My Ultimate Tropical Fish Guide

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This is a Tropical fish guide written for the beginner to average freshwater fish keeper. Based on my own experience of 15 years. I would recommend this for any Aquarist who wants to take their hobby to the next level. I will explain everything from buying the tank, plant care, diseases and breeding A Must have for any Aquarist. How can I use this format?

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Which kinds of fish and how many? What are they doing that makes you think they don't get along? My fish aren't getting along i don't know what to do I have a other very small tank tho for your info so what should I do. Glass surfing usually means stress. Schooling fish like tetras should be kept in groups of six or more. This may be the cause of their stress. Can anyone please help me with a behaviour issue? I have a 38 L tank with 9 neons and 3 juvenile lemon tetras in it. The lemons constantly swim up and down the tank wall in a group in one corner usually or back and forth across the from of the tank.

Does this mean they are not happy? Yes, there is a good chance the parents or other fish in the tank will eat the fry when they are born. To avoid this you can use a special breeder tank, or try to be on the spot and get them out of there soon after they are born. Otherwise, they are on their own. Will the parent fish eat their baby fish if put in the same tank mine is a small tank. Good to hear, Sparky, and I hope you find a home for the guppies.

Best of luck going forward! Sorry I haven't kept in touch, however, I did promise to update you on my fish tank endeavors. I did not buy any fish over the summer due to prolonged vacationing away from home. However, last month, I obtained 4 female guppies from a local pet shop. They've made it this far so I must be doing something right. I also added some smooth glass pebbles and some fake plants to the floor of the tank.

I did buy a bubbler, however, it causes pools of water to collect on the lid of my tank, so I don't use it very often. And as it turns out, some of my guppies were pregnant when I bought them. So I now have 12 baby guppies in the tank as well. Not the best luck, but I am currently trying to sell the babies to a new loving home via Facebook.

School has made it a bit rough trying to do a partial water change every other week, but since I've added it to my calendar, I'll hopefully be able to do so as regularly as possible. Wish me luck, I could use all the help I can get. Thanks again for all the help you've given me,. You'll need a fairly large tank to house the fish you are describing. If you do have a very big tank those fish should get a long okay, but you never know until they are together. I have 2 large angels and 4 clown loaches, 1 of the clowns is 6 inches long the others are 3 inches.

I would like 2 put 2 discus in tank. Tank is 3 foot plastic plants and pebbles good filter and heater. Please let me know if the discus would be happy as they are not cheap. If you go with a bubbler do so because you like the effect. Your filter should aerate your water more than enough.

I don't know why the shrimp would need a bubbler. Plants and rock are a good idea. In my experience the shrimp do not "burrow" so much as they hide under things and in crevices. Rocks, driftwood and plants are good for almost any tank.

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Thank you for yet again being so helpful! I'm cycling the tank right now. I'll tell you how the tank turns out in the end. Can't wait to put the guppies and shrimp in! I may go with fewer guppies, perhaps five. I know they aren't really schooling fish so it shouldn't be to much of a problem. Please correct me if I'm wrong And I may go ahead and get a bubbler too. I've heard on wiki how that the shrimp need one.

And even if they didn't, it'd be better to have more oxygen in the tank anyways. I'll probably end up putting in some fake plants and stone pebbles on the floor of the tank too. And if I can I may put a few more rock caves in as well. I hear the shrimp like to burrow so I'm hoping the rock caves would be an OK substitute. And for future reference I'll try and keep the questions to a minimum. Thanks again for all your help. For the guppies you'd want to go all female rather than all male if you are concerned about breeding.

Guppies are not typically aggressive but a bunch of males in a tank may get nippy with each other. I think ghost shrimp plus guppies are fine but maybe stick to six of each. Oxygen isn't really the concern. Too many fish in too small of a body of water create too much pollution for the tank to handle. You can try a Betta with the ghost shrimp but the Betta may try to eat them, or he may leave them alone.

Do not mix a Betta with guppies. Thank you so much for answering my questions! I have read quite a few of your articles and they are certainly very helpful! Keep up the good work! I think I'll go with a school of fancy Guppies.

Perhaps 7 at most. I don't want them to breed however. That being the case, is it safe to have an all male tank? Or is an all female tank the only option if I don't want them to breed? Also, I didn't realize that ghost shrimp were bottom feeders! Does the six or more rule apply to them or is it a bit different because they aren't really fish?

I assume that the Guppies won't eat them but can I have 14 animals 7 Guppies and possibly 7 ghost shrimp in a tank safely? I now understand thanks to one of your articles that the one inch of fish per gallon of tank rule is nonsense, but with that many animals, would there be enough oxygen in the water for all of them? Would a bubbler be of any help with this issue? I read your article on tank mates for bettas and it mentions that you could have 5 or so ghost shrimp with a single betta in a 10 gallon tank.

Is this because more shrimp would take up too much oxygen or because more shrimp would aggravate the beta? I'm sorry I'm hurling a thousand more questions at you but you seem to really care about fish and it's a bit difficult finding trustworthy sites for this kind of stuff. There seem to be so many misconceptions about fish it's a wonder they last as long as they do in home aquariums!

In fact the reason my Rainbow Shark died is because of shock. I was foolish enough to believe a website that said I only needed to acclimate him for 30 minutes and not longer.

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In other words I'm trying to not make the same mistakes again. You seem to know what you are doing and you are kind enough to take the time to write articles to help others. You have a lot of questions! I really suggest doing a lot of your own research so you become better educated on fish care. One of the reasons I don't suggest specific fish or combinations of fish is because I want people to go and learn about the fish instead of depending on someone else to give them all the answers.

Learn about how big they grow, how much space they need, what there temperaments are and what they eat. There are so many variables to keeping fish correctly there really is no substitute for personal knowledge.

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You don't need a bottom feeder if you don't want one. If the only reason you want one is because you think it will clean the tank for you, that's not realistic. They aren't going to save you much time when it comes to cleaning. But they do help mop up some uneaten food, so in that way they reduce waste a bit but of course they create some too.

If space is a concern consider a small school of ghost shrimp. I have a separate article suggesting fish for a gallon tank which you can find on this website. Live plants are helpful but not necessary. Without live plants you can keep the lights on as you please. Normal waking hours are fine, but you may reduce it if you see a lot of algae growth. In a planted tank aim for about 12 hours of light.

Learn about the nitrogen cycle and how to manage the microbes that live in your tank. They help to keep it healthy. You only need to dose your tank with conditioner when you do a water change. Follow the directions on the bottle. Do not add any fish unless your tank is fully cycled.

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Again, you have to do some research to understand the nitrogen cycle and how it impacts your fish. A good water testing kit measures ammonia nitrates and nitrites, and pH. I'm not sure what Walmart has, but a basic kit is pretty inexpensive. I agree about the cherry barbs and guppies. In a gallon, I'd go with guppies. They are small and colorful, as are neons and other similar tetras.

You can make a very pretty tank with small, colorful fish. Nobody wants fish to die I hope and its a bummer when it happens. The fact that you care so much about this is a good thing. When you lose a fish you learn from it, and try to do better next time. It's all you can do.

I'm happy to answer any other questions, but once again I suggest taking some time to research the fish you are interested in as well as some of the other aspects of aquarium care.

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Articles like this are meant to address a very specific point, and not solve every problem. There really is no substitute for personal knowledge, and the more you know the better you get at this. My Rainbow Shark just died. I'm looking to fill up my 10 gallon tank with some vibrant and active fish. I'd prefer to have at least one bottom feeder to help keep the tank clean. What fish would you recommend? I assumed they were unnecessary and would make it easier to clean without them.

My tank is located in my basement and doesn't receive much sunlight. Please tell me how often I should keep the tank light on as well how often I should clean the tank and how I should clean it because that would be most helpful. I have a water heater in the top left corner of the tank, a nice filter, three rock structures, and a temperature reader in the bottom right corner of the tank. I may as well be new to the fish tank experience because most of your tips came as a bit of a slap to the face. For your website I would recommend being more specific about the length of the fish listed during their adult stages of life.

For example an average length of an adult Zebra Danio is not really specified in the above article. I would also recommend adding more fish to your list of fish best for a 10 gallon tank. I like the look of Cherry Barbs and Guppies but feel like my tank couldn't hold a school of one or the other and a bottom feeder without harming them.

Speaking of, do I really need a bottom feeder? Would owning one reduce how often I need to clean the tank? I put 10ml of Aquasafe cleaner in my tank once a month.

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Does this affect how long the tank needs to cycle? Also, what inexpensive water testing kit would you recommend me buying preferably from Walmart? I really don't want more fish to die by anything but old age. I know I'm asking for a lot here, but I really need the help and you seem to know quite a bit about taking care of fish. I've always liked Mollies too, but I've always had them in bigger tanks. Sounds like you had a pretty funky tank with those Glo-Fish! I think Mollies are a good beginner fish as well; I have had some success with them in the past.

I have owned some Glo-Fish in the past, but I think they took fish breeding a little to far for my taste. I used to have a tank with a black light, blue and black substrate, and neon fake plants to boot. But when I learned more about them, I moved on to colorful guppies and have not purchased anymore Glo-Fish. I have seen recently they are also making Glo-Tetras now as well.

I like the guppies too. Thinking about adding a few to my 29 gal right now. Cool article about tropical fish. I am a guppy man myself, I have kept them for years. I also enjoyed the video on the glo fish. That sounds like a rough situation for a Betta, Gypsy Willow. The Angels are semi-agressive and may pick on him, and he may or may not have issues with the guppies. You can try it and keep an eye on him, but have a backup plan in case it doesn't work. I love my tank it has Guppies, two Angels, two tiny African frogs, snails and a small Plecostamus.

Do you think I could add a Beta? It is 20 gals and heated with gentle filtration. We do a partial change once a week. I am about to upgrade to a bowfronted tank. That tank sounds great, Tony! Those plecos and clown loaches get pretty big though. I agree that that fish tanks can be distracting. I have a 55g in my living room and I end up watching it even when the TV is on.

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I get a lot of pleasure from my 3' fish tank. It was gathering dust in the garage for the last 30 years until I finally decided it was time to enjoy it again. I bought a 'Nutrafin Test Kit' first to make sure the water was alrightalso a coupls of tubs of useful bacteria to bring the nitrite content down. I stocked with swordfish, mollies, gouramis, clown loach and a plecostamus. I find I'm watching the tank instead of getting on with my writing.

I appreciate the heads up, and I made some edits and found a new pic that may clarify things a little better. This is not a member of the family Corydora, meaning it's not a Cory. Emerald Cory's are a closely related but scientifically named Brochis splendens. Brochis splendens is larger than most Corys and has a slightly different tank mate compatibility.

A better picture choice would be Corydora panda. Great article just one in inaccuracy. You really know your stuff. Makes me want to have a tank again and get Harlequin Rasbora. They sound like they'd be soothing fish to keep. It's very important to make sure a new tank is cycled, because you're right that neons, guppies and other fish can struggle if water parameters aren't correct.

I've always loved mollies, but I thought they were a little too rambunctious for my list! Some great fish in this list.