Slightly Blue Dalmation Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 im not a beginer but after others opinions on the best beginner setup and fish that could have. my neighbour has a single goldfish in a crummy little animates plastic tank and im working on convincing her to upgrade. im thinking i may reccomend a 2ft tank for tropical freshwater as a place to start as she is also a poor student, as to fish that wont die on her? ive got millions of gupps she could have, anything else easy and interesting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 I helped my next door neighbor start his tank up and he's got a few platys a BN and some corys and he hasn't lost any yet (in fact he's gained some from the fry they've had). Another fish I've found hardy are Black Widows and Khulie loaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Blue Dalmation Posted May 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 what size tank was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 I think it's a 38ltr with a built in filter that is way to powerful it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxjxa Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Kuhli loaches! They are great, especially in groups of 3+ and they eat left overs, turn over gravel and eat baby snails. I couldn't think of a better starter fish... Other than my seemingly-invincible pleco. :lol: Or what about: Neons/other tetra Siamese fighting fish! Non-annual killifish (Australe Gold in particular, mine don't seem to notice the heavy current in my tank + they're pretty 8) ) Swordtails I can't think of anything else right now, but I HTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simian Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Danios', rasboras, nice fast active fish, almost as cheap as neons an IMO harder to kill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naz_Nomad Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Neons are sometimes a little fragile but cheap. I suggest 4 Black Phantoms for the top/middle of the tank, 2 Keyhole cichlids for the lower and middle, a bristlenose for cleaning and 4 cories. All relatively tolerant of a wide range of conditions, not overly expensive and best of all, all are south american fish. Stick an Amazon Sword and some hairgrass and driftwood in there and you'll even have almost a biotype tank! Bargain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Blue Dalmation Posted May 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 hrm maybe i should take her to a lfs and get her to look at what she likes and give advice form there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 I think you need something that would breed in her tank like a live bearer or kribs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Blue Dalmation Posted May 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 yeah ive offered her gupps and was thinking a krib pair maybe, but how hard are their fry to look after? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 I'm not sure I haven't breed them but I'm pretty sure they look after them themselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naz_Nomad Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Kribs are pretty much like any Cichlid, they'll care for the young they haven't eaten as eggs and will get aggressive at breeding time. Guppies should make some nice target fish for them though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Kribs are vicious at breeding time and will take on anything they think is prettier than them. They're not hard to breed but the adults really need to be taken out when the fry are free swimming or they may snack (thats whats happened to my last two spawns so I still only have 2 kribs). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Oh well I suppose the only other fish that I can think that would breed in the tank is livebearers. I think that you should put a small school of neons, a couple of corys, a BN a nice male siamese fighter and some guppies which would make it a colourful and active tank on all levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naz_Nomad Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Another active and colourful livebearer would be the Swordtail. Very easy to breed, buy a couple or three females and a male, just add water and they start breeding. In a swordtail's world everything falls into three categories:- 1 - Breed with it 2 - Eat it 3 - Try 1. Try 2. If neither works, ignore it. Peaceful, active, colourful, easy to feed, very hardy and breed like buggery. They are also too big and fast to be damaged or eaten easily by other community tank inhabitants if you have a slight incompatibility issue, which all of us have from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Or theres platys which look very nice and are always out. they also breed very easy and come in deffirent colours (my favourite are sunset and blue). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 My fave platys are mickey mouse platys,ive got aroun 30 of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Yeah I've got a few sunset mickey mouse and a few blue mickey mouse wagtails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 I had a trio of orange/sunset mickeys,then the spawned and gave me 30 fry and about 8 of them are red mickeys So im gonna breed them together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Sweet let us know you go. sorry for going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 Just curious, what will happen with the goldfish? Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophy king Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 Gold Arowana. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophy king Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 Gold Arowana. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 silver arowana is a good beginner fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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