I have a 30 gallon tank, freshwater- what fish do you reccomend?

Question

I have a 30 gallon freshwater fish tank, 3 fish, 2 goldfish and 1 suckerfish, they get along great, what other fish do you reccomend me getting, i tend to want medium sized fish, but not to aggresive, any advise would be great! =)

Answer 1

goldfish with the big eyes

Answer 2

I had to answer this because someone answered your question and told you to get cichlids. DO NOT, I repeat....DO NOT put convict cichlids with any other fish!! They are aggressive fish, and I didn't know that until I got some and my BIG goldfish got attacked and died cuz the cichlids are sooooo aggresive. If you want cichlids, put them alone with other cichlids in another tank, and then get ready to watch them multiply by the 100's...

I have an albino catfish with my goldfish, betta, and sucker fish. They have done just fine together for over a year. I also have a water turtle baby in with them and he's been doing great with them for about 4 months now.

Best of Luck!}

Answer 3

Since you already have goldfish, I would recommend that you add to that only goldfish. I have in the past had differetn typed of goldfish and that works well. Just don't add any trpical fish with your goldfish. You could add bottom dwellers and it should be ok. Like small catfish, plecos, algae eaters. All those would also help keep the tank clean.

Answer 4

Don't get a beta. They'll kill other fish.

At any store that sells fish, there are some smallish goldfish-looking fish that fit the requirements. However, they're a little skinnier, clear-colored, and have a neon stripe down the middle (in varying colors, all neon or flourescent). They're goldfish like in that they're just normal-shaped fish, you know. They're awesome-looking, though. :) Hope I helped!

Answer 5

I would reccomend some other goldfish. Fantails and other fancier strains are very attractive and peaceful. Don't be put off by the so called boring goldfish. There are some amazingly fancy and eyecatching vareties! Good Luck!

(Wish I had a tank that big....)

Answer 6

Here is the freshwater one: http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/fwcompatibility_chart.cfm

What temp do you keep you tank?
I just read that:
Plecos like 73°F - 82°F and goldfish like 40°F - 80°F, so that works out great.

http://www.fishlore.com/TropicalFishProfiles.htm

Answer 7

If you want "pretty to look at", get a dozen neon tetras, they'll cost you next to nothing, get along with everyone else, and look great. If you want a full-time job, get a small oscar. It'll grow slowly, eventually eat the others, and become a monster that requires a bigger tank!

Answer 8

For you tank you should get cold water fish. Goldfish are cold water fish and if you add tropical fish they will became sick and die. There are a lot of different types of goldfish I would get another one of them.

Answer 9

well i have basiclly the same situation, i have two guppise, a alge eater, and two gold fish and they get along. The more friendly types of fish swim in schools, for example, moli, tetra, neon, guppies. the more teatorial type are usually from south america.

Answer 10

i love goldfish!!!!!! mollies are way cool. they have live babies and they are always doing it. there are also little green fresh water puffer fish.....they look like submerines. freshwater sharks are cool, but they don't mix with other fish. as well as Oscars. tiger barbs and angel fish are cool too.
good luck with the fish tank.

Answer 11

Really depends on if you have plants in there or not. If it's just gravel and plastics then Guppies and Danio's make a nice mix. Tetras are cool as well as most Mollies.