2006-11-01 11:26:07 · 11 answers · asked by Wicked W 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
betas are easy to keep but they don't do much.
if you want cool fish thay are very active, go for tiger barbs.
they don't need much just the basics and they are hyper all the time!
2006-11-01 11:32:34 · answer #1 · answered by Lety L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bettas are about the easiest tropical fish to start with. They are okay with very small containers but they don't do much.
I recommend starting with a 20-gallon aquarium and two or three cory catfish to help start the biological filter/nitrogen cycle. Black mollies are some of the toughest fish out there and are often used to start up salt water aquariums, too, since they are brackish. For tetras, I go with black skirts but they kind of shy and nocturnal. Mollies aren't as shy.
2006-11-02 14:16:03 · answer #2 · answered by TarKettle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've found danios and barbs to be the hardiest. Little cory cats are pretty hardy and low maintenance.
Convict cichlids are a lot of fun and are practically impossible to kill. All you have to do is buy a male, a female, add water and in a week you have eggs.
Live bearers- like guppies- need salt in their water- just one more thing to worry about.
Goldfish are not tropical- nor are they easy. A goldfish should live 10-40 years. Know anyone who has kept one alive that long? Didn't think so.
The key to a low maintenance tank is understocking it. The less fish in there- the less clean up.
2006-11-01 23:20:54 · answer #3 · answered by Lynn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think mollies, plattys, and rams are all "easy" and fun too!! the bigger the tank the better all tropicals need 1 gallon of water per 1 in of fish....and i recomend to get filter over rated for the tank ex: 20 gallon tank get 30-50 gallon filter....and change 1/4 of the water weekly or bi-weekly...and i use cycle and easy balance(liquids that help maintain water quality) and also let the tank "cylcle"/run with out fish for a week or two first...to allow the tank to level out and have the proper water quality to establish you can get quck strip water tests to check the levels.....good luck!!!
2006-11-01 19:36:59 · answer #4 · answered by Bekah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can choose a betta , if you get a male he needs no less then a 1gal tank . Guppies , mollies , platy , danio , neons , These are just a few .
2006-11-01 23:32:19 · answer #5 · answered by bearangelcindy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*Gold fish are not tropical! (They are easy to keep, though.)
Start with guppies. They're pretty, and they're easy. You might end up with some babies, though. :)
2006-11-01 20:55:15 · answer #6 · answered by rabidbaby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably any of the live bearers - guppies, platies, mollies, swordtails.
2006-11-01 19:54:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
any type of gold fish
2006-11-01 20:52:24 · answer #8 · answered by mercurycomet19652001 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
beta. Remember, one per jar.
2006-11-01 19:44:05 · answer #9 · answered by Sandy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Black Mollys.
2006-11-01 19:34:40 · answer #10 · answered by preacher55 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋