Anyone know of any nice SW fish that live fairly north? The reason Im in SW in the first place was because of the pics I saw once in National Geographic, they were from the Irish coast. The water there is no where near the temperature of where common Saltwater Aquarium fish live.

I know most SW fish like 72d-78d. Im guessing the corals and fish I saw in this pic were comfortable in waters that are in the 50's and 60's?

--Dan

Sorry I cant help you out too much here as far as fish selection.

Its going to be kind of tough to keep a tank with critters in the 50-60 degree range without keeping the tank in a fish room inside the home. This will require a chiller or that you keep your home at very cold temps. Even using a chiller if its in side the house condensation will more than likely be an issue for you. Acrylic tanks will do a much better job of resisting the transfer of heat to the cold water in the tank than glass ones will. These are just some issues I have seen others have and tanks like this arent too common. I would suggest checking out The Reef Tank and hit someone up on the PNWMAS club. There are some people there that should be able to put you onto some hot leads for information and fish selection. There are several people there that do keep Cold SW tanks.

Good luck and keep us posted on this as it would be really interesting to see and learn more about!!!