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If it fits, its gone, especially in the confines of a tank without enough space to escape.
Mine shared the pond with high altitude Mexican live bearers such as Xenatoca eiseni, and although large adults survived, in fall, there were few small ones.

 
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anyone keep Sinibotia pulchra and robusta unheated ? Seems like they like it a bit cooler
 
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duanes duanes any other suggestions for cooler water cichlids ?
 

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I like duanes suggestions. I've always wanted a tank full of cory's
 

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Planted Cory tank would be pretty cool

Don't know much about them and which would be ok unheated. Wetspot has allot to choose from
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This will be different and fun. Planet Catfish has lots of cory info. Are the blue ones those that you're interested in? The Habrosus are really small so I'd skip those in a 75. I have Melinis in my 20 long and think they're great - love the stripes, and they're more of a chunky bodied cory. They look really cool swimming around together even my small group of 5. A bigger group would be sweet. I have them on black sand, though, and their bodies darken on it so they are not as striking in contrast on black. I'd go with a bit lighter substrate if you chose them.

Have you narrowed down the other tankmates yet?

I would steer you away from the CPDs, because they are really tiny and kind of shy. They're so small that it's hard to see how beautiful they are, and they might get lost in a 75. I just got some glowlight Danios (Danio Choprae) for my 20L and they are really active, hang out together, and are a nice flash of color. A huge group of those could look really cool. Wet Spot has those, too.
 
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I also really like the native tank idea. There are some really cool fish out there - I've definitely pondered doing something with darters, shiners, sunfish, chub etc. Some of those darters are incredible looking. Of course I'm a goby fan so of course the darters appeal to me. :)
 

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awesome thread. I'm gonna steal some ideas from here. I also have an empty 65g that I wanted to run "low budget", minimal light and no heat. keep the good info finding guys :)
 
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