Fish for an Idiot

[wwg]

Corydoras paleatus

 

[gmh]

A large school of while cloud minnows, one paradise fish, a pair of florida flag fish for algae eating and entertaining behavior, maybe some guppies if you want to deal with the fry that the flag fish and paradise fish do not eat.


No heater needed, reasonable tank upkeep is still necessary of course.

 

[Mgamer20o0]

Haha, yes the magnetic fish on my fridge are doing quite well!
I'm not an idiot (at least i don't think) but i am moderately lazy. I want my fish to be happy and i don't want to bring fish home to kill them. There has got be a list out there somewhere of 'easy keepers'

Lets say for tanks under 50g

get a python. makes water changes super easy and fast. suck out the water 50% or so a week feed 4-5 times a week get a couple plants to help with the water... dont over stock the tank... spend 10-20 once a month to clean the filter......

 

[gsparsan]

I know they are not pretiest of the lot but wild guppies, if kept in good numbers (i.e 10-12 at least) can be interesting. And they are the hardiest I know. Plus I suggest a lot of plant and low stock level should help.

 

[tara brown]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

I do regular maintenance on my 30g planted tank. Maybe not as many water changes as i should. But the levels never get anywhere close to being an issue.

However i have never had any long-lived fish. The longest lived fish are a few harlequin rasboras that have lived for over 1 year. Everyone else lasts no more than 6 months. That can't be normal...

 

[Danyal]

try increasing your matainence, what do you mean by levels not being an issue?

 

[tara brown]

My nitrates/nitrites and ammonia reading are ultra low/none.

Are Floria Flag fish and American Flag fish the same?

 

[Notophthalmus]

Yes they are.

 

[jpappy789]

My nitrates/nitrites and ammonia reading are ultra low/none.

Are Floria Flag fish and American Flag fish the same?

by that do you mean 0 amm, 0 trite, <40 trate?

 

[Coler]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

I do regular maintenance on my 30g planted tank. Maybe not as many water changes as i should.

*opens bonnet* yup see that's your problem. you change 25% weekly, every week, without fail, in a moderately stocked tank (with appropriate fish in there) and you will be close to great, all the time.

skipping water changes & gravel vacs & filter maintenance = high nitrates & dissolved organic compounds that we don't/can't even test for = sick fishies = dead fishies

levels never being close to being a problem, as pointed out by jpappy, means that ammonia and nitrite are at 0, constantly, and nitrates are less than 40 ppm, constantly (personally I would shoot for 20 ppm or less, but 40 is generally considered safe; why settle for safe when you can have excellent with just an extra couple of bucket loads).