please help!!!!!!!!!
2007-01-06 07:13:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
If you want to get a good fish you should ask the person at the store what is a good fish to get. I would get a Bata fish they last long and they are pretty
2007-01-06 07:23:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well any fish with a long lifespan will last long if you take care of it properly. Goldfish for example average 20 years when well cared for and the record is 43. Most people can't keep them past 3 months.
Oscars and most big cichlids are long lived as are pirhannas. Rummy nose tetras live a long time as to black phantoms. The majority of catfish do as well.
If you have a 200 + gallon tank you could get some arwonas.
But I'd go for goldfish but first RESEARCH their proper care.
2007-01-06 15:21:47 · answer #2 · answered by Noota Oolah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freshwater at cold / room temperature? Nothing beats a goldfish, they're tiny carps. Get the coolest one(s) you can find, but without those weird bugging eyes or brains or big bellies.
Tropical freshwater? Zebra danio. They've lived on the space station with the astronauts, and can stand water which would kill anything else.
Saltwater? Get a damsel (the 'other' fish from Finding Nemo). They can stand poor saltwater, sometimes. They're kind of like the Zebra danios of saltwater.
2007-01-06 15:19:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the fisk that I had that lasted for almost 10 years is an OSCAR! They are very beautiful fish but be ready to up grade it's tank as it grows. They get really big and they eat gold fish. So if you have a soft spot for the feeders than it probobly would not be the fish for you. But they are VERY smart as well they get to know you and will be very friendly and in my case it used to do tricks for it's food.
2007-01-06 15:18:48 · answer #4 · answered by j_kunath 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the bait shop and buy minnows and put them in your tank and watch what happens.
Your filter will stop sliming and the water will get clean.
Minnows have been known to feed on an algae bacteria that grow in tanks and they will help keep it pure and clean and this is a known fact!
I have three dozen Minnows in my fish tank and I haven't had to replace my filter for a month now.
Bacteria in your water will kill your fish. The less bacteria the better the results. Chemicals work, but not as good as Minnows.
2007-01-06 15:17:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Clownfish or Beta
2007-01-06 15:28:08 · answer #6 · answered by ♀VANshee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get convicts the pink ones ours had babies and we started with two like 6 years ago and they never stop breeding, You can sell the babies if you want. we have like 20 now.
2007-01-06 15:17:14 · answer #7 · answered by jason c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go Beta!
He's a good site too
http://www.bettatalk.com/basic_care.htm
2007-01-06 21:26:57 · answer #8 · answered by ☆thumper203☆ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
goldfish!!
seriously my last goldfish lived for 3 years
and it was just a feeder
2007-01-06 15:16:33 · answer #9 · answered by onlyblonde1 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
frozen
2007-01-06 15:16:04 · answer #10 · answered by tumbleweed1954 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋