All of my fish die, what kind of fish should I get that can survive. (I have a freshwater tank, 10 gallon)?

Answer 1

well, lets focus instead on how to keep your fish from dieing. did you cycle your tank? did you do partial water changes? if not, you MUST do both of these things. for a 10g tank, why not start out with one male betta, and then add some guppies 2 months later. try that, and tell me how it works out.

Answer 2

Adolfos Cory - 5 years
Angelfish - 10+ years
Apistogramma - 3 to 5 years
Archer Fish - 5 years
Armored Catfish - 7 to 15 years
Bala Shark - 10 years
Bandit Cory - 5 years
Banjo Cat - 7 to 15 years
Banjo Catfish - 5 to 8 years
Black Neon Tetra - 5 years
Black Phantom Tetra - 5 years
Black Shark - 4 to 10 years
Black Tetra - 5 years
Black Widow Tetra - 5 years
Blackfin Cory - 5+ years
Bleeding Heart Tetra - 5 years
Blindcave Fish - 5+ years
Bloodfin Tetra - 10+ years
Blue Gourami - 4 years
Boesman Rainbow - 5 years
Bronze Cory - 5 years
Bumble Bee Catfish - 5 to 8 years
Cardinal Tetra - 4 years
Cherry Barb - 5 to 7 years
Chocolate Gourami - 4 years
Clown Loach - 15+ years
Columbian Tetra - 5 years
Congo Tetra - 5 years
Convict - 10 to 18 years
Diamond Tetra - 5 years
Discus - 10 to 18 years
Dojo Loach - 10 years
Dwarf Gourami - 4 years
Emperor Tetra - 6 years
Festivum - 10+ years
Figure 8 Puffer - 5 years
Firemouth - 10 to 15 years
Frontosa - 8 to 15 years
Giant Danio - 5 to 7 years
Glass Catfish - 8 years
Glassfish - 8 years
Glowlight Tetra - 5 years
Goldfish - 10 to 30 years
Guppy - 3 to 5 years
Harlequin - 6 years
Hatchetfish - 5 years
Hog Nose Brochis - 10 years
Honey Gourami - 4 years
Jack Dempsey - 10 to 18 years
Jordan's Catfish - 10+ years
Killifish - 1 to 2 years
Kissing Gourami - 5 years
Lemon Tetra - 5 years
Leopard Danio - 5 to 7 years
Leporinus - 5+ years
Livingstoni - 10+ years
Midas Cichlid - 15+ years
Mollie - 4 years
Moonlight Gourami - 4 years
Neon Rainbow - 3 to 4 years
Neon Tetra - 5 to 10 years
Oscar - 10 to 18 years
Otocinclus - 5 years
Pacu - 10 years
Pearl Danio - 5 years
Pearl Gourami - 4 years
Pictus Catfish - 8 years
Piranha - 10 years
Platy - 3 to 5 years
Pleco - 7 to 15 years
Rafael Catfish - 7 to 15 years
Rainbow Shark - 4 to 10 years
Rams - 4 years
Rasboras - 5 to 10 years
Red Eye Tetra - 5 years
Red Rainbow - 5 years
Red Tailed Catfish - 15 years
Redtail Shark - 8 years
Rosy Barb - 5 years
Royal Pleco - 10+ years
Rummy Nose Tetra - 5 to 10 years
Rumy Nose Tetra - 5 years
Severum - 10 to 18 years
Silver Dollar - 10+ years
Silvertip Tetra - 5 years
Swordtails - 3 to 5 years
Texas Cichlid - 10+ years
Tiger Barb - 6 years
Tigerfish - 5 years
Tinfoild Barb - 10 years
Upside Down Catfish - 5 years
Weather Loach - 10 years
Whiptail - 10+ years
White Cloud Mountain Minnow - 5 to 7 years
Zebra Cichlid - 10+ years
Zebra Danio - 5 years

Answer 3

Well first you should do a 100% water change and be sure you use a water conditionaer or declorinator. Be sure to have gravel and other decor for your fish to hide around. You will also need a good filter that cycles at least 100 gallons per hour. After the tank has been running for 24 hour, put 1 or 2 hard fish in there to cycle your tank. This is the proccess of beneficial bacteria growing on your filter and gravel which break down toxic levels of ammonia and nitrites produced by fish. The cycle will normally take 4-6 weeks. Then get your water tested for ammonia and nitrites, when both of these register at zero, you are ready to add 1 or 2 more fish per week until you reach your limit ( 1 inch of fish per gallon of water). I would not reccomend keeping any goldfish in a 10 gallon because they get anywhere from 6 - 12 inches and require a much larger tank. I recommend getting a heater ( at least 50 watt) and making your tank a community tropical tank with non- agressive fish. A good package I recommend for a 10 gallon is 2 cory catfish, a dwarf gourami, and a school of 6 small tetra like neons or glowlight tetra's. Be sure to do WEEKLY water changes of 20% with room temperature treated water. Be patient when stocking your tank and have enough dissapline not to overstock your tank.

Answer 4

Most likely you did not maintain good water quality. It's very important to cycle your tank before adding fish, or if you cycle a tank with fish, you must test the water daily for ammonia and nitrite and perform frequent water changes.

Also, there are many freshwater fish. Some are tropical requiring heaters, and some are cold water that do not require heaters.

Research the nitrogen cycle and how to cycle a tank. Also research the type of fish you wish to keep and make sure you understand the correct water parameters needed for the fish you keep.

As far as good "first" fish go, tropical livebearers are among the easiest to keep. Mollies, guppies, platys are fairly hardy easy fish to keep. A school of 6-8 neon tetras, 2 otos, and a male betta would make a fairly easy to care for starter tank.



Good Luck

Answer 5

The Betta or Siamese Fighting fish is fairly sturdy for a novice fish keeper. You need a heater (a marineland one that you can see the numbers for the temperature on) is the best one to get. Or you could still try a goldfish.
Here is my best advice. Last spring I bought a Tetra brand ten gallon aquarium and signed up on their website:
http://www.tetra.care.com/
They send you e-mails every time you need to do something with your aquarium. It is absolutely idiot proof. I did everything they said, when to buy what fish and when to clean it, everything! I did not lose one single fish. It worked. And when I ran into a problem I posted a question here and immediately got answers from all around the world which was greatly appreciated. Try again with the tank, I'm sure you will have better luck next time.

Answer 6

Are you sure the water temperature is correct? Every once in a while when I get a new fish it dies, but it should not be happening all the time.

Answer 7

It does not matter what kind of fish you get, they will all die until the nitrogen cycle is established. To find out how to fix this, look up 'nitrogen cycle' in aquariums. The release of ammonia is killing your fish. Until the nitrogen cycle is established, you have to control the build-up of ammonia (from droppings) in the tank.

Answer 8

Guppies might live because when we moved my fish tank stayed outside for weeks with out heat while we finshed our house but either those or goldfish

Answer 9

Is you tank cycled and are you doing weekly 40% water changes? Also make sure not to over stock it! Some good fish are...
-Mollies
-Platies
-Swordtails
-Tetras ( I like Neon tetras)
-Corydora Catfish
-GloFish(kinda expensive but really cool looking)
-ANy small schooling fish
-Gourami
-Guppies

rememebr for eveyr 1 square inch of fish have 1 gallon.

And make sure oyu have a heater also if you dont!

Answer 10

don't get anything yet. read up, find out what you were doing wrong, and possibly move up to a bigger tank size that will be easier to handle.