what are the best aquarium freshwater fish to look at?

Question

i want the most colourful and best looking fish. i know salt water fish and reef fish look better but i am just starting out and a salt water tank will be too complicated for me to maintain. also are trutles hard to look after and can they live in a tank with fish?

Answer 1

I like livebearers if you want colorful fish that are easy to care for. These would include guppies, platies (also called moons), swordtails, and mollies. All will do well in a tropical fish tank and if you get males and females, they're easy to breed. You can tell the males easily if you look at the bottom fin near the tail. Females' are shaped like a triangle, but the males' are thin and pointed. If you get males and females. get twice as many females as males. If you just want pretty, get all males - they're more colorful.

Bettas are colorful as well, and they can be mixed with other fish - just not another betta if it's a male. Dwarf gouramis are very pretty too - but you shouldn't mix a betta and a gourami in the same tank.

Some tetras are colorful - especially neons and cardinals

See the websites below for info on these fish and others that can be kept with them. If you don't already have a tank, consider getting a 20 gallon - it'll give you more room so you can keep a larger number and variety of fish.

As far as a turtle, most common turtles (red eared sliders) will get between 7 and 16 inches (females are larger than males) so you'd need an even bigger tank to keep one of these - and they will eat fish if they catch them. They also need a really good filtration system because they make a mess of the water. If you're interested in a turtle, I'd recommend keeping it in a separate tank (at least 30-55 gallon).

Answer 2

Coolest Freshwater Fish

Answer 3

Best Freshwater Fish

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what are the best aquarium freshwater fish to look at?
i want the most colourful and best looking fish. i know salt water fish and reef fish look better but i am just starting out and a salt water tank will be too complicated for me to maintain. also are trutles hard to look after and can they live in a tank with fish?

Answer 5

I have grouped a few freshwater fish into four categories, passive, community, aggressive, and very aggressive. All of them have their own beauty and color.

These are arranged purely from my experiences and some fish may be able to span across more than one of these categories. Your experience may be different so all aquarists may not agree with where some of these fish are placed. If a fish spans across a few levels of compatibility, I will list them in all the categories I feel they could co-exist in. Here is my chart. I hope it helps new aquarists save money and most importantly, fishes lives.

Passive

Neons
Cardinal tetras
Rummynose tetras
Glowlight tetras
Discus
Glass catfish
Black Neons
All corydoras catfish species
Otocinculus catfish
Kuhli loaches
Bumble bee gobies
Guppies all types
Platys all types
Swordtails all types
Mollies all types
Hatchetfish
Bettas
Dwarf Gouramies
White mountain minnows (White Clouds)
Rainbowfish

Community

Angelfish
Rams
Clown Loaches
Queen Botia
Gold Gourami
Blue Gourami
Leeri Gourami
Head & Tailight Tetra
Black skirt Tetra
Buenos Aires Tetra
Tiger Barbs
Plecostomus catfish
All Corydoras species except Pygmy Corys
Bala Sharks
Red tail Sharks
Irredescent sharks
Rainbow Sharks
Silver dollars
All Rainbow fishes
Larger Swordtails
Larger Mollies (Sailfin varieties)
Larger Platys
Glass Catfish
Pictus catfish (smaller varieties)
Rope fish
Congo tetra
Upside down catfish
Bleeding Heart tetras
Black Ghost Knife
Elephant nose
Porthole catfish
Serape tetras
Geophagus Jurapari
Orange chromide
Pinktail Chalceus

Fish for Aggressive Aquariums

Aggressive aquariums usually house a small number of larger fish that may attack or even consume more submissive fish. Many “aggressive” species are beautiful to look at – and can live surprisingly long lives. When mixing aggressive species in a single aquarium, choose fish of comparable size and make sure you add some structure (plants, driftwood, etc.) so the animals can “stake out” territory and hide, if necessary. Aggressive aquarium species include:

oscars, Jack Dempseys, red devil cichlids, jewel cichlids,
convicts, Large plecostomus species, green terrors,
piranhas, carnivorous catfish.

Answer 6

Guppies are really pretty, really cheap and hard to lose when you are just starting out. They are my beginner fish and i haven't had problems yet. There is such a variety. Endlers are by far the coolest fish, all neon and bright, but they are tiny and need a very healthy tank to survive and need to be in groups, but wow they are awesome. Bumblebee cat fish are neat and help clean the tank of extra food, which really helps also. I highly recommend some guppies to start with if you want flashy pretty fish :)

Answer 7

I like Rainbow fish.
There are a few different kinds and they are amazingly beautiful.
They can be difficult to keep, so do lots of research.
Oscars and Cichlids (pronounced: SICK-lids) are super colorful and super agressive. They will eat other fish, so again, do lots of research.

Turtles will eat any fish they can catch, and they give off a lot of waste. Keep them seperated from fish.

Answer 8

for color i would recomend african chiclids (pernounced sick-lids) they're pretty agressive but dont get incredable large and are a lot of fun. but i would nix the turtles, they will try and eat any fish they are in the tank with, and they require A LOT of special lighting in order to stay healthy

Answer 9

i got a 75 gal and i got 2 bala sharks,2 dinosaur birchir eels, 1 goby dragon, 5 blood tetras,2 gold snail, 1 clown loach 3 red fin sharks, and one giant pleco. all look awesome. look pics up on yahoo