Good evening everybody.. question inside.

[lickerish]

Okay, for Christmas "Santa" got my kidlets their first fish tank starter kit. Apartment rules state no feather or fur-bearing animals, so I think this passes.

It comes with a tank (forgive me, I don't recall the gallon size) that is about 2 feet wide, 1 foot long, and 1 1/2 foot tall.. (i'm bad with measurements, but you get the picture). It came with the light and filtration system, and the drops and food.. I got a $5 coupon towards fish and I still need to get gravel and plants. They told me to run the tanks for about 24 hrs w/ no fish.. and then put some goldfish in it for a bit longer to build up a bacteria level.

My question is, what type of fish is good for being pretty but lasting a long time?? I don't want saltwater fish, and I don't want just goldfish. I want some that will 'play well with others' if mixed with other types.

What do y'all recommend?

 

[bluntforcemama]

Hi lickety! I don't know the answer, but I wanted to say HI!



um... Neon Tetras?

 

[*ladylove*]

that's a great present!! My kids love our tank. Let's see, some colorful fish that play nice with others: there are lots of those.. Most of the catfish types will, tetras, swordtails (and they have lots of live babies which is really neat to watch), snails are a fun addition too, (my kids love those), also in with the goldfish they sometimes get bullfrog tadpoles, and those are really fun to watch. Have fun there are lots of different things to stick in there, and your kids will have so much fun picking them out!

 

[lickerish]

HI Myst .. i've missed you guys

Neon tetras are cool.. I also like these little neon shark ones, but I can't find them anywhere anymore.

The guy at the petstore showed me these little cat fish looking puffer fish that were way cute.

Snails would be interesting. How about those fish that suction to the tank and clean it?

 

[Fly_On_Wall]

guppies are good aqua babies

but I don't think you can mix goldfish with any other kind.

exotics and none exotics will kill each other

 

[Svedish_Chef]

Buy a goldfish, and a Barney google

Barney google = black fish that has its eyes bugged out

I had a goldfish, my yougest bro had a spotty fish, and my middle brother had the Barney google

The bastard ate our fish!

 

[Nighthunter]

actually a snail or 2 is a good idea, they help clean the tank

 

[tigerjen]

I don't know much about fish......but you can ask
Jaded1, who had a fishtank full of fish.......

 

[Ladyhawke]

Does it have a heater? When I was looking at fish for my kid's tank there weren't a whole lot of them that would survive without having one. It might be something to look into adding to yours if you don't have one.

 

[Laurel]

Mollies are really good fish. We had black mollies and silver mollies in our tank when I was a kid. One of our black mollies became pregnant and spewed out dozens of little baby mollies. It was very exciting! They're hardy and come in an assortment of colors.

 

[patient1]

Temperature is a critical thing. Don't overlook it.
1or 2 degree temp change can kill some kinds.
Me, I like koi. I think they're beautiful, and there's a lot of color variety within the species. If something goes wrong with the water, just
change it( maybe you'd have to buy distilled or something . Not that koi are that sensitive, but I have no idea how much chlorine(for example) is in your water. ) Koi are domesticated. They can stand temperature changes. They get along with their goldfish cousins & catfish in my experience.

 

[lickerish]

thanks for the input you guys

any other suggestions out there? jaded1?




(where's my starfishie?!)

 

[Fly_On_Wall]

lickerish.... yummy av

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