I am fairly new to this. (I do have a small saltwater tank, that I manage okay with.) Anyway, I ended up buying two used tanks that came with fish, decorations, etc. The one I am keeping is a 125 gallon so I have pretty good amounts of space.
I do not know which of these fish I should keep, if any of them. Ideally I would decide in the next 12 hours or less, but I suppose I can keep them all til Monday or Tues. I don't want the rush to be bad for the decision making. I don't have a lot of time in the next days though.
Of course the ultimate goal is to end up with fish that are a good fit for my preferences. Money is somewhat a concern, so ideally I would like to get at least half of my fish as 'adopted' inexpensive ones. Although I'd rather not 'clutter' my tank with fish that I don't really like that much.
I'm not even that sure of what I have here. The 125 came with something like 11 cichlids and 2-3 other fish (unknown type), which get along with the cichlids since they were all put into the tank at the same time. The 55 came with a large algae eater (catfish looking but I guess he's not) which is around 10 inches long and has a black pattern that is almost leopard like. It also came with a 6 inch long fish which is a gourami I think, and two small ones which she said are kissing gouramis. And then supposedly the two others are black dot belly mollies? They look about the same as the gouramis to me.
I'm thinking that I do not want to own any cichlids, or any fish that would be harder to adapt to new fish? I don't like the idea of ONLY having cichlids. My tank is more suited to cichlids, apparently, with the gravel and slate and stone pieces, but I can remove half or more of the slate and stone. I like the idea of occasionally being able to buy a new fish or maybe three new fish at a time. So do I rehome the cichlids? I was told that the 6 inch fish was semi-aggressive and will pick on any new fish.
I know that being able to have large fish is kind of the point of owning a big tank, but I tend to prefer having many smaller fish than larger. I like variety, and variety of colors and looks/types would be nice. Definitely want some fish that are going to be somewhat visible from across the room though.
Despite the fact that I don't prefer large fish, the algae eater looks kind of cool, and would probably be good to have for a tank that's so large? He is supposedly something like 8 years old already. Should I be getting multiple smaller algae eating fish instead? Good chance I would be happier with that? I don't know all the considerations and pros and cons I should be weighing, so I hope I can get some good advice here.
I don't really like the way this 6 inch fish looks coloring wise and such. He is supposedly about a year old.
A bunch that came in the 125 are cool looking, one is maybe 8" which I don't care for much due to color, and one 6", the rest fairly small. Two are skinny. I am not even positive I can tell the cichlids apart from the non-cichlids since they are just in murky buckets (w/air bubbler) for tonight. I wasn't wanting to put them into the tank if I'm just going to have to fish them out to rehome them.
I do not know which of these fish I should keep, if any of them. Ideally I would decide in the next 12 hours or less, but I suppose I can keep them all til Monday or Tues. I don't want the rush to be bad for the decision making. I don't have a lot of time in the next days though.
Of course the ultimate goal is to end up with fish that are a good fit for my preferences. Money is somewhat a concern, so ideally I would like to get at least half of my fish as 'adopted' inexpensive ones. Although I'd rather not 'clutter' my tank with fish that I don't really like that much.
I'm not even that sure of what I have here. The 125 came with something like 11 cichlids and 2-3 other fish (unknown type), which get along with the cichlids since they were all put into the tank at the same time. The 55 came with a large algae eater (catfish looking but I guess he's not) which is around 10 inches long and has a black pattern that is almost leopard like. It also came with a 6 inch long fish which is a gourami I think, and two small ones which she said are kissing gouramis. And then supposedly the two others are black dot belly mollies? They look about the same as the gouramis to me.
I'm thinking that I do not want to own any cichlids, or any fish that would be harder to adapt to new fish? I don't like the idea of ONLY having cichlids. My tank is more suited to cichlids, apparently, with the gravel and slate and stone pieces, but I can remove half or more of the slate and stone. I like the idea of occasionally being able to buy a new fish or maybe three new fish at a time. So do I rehome the cichlids? I was told that the 6 inch fish was semi-aggressive and will pick on any new fish.
I know that being able to have large fish is kind of the point of owning a big tank, but I tend to prefer having many smaller fish than larger. I like variety, and variety of colors and looks/types would be nice. Definitely want some fish that are going to be somewhat visible from across the room though.
Despite the fact that I don't prefer large fish, the algae eater looks kind of cool, and would probably be good to have for a tank that's so large? He is supposedly something like 8 years old already. Should I be getting multiple smaller algae eating fish instead? Good chance I would be happier with that? I don't know all the considerations and pros and cons I should be weighing, so I hope I can get some good advice here.
I don't really like the way this 6 inch fish looks coloring wise and such. He is supposedly about a year old.
A bunch that came in the 125 are cool looking, one is maybe 8" which I don't care for much due to color, and one 6", the rest fairly small. Two are skinny. I am not even positive I can tell the cichlids apart from the non-cichlids since they are just in murky buckets (w/air bubbler) for tonight. I wasn't wanting to put them into the tank if I'm just going to have to fish them out to rehome them.
