What are the best type of fish to have in a fish tank?
Posted on July 21st, 2009 by admin
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I am planning on buying a fishing tank a not to big one, and wanted to know if anybody has any ideas on what fish would be great to get. I heard fish have different behaviors I would like fish who are active.
I am planning on buying a fishing tank a not to big one, and wanted to know if anybody has any ideas on what fish would be great to get. I heard fish have different behaviors I would like fish who are active.
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Yeah I’m planning to go tommorow, just wondered if anyone could give me a heads up on some to look for, but I will definitely get help from someone who works there.
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There is no best type of fish, and there are way too many fish to choose from. Go to your local fish store and ask someone about a fish you like there.
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None are the best. Some are better choices than others for a small tank.
For example you should only buy fish that only grow to 1-2 inches, like a betta, zebra danios, some types of tetras like cardinals or neons, etc… DON’T BUY GOLDFISH for a small tank. Contrary to popular belief they are actually messy fish and grow quite large and so need a large tank.
I’d recommend a 10 gallon tank, which you should perform a fishless cycle on before adding fish (read to learn how to fishless cycle). This will make sure your fish are healthy from the get-go. A cycle will happen in every tank, you can’t stop it from happening, and it’s a good thing, but while it’s happening, your fish will be stressed and possibly get sick and die. That’s why a fishless cycle is recommended. That and it’s a lot easier! It’s just less gratifying becuase you have to wait 1-2 months before you can have fish, but this way you have to do less work, and they don’t die on you!
Then I would recommend buying a betta, or a school of small fish. A betta would be happy in 10 gallons. A school of small fish also would. You could get a school of neons, or some small catfish (pygmy corydoras comes to mind!) Or you could have some shrimp, but be careful because they reproduce quickly! Same with guppies.
Zebra danios are a pretty and hardy fish, you could have some of those.
The 4 essential things you must buy before buying fish: 1) fish tank, 2) filter, 3) heater, 4) LIQUID TEST KIT THAT MEASURES AMMONIA AND NITRITES, most people miss this one. Ammonia and nitrites are toxic to fish. You need to keep the levels at or near zero. This is what fishless cycling will do for you! If you don’t fishless cycle you will need to change the water many times a day to keep the levels low.
This is annoying to do and time-consuming and water-wasteful!
And don’t even bother with test strips. They are a waste of time and worse than bad, they’re misleading. Plus the price tricks you. A liquid test kit will do hundreds and hundreds of tests. It costs more up front but it will last you over a year. While a test kit, contains maybe 5-25 test strips. That’s a really bad value for your money and they don’t even work as well as the liquid kits!
One last thing… I would do ALL your research online instead of consulting fish shop employees. First of all, their primary interest is to sell you stuff. On the internet with research, nobody is trying to sell you stuff, we are trying to educate you and keep your fish healthy, we have no other motivation. Fish shop employees are taught things, not for the health and safety of fish, but to try to sell more things. They will very frequently tell you all sorts of inaccurate lies in order to try to tell you something that means you will buy more fish, more equipment, and they will always try to keep it simple so they don’t confuse you and turn you off.
For example, fish shop employees will often tell you you need a pH test. You don’t really. It’s -nice- to know what pH you have, but it doesn’t really affect anything, to be honest, and they often blame illnesses on pH… when it doesn’t really matter for 95% of fish, they are pretty adaptable to pH. But they are not adaptable to ammonia and nitrite. But pH is something everyone knows what it is and everyone understands, and they can sell you stuff to buff it up or lower it… so they like telling people that the wrong pH is making their fish sick.
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It really depends on the size of your tank and personal preference. Most people who keep an average sized tank 25-29 gallons, have fun keeping a community of bright schools of fish such as neon tetras, glolite tetras, or white cloud mountain minnows. They’re all pretty active, fun to watch when they swim in their schools, and with an average sized tank you can stock quite nicely.
Just make sure you cycle the tank before purchasing any tetra type fish since they’re quite sensitive to poor water quality.
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its different taste in fish really.
If i was gonna get fish i would get
Firemouth
pleco
bala sharks
But thats my oppinion. Just go in and have a look and study the
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Its good that you ask this
Hope i helped ! & sorry about spelling just woke up
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a live fish would be great
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i am just going to tell you some of my favorite fish to keep… you can look for these and see what you think!!
serpae tetras
zebra danios
mickey mouse platys
gouramis
rainbow sharks
black skirt tetras
harlequin rasboras
now i am not suggesting you get all of these for your tank. lol
but a lot of these fish are good beginner fish… so good luck! and don’t let anyone talk you into getting a fish that is hard to care for.
I know that comet and common goldfish are very easy and tolerant to different water conditions i recommend a butterfly algae eater, because i had one which last 4 months and my other proper fish only lasted 2 weeks! Make sure you have tested your water and brought treatments for water
hope it all goes ok
dont listen to these losers wat you really want are ghosts…..they are quite expensive but are as active as they come. oh ya and they only eat bloodworms so i hope you got a thick wallet
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a clown fish is a very nice fish , it comes from the deep ocean . BUT don’t mix them with gold fish , because goldfish live in rivers and lakes sou don’t want to mix them together because they will die.
for a small tank you could get swordtails platies mollies or guppies they are all colorful and active fish that don’t get too big and aren’t that hard to take care of .
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Neon Tetras are great. Some species of Gourami are good too. And just a tip, DON’T BUY SNAILS! I had some in my fish tank, and they took over the whole tank.
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a dead fish.because you don’t have to feed it or clean out it’s tank.ecept it will stink up the house.
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for a small fish tank the best option is goldfish