I would like to invest in an aquarium with tropical fish. what is a good fish for a beginner?

Question

just kind of looking for some suggestions for proper cleaning tools and foods and a good beginner tropical fish. i've had cheap fish before, just looking for something a little more exotic.

Answer 1

Before you pick fish reshearch on what it takes to keep them! Here is good http://www.fishforums.net/. Also if u want plants here http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/.
U will need a filter, heater , light and obviously the tank, and other accessories.
As for easy fish, smaller barbs, livebearers, and especially danios are excellent for a begginer, just provide enough space, no more than one inch per gallon. As for exotic fish, u should get a little more experience before going truly exotic. Just go to your fish store, see which one u like and look them up. Also look up fishless cycling, a thing u do for about 2 weeks BEFORE fish are added to ensure healthy fish not being poisened by their own waste.
Cleaning tools can be as simple as a simple gravel vac and appropirate size bucket for water changing, a bout 25% a week.
For food, variety is best though pick a higher quality brand, Omega One and New Life Spectrum are good
Good Luck!

Answer 2

First of all, u need a heater set to about 80 degrees and u need a fish tank with a filter and light. U also need gravel too. Then, u need to add a little bit of Freshwater Salt according to the directions on the box. Then, add the water conditioner. Then, u can get some tropical fish including:
Guppies
Platy
Mollie
Clear Glass Fish
Swordtail Fish

U can get a starter fish tank at Walmart.

Answer 3

Platy is a good fish to start with. There are many variations so you can have all kinds of colors which is nice. Zebra fish are nice too. I've had these two kinds of fish (along with others) since we set up the aquarium. They don't seem to get Ick or other diseases. And they don't seem to be picky about their water. The pet store that I went to had me add a little bit of aquarium salt to the water.

Answer 4

I used to breed guppies. These fish are fun because they are very easy to care for. Just make sure the water in their tank is about 70 degrees F all the time. I only had two small tanks, so I earned money selling guppies to the pet store when they were a couple months old. I got $0.90 per female and $1.25 for the males.

Answer 5

Since the most common coldwater fish found in fish stores are goldfish and koi, I would say tropical fish are easier to care for. Most don't need as large of a tank as a goldfish/koi. They usually aren't as messy as goldfish/koi. But then you also have to think "What kind of tropical/coldwater fish am I wanting to get?" then do research on the type.

Answer 6

I think a neon tetra, angel-fish,or some glo-light tetras would be good. Don't get triked by expensive fish like puffer fish or clown fish.

Answer 7

try an oscar they are kinda messy but not hard to take care of i have 3 and they have fun personalities but they are pretty messy and they eat alot... but if anything bad happens to them they almost always live one time it flopped out of the tank and it lived for four hours and was perfectly healthy the next day. the one thing i dont like about them is that they need alot of room because they get pretty big.

Answer 8

ok here's the thing. for a newbie try cichlids, people are going uhhhhhhhhhhhh? well they are hardy, seldom dies from ich and eats anything. tetras,barbs and live bearers are prone to ich..

Answer 9

Yellow tang are colorfully and easy to take care.....Good luck

Answer 10

gourami's are easy and relatively cheap