Any room temperature saltwater fish?

[legendaryfrog]

Hi y'all. I was just wondering, are there any saltwater fish that can be in room temperature water? (70-73*)

 

[rockethippo]

Catalina goby
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/goby_ble/CatalinaGoby.php

 

[txaggies07]

If you are like me and don't use the A/C then the room temp is a nice 79 degrees.

 

[Germanman]

catalinias come from here, they need water below 60 for longevity, most fish either need a chiller r or heater im afraid.

 

[legendaryfrog]

thats a darn shame.

 

[Reefscape]

Can i ask why you were looking for this type of saltwater fish LDF? Purely just out of interest really mate..

Niko

 

[legendaryfrog]

No reason in particular; I was just wondering since the oceans are so large there were bound to be some coldwater fish suitable for the home aquarium.

 

[Reefscape]

A few links that may help you out mate...

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/cold.htm

http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/book.asp?ref=9780852382769

There is not actually very much info available on low temp marine species mate...

Niko

 

[BIGgourami]

there are some goby-esque fish i know and some crabs, like blues (mmmblue crab) and a lot of nems and algea.

 

[OldManOfTheSea]

legendaryfrog, the majority of marine hobbyist stay away from cooler water species for even with a chiller on ones tank, in the hot months of the year you would find that your tank temp to have much difficulties to be stable at such cooler temps.

Buddy