First Time Fish Mummy

[tinkerbell23]

What fish do you suggest are easy enough to look after for my first aquarium?

30lts.... Coldwater x

[B00]

None! They're all fraught, nice relaxing hobby my bum!

This might be of help.

http://freshaquarium.about.com/od/selectingfish/a/goodfirstfish.htm

[Prudie]

Tend to agree with B00 and don't get emotionally attached as they have a habit of disappearing overnight!

[tinkerbell23]

I read that guys LOL i think its going to be fighters/neons!!!! Thank u!!! Xx

[sherrardk]

We (stupidly) got boy #2 and girl a tropical tank each - always something needs doing. They go green, stuff dies, babies are born, babies get eaten, plants go mental and take over, etc, etc. Good luck, x (ps - himself is in charge of tank maintenance so I blame him for the fact they don't look show room perfect all the time.)

[B00]

Fighters? As in Bettas? Plural??? And with neons?

Please dont! They're called fighters for a reason.

[-Talbot-]

dont Tget emotionally attached


Giv over...

[Tilly2]

having had an aquarium once, I would never do so again. Oh, the anxiety!

[Prudie]

Don't mock Talbot, I can get emotionally attached to the unlikeliest of things :-o

[B00]

I love my goldfish, have him over 15 years, i'll be devastated when he goes.

[Prudie]

I feel the same about my angels

[-Talbot-]

You are both mad

mock Talbot..I could get used to that name.

[Prudie]

hmm, it's a bit soupy :-))

[B00]

True story- some years back we had a earth tremor and I woke up in bed and my first thought was "oh God, the fish tank!"

[-Talbot-]

For Funks Sake!

[wildwood]

Neons/fighters are tropical fish, not coldwater ones.

If goldfish are not your bag, you could get some White Cloud Mountain minnows. A nice small fish not much over 1 inch long so you can have 6 or so in a smallish tank. With coldwater plants, you might even get the occasional babies as they don't seem to eat the young as ravenously as the tropical small fish. They will easily survive the winter inside without a heater, although they do better with a 20° minimum temp.

There are some quite cheap small internal filters available now and providing you use good fishkeeping practices, the tank wouldn't need to be cleaned much.

[tinkerbell23]

I did mean fighter singular sorry LOL but im sure i read they could live with neons? No floaty tails etc to nibble on???

Obv i will chat to the person in the shop- its an aquatics shop and they are really good x

[tinkerbell23]

I think i mean i dont want saltwater fish but im happy to have a heater xxxx (thanks for clarifying that) xx

[Prudie]

Do you mean Siamese fighting fish Tinks, the really pretty ones with long floaty fins? I thought they required heating and were not that easy to keep at that?

[tinkerbell23]

Yes i do- i was sure i could have one? Just the one in a heated tank.

Jeez this is hard LOL

Ive got the tank... Its plugged in and thats all. Lol! Argh! X

[paddywak]

Not got a tank but we've a pond with mainly Goldies and Comets plus half a dozen Koi all un-named apart from Billy Bones one of the koi.