Easiest beginner fish?
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Without any thought at all and right off the top of my head....
IF it is the usual 10 gal set-up I'd say zebra danios.
IF it is the usual 10 gal set-up I'd say zebra danios.
I know I will get flack for this but gold fish as in the cheap feader fish. But they do grow up to be big. For warm water I would have to agree with the Danios. I have had very good luck with tiger barbs, when I first started (and made mistakes) they out lasted every fish I had...
Definitely Zebra Danios. I have 5 that have lived thru all my beginner mistakes and are still zipping around happy and healthy. They are very tough fish add lots of activity to the tank. They are also quite attractive. (I wouldn't suggest them with bettas though. They are a little to hyper and might disturb the betta).
Jerico, I started out with feeder goldfish. I loved them, but, aside from needing a Very large tank, or a pond, the problem with feeders is they arent very healthy, as a rule.
I had several die before ending up with my keepers.
IMO there are plusses to begining with feeders, but ease of keeping isnt one of them.
My first warm water tank had zebra danios but i found them Too frantic for my tastes. there was one particularly obnoxious fellow that i tried to feed to my goldfish. Even though the GFwere Several times his size, And in an unheated tank, that little danio lived in there, keeping the godlfish in line, for close to a year *S
White cloud minnows are Awesome! I got "corrected' for keeping mine in an unheated tank, and advised to use a heater just to keep the temp more stable. depends on circumstances.
I think they are a great begginer fish. they are active but not maniacs, they display and interact in cool ways. and with a little jave fern, have plenty of babies *s
hard to beat bettas. although it seems like people went out of their way to find ways to kill the tough little buggers. (people have been told to keep them without heat, filtration, food, heck, practically without water.)
I had several die before ending up with my keepers.
IMO there are plusses to begining with feeders, but ease of keeping isnt one of them.
My first warm water tank had zebra danios but i found them Too frantic for my tastes. there was one particularly obnoxious fellow that i tried to feed to my goldfish. Even though the GFwere Several times his size, And in an unheated tank, that little danio lived in there, keeping the godlfish in line, for close to a year *S
White cloud minnows are Awesome! I got "corrected' for keeping mine in an unheated tank, and advised to use a heater just to keep the temp more stable. depends on circumstances.
I think they are a great begginer fish. they are active but not maniacs, they display and interact in cool ways. and with a little jave fern, have plenty of babies *s
hard to beat bettas. although it seems like people went out of their way to find ways to kill the tough little buggers. (people have been told to keep them without heat, filtration, food, heck, practically without water.)
iamgroovy said:
I can't resist. What's wrong with a betta in a vase. I don't currently keep any of mine in vases, but I have in the past and they've always been the ones to live the longest - especially if I have some sort of plant hanging out of the vase ....