[GSAS-Member] Room temperature tank

[John Ruhland <john@drruhland.com>]

My second-in-a-row significantly higher electricity bill arrived 
yesterday.
I'm about to start up a new 125 gallon planted tank, and due to the 
timely arrival
of the bill, I've decided to make it a room-temperature tank. 
Ecologically, I cannot
justify adding another heated tank.

If I get permission to keep it in the kitchen, this tank will be in a 
room that ranges from
65 to about 75 or 80 degrees during the year. Otherwise, it will go in 
a spare room,
that ranges from about 55 to 75 degrees during the year.

I've done this with goldfish, and my question is, are there any other 
aquarium fish that
will tolerate this temperature range?

Also, are there any plants that would or would not do well with this 
temperature range?

I'd also like to turn down the temperature on the heaters in my other 4 
tanks. I've been
running them at 80, and would like to lower that as much as possible. I 
have one African
cichlid tank, two South and Central American cichlid tanks plus 
Leporinus's, a community
tank with scissortails, an angel, kribs, glass catfish and rainbows.

Thank you,
John

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