What Kind of Fish Can Live In a Fish Bowl?

Question

What kind of beautiful and colorful fish can live in a fish bowl? I want to get a fish bowl for my little cousin. I want the fish to be easy to take care of and I want it to be colorful. Can guppies live in fish bowls? No goldfish please.

Can I put 2 guppies in a fish bowl?

Answer 1

Get a betta. (A single one.) These are the easiest fish in the world to care for, they don't require a filter as long as the water is changed every week at least; and they only need fed a tiny amount once or twice a day. And there's that many colours and varieties of the betta fish, as well, anything from your normal veiltail pet shop variety (in many types of colours) to double-tail and half moon (tail spread being 180 degrees or more) in more specialised colours, which you can buy on places like www.aquabid.com . Our local petshops are starting to carry crown tail as well, but I don't know whether they would in your area or not. You can choose colourful rocks and that, too, best bet is to let your cousin go to the pet shop with you and pick out the rocks (you can use marbles, even, if you want, there's glass aquarium beads they sell at some pet shops as well); and an artificial plant or two for the bowl (artificial plants are much easier to care for than a live plant, especially for a child.)
Bettas are hardy, colourful fish, with long, flowing fins, that are probably the easiest fish to care for. The ideal pet for a child; or any age, for that matter. Great stuffs!

Answer 2

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The only fish that can even survive (not being happy though) in a bowl is a Betta. They stay small and breathe from the air (they have lungs and gills). If you do get a Betta for a bowl, make sure you clean the water very often, and also, make it the largest bowl you can possibly find. Do not put a lilly on top, this doesn't give the fish a lot of room to breathe or swim... The Betta would do a lot better in a tank with a heater and filter, but if that is all the commitment you are putting towards your pets, it will be fine. Goldfish cannot survive in bowls because they get about8 inches long, that is why people never know why their Goldfish died when they have it in a bowl, they stunted it to death. Nosoop4u

Answer 3

The only fish that can live in a bowl without a filter and an air bubbler are goldfish (I know you don't want them) or betta fish. These fish are surface breathers, while most other fish take their oxygen directly from the water. If there's not enough oxygen in the water for them, they'll die, and usually bowls and tanks can't produce enough oxygen on their own without the help of an air bubbler. But since the goldfish and bettas take their oxygen from the surface, they're fine.

There are many different colors of betta fish, but the drawback is that you can only have one at a time. More than one betta in a bowl together (even a big bowl) will kill eachother.

Goldfish are nice because you can have more than one but they can be pretty dirty. They do come in more colors than most people think, though. They can be orange, gold, black, white, and brown, too. They also come in many different varieties that all look very different from eachother, not just the traditional carnival goldfish.

You also want to make sure that you don't overload your bowl if you go with goldfish. The general rule of thumb is one inch of fish per gallon of water.

Answer 4

I like how you said no goldfish, since they don't belong in a bowl. Guppies don't really either though, they are somewhat sensitive to water params and should really be in a cycled tank. If the bowl holds more then a cup, hopefully its around a gallon then a Betta would be perfect. They come in all different colors and have different type tails. I wouldn't put them in something less then half a gallon though. I actually keep mine in a 5 gallon tank. You should be able to find a cheap tank that comes with a light so your cousin can see the fish better and have room for a little filter so the water would have to be changed even less.

Answer 5

The basic issue with guppies is they get their air from the water. You would need an air pump at the minimum. A Betta is really the only fish that fits your requirements, and is one of the hardiest fish you can get. That said keeping any fish is a lot of work. Most children under the age of 10 will not be able to keep any fish alive for a more than a month.

A healthy betta needs needs weekly water changes if living in a bowl. Once a month you need to do a full water change and rinse the gravel, and bowl with hot water. (I wouldn't use soap as it's deadly to fish even in tiny amounts.)

Read bettatalk for details on caring for a betta. (Note that despite what she says store bought bettas eat flakes and pellets just fine. Her's are just spoiled.)

At minimum a betta needs the following:
1)A bowl at least 2.5 gallons in size.
2)A bottle of dechlorinator for water.
3)A flake, or pellet food formulated for bettas. (It list worms, shrimp, or fish as it's primary ingredient.)
4)Gravel or marbles for the bottom of the tank.
5)A bottle of dechlorinator for water.
6)A flake, or pellet food formulated for bettas. (It lists worms, shrimp, or fish as it's primary ingredient.)
Don't use the food that come with the tank. It's intended for community tanks with fish

And ideal setup would involve a tank like the eclipse guys make. With a tank like that you only need
1)One 2.5 to 5 gallon tank with built in filter
2)One 25 watt heater
3)One thermometer.
4)Gravel or marbles for the bottom of the tank.
5)A cheap plastic gravel vacuum.

Answer 6

unless you have a filter and heaters you cannot put guppies in a fish bowl. guppies are warm water fishes and may die. also guppies like a bit of aquarium salt in their tanks. a betta is always a good option if you do not want to go with goldfishes. but there are many varieties of goldfishes, not just the boring comet ones. there are fancy ones and all kinds of assorted goldfishes. all can go in an unfiltered, unheated bowl, and some are really beautiful. and no fishes are really easy to take care of. all need regular at least daily feedings and regular water changes and alot of attention. you may also be able to get a nice little snail, but don't get an asexual one, get a mystery snail or something that won't have a ton of babies. really the only options i can think of are minnows, bettas, and goldfishes. maybe your local pet store will know better, but they might just want to make a sale. well good luck and i hope your little cousin enjoys his fish bowl.

Answer 7

There is no fish that can live in a fishbowl, regardless of what other answers say. Fishbowls are usually less than a gallon, and it becomes near impossible to control water temperature or quality. Inevitably, the fish meet an early end, which I can imagine would be hard for your little cousin to handle.

What I would do is go pick up a ten-gallon starter kit (just about every petstore has this, Wal-Mart does to) and give it to your little cousin. Help them get it set up, and both of you can do research about cycling and the housing requirements of fish. When the tank is ready, you can both go to the petstore and pick out some fish.

For easy to care for beginner fish, I'd go for some zebra danios, guppies, mollies, or platys. A ten gallon tank should only have 5-6 fish maximum in it, so mix and match as you like.

Answer 8

kind fish live fish bowl

Answer 9

Good Fish for Fish Bowls. One Male Betta or one Female Betta, a few Ghost Shrimp, and a Black Mystery Snail are appropriate for a large fish bowl. Another good combination for a fish is three White Clouds, a few Ghost Shrimp, and a Mystery Snail.

Live Aponogeton Plants, Java Ferns, and an Umbrella Fern add natural beauty. A Dwarf African Frog can live in a fish bowl but will need to eat live Black Worms twice a week.

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Answer 10

Goldfish,guppies of different sorts,beta's,but betas must live alone. Fresh water fish could live only for a very short while in a bowl, You should always add a little fresh water everyday for oxygen for any fish in a bowl. Goldfish and guppies are the main ones that adapt to a bowl without a filter and airpump supply.