
nicer colour forms of Bitterling. |
| GOLD MEDAKA 3CM |
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Native to East Asia, Medakas are often found
in rice paddies and are also known as Ricefish. The
wild type is rather plain, thereas the gold form is an
attractive golden-yellow with gold-orange fins. It
tolerates large temperature fluctuations and is ideal
for controlling mosquito larvae in outdoor water features
in most parts of Australia. Gold Medakas are also
well suited to unheated indoor aquaria, as long as tankmates
are not overly large. Peaceful, hardy and easy
to feed, they grow to 3.5cm. |
| WHITE CLOUD 3CM |
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One of the most popular of all aquarium
fish, White Clouds tolerate a wide range of temperatures
and are ideal for both heated and unheated aquaria, and
for outdoor water features. Very peaceful, they
are best kept in a school as this gives the males a chance
to try and outshine their rivals with impressive fin
displays. They are not fussy about water conditions
and eat most standard fish foods. Originally native
to southern China (but now reputedly endangered in the
wild), they grow to about 4cm. They breed readily
and the young fish have a neon stripe. |
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