can Cichlids be kept outdoors in a tank during the winter?

african cichlids

Tenacious wants to know:


they are convict Cichlids i have no heater but i but a reptile light above

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6 Comments For This Post

  1. kittenslayer Says:
    August 24th, 2009 at 7:07 am

    no

    it will be too cold, and they will die. A reptile light doesn’t heat water.

  2. Ashley O Says:
    August 25th, 2009 at 3:27 pm

    No, for lots and lots of reasons.

    First, get rid of the lizard light and buy a heater. It will be $20 max. The lizard light will cook the top of the water while the bottom freezes. And it could fall in, making it a huge electrical hazard.

    Second, just having a glass aquarium outside is asking for all kinds of problems. It could break. It could freeze and break. It will get filthy. It will get rained on. Rainwater in a fish tank will screw up all the water perimeters and introduce dissolved air pollutants to the fish.

    Oh, and the fish would definitely die. The difference in temperature between night and day would be enough to kill them. The only pet fish that should live outside are cold water fish in a pond, plain and simple.

  3. vanessaskiss Says:
    August 25th, 2009 at 11:35 pm

    NO THEY WONT SURVIVE, I DONT KNOW THAT EVEN WITH A HEATER THEY WOULD OUTSIDE, UNLESS YOU LIVE IN NEW MEXICO, MABEY, BUT IF ITS NOT TOO COLD THEN COME UP WITH A FEW BUCKS AND SAVE THOSE FISHES, HEATERS ARE PRETTY INEXPENSIVE

  4. Poseidon Says:
    August 28th, 2009 at 1:40 am

    I would guess that they could it you made sure that the water temperature was kept in the proper range, about 78degrees F. You could easily do that with a water heater.

  5. Sporty Says:
    August 28th, 2009 at 11:07 am

    NO they need warm water to live they well die outside in the winter.

  6. TwistDeadSoul Says:
    August 31st, 2009 at 4:45 am

    haha what the heck is up with some of the situations people have going on, like why on earth would you even have a fish tank outside in the first place? and why not buy a 20 dollar heater for the tank? they wont survive like that, the heat from the light isn’t going to penetrate the water well enough to keep it warm during the winter and even if it did you would have to leave it on day and night, fish need to have dark and light times in order to be healthy, would you want to sleep with a bright light on? i don’t understand why people have such weird situations going on, just put the damnd fish inside and in a proper environment or dont have them at all.
    i don’t mean to be disrespectful to you but come on.

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