If you are good with water changes, probably 2-3.
Arapaima
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I don't need to do water changes, I have a pleco and RTC to keep it cleanIf you are good with water changes, probably 2-3.
Thank you I'll be here all week
Stays above 50f . I think your gonna need a bit more than that, by at least 10 degrees and maybe 15 if you want it to survive.
I'd love to see that fish cruise on back to eat some pellets! I agree with Dave about the temperature though.
Hi tmandzik1 - did you say where you are?
To [B]Fishman Dave[/B]'s thoughts on temperature: I've asked this question a few times & a few places, looking for the low-end occasional temp for various species (me: silver arowana). The only workable feedback we got was somebody (apologies, don't remember who) saying they had a couple of juv RTC in a balcony tank in Florida that spent winter nights ~55F through a couple of months and the fish didn't miss a beat. My expectation is that species from rivers that get a little altitude (>1500') will know these sorts of temperatures (Amazon/RioNegro, Guyana, Mekong, Eastern Congo, southern/eastern Nile), whereas stuff from lower/older islands & floodplain won't appreciate; IME clown loaches start getting timid at 25C get very quiet at 21C, for example, though I can't speak to where or how long until when health suffers.
So long as it's not particularly shallow with a dark (mud?) bottom, a pond that size isn't going to track pulses in air temp very closely unless there's a big rain. If the 50F is an occasional overnight, but back over 70F as the sun comes up (my house) then I'd not worry too much. Keep me/us posted either way.
To [B]Fishman Dave[/B]'s thoughts on temperature: I've asked this question a few times & a few places, looking for the low-end occasional temp for various species (me: silver arowana). The only workable feedback we got was somebody (apologies, don't remember who) saying they had a couple of juv RTC in a balcony tank in Florida that spent winter nights ~55F through a couple of months and the fish didn't miss a beat. My expectation is that species from rivers that get a little altitude (>1500') will know these sorts of temperatures (Amazon/RioNegro, Guyana, Mekong, Eastern Congo, southern/eastern Nile), whereas stuff from lower/older islands & floodplain won't appreciate; IME clown loaches start getting timid at 25C get very quiet at 21C, for example, though I can't speak to where or how long until when health suffers.
So long as it's not particularly shallow with a dark (mud?) bottom, a pond that size isn't going to track pulses in air temp very closely unless there's a big rain. If the 50F is an occasional overnight, but back over 70F as the sun comes up (my house) then I'd not worry too much. Keep me/us posted either way.
Arapaima breath air though so will catch pneumonia from those cold snaps. Imo
This post was august of 2020 so I’m very curious to see if the arapaima is still alive being mid February! I think we often underestimate wild animals ability to survive
It had time to adjust. My bet is on alive