What Fish To Start With?
 

Thinking about getting a fish tank.

We've never had one and wondered what fish would be best to start with?

We've a pond wi koi, shubumpkins, frogs etc in it and just fancy a tank.

Looking at either tropical or marine.

Whatcha think? :wonder:

as a first tank go tropical mate marine is fookin exp and can go wrong sooooooooo quick if you do'nt know what you are doing one wrong move and you can loose everything in the tank in one day
my tank
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Agree with above - start with tropical, starting out with marines can result in a bad experience due to inexperience.

Buy the largest tank you can afford / accommodate. It will need less maintenance, and if things go wrong, they happen more slowly in larger volumes of water.

Forget about under gravel filtration go for a cannister filter or external filter.

Fish wise - there is lots of choice depending on weather you want to keep a community of fish or a single species. Buy small healthy specimens and watch them grow and dont make any sudden changes, fish keeping is a lesson in patience, good things happen slowly, the bad stuff always happens more quickly!!!

also buy a good water testing kit and use it test the water v regular untill you get to read the signs of whats going on i used sand rather than gravel found it better for the catfish :thumb:

For a tropical tank good starter fish to get the cycle going are zebra danios and white clouds. Both species are hardy, cheap and live in shoals so even though they are small you can have 10 or so of them to start with.

or some mackerel paté. I would suggest prawn cocktail but I don't think the qualify as an actual fish :wonder:

Buy the biggest tank you can afford,external filter (again the bigger the better).Once you have it all set up do NOT put fish in until the nitrate,nitrite and ammonia levels are zero.This is called the "cycling process".To speed this process up a bit you can add a small amount of fish food to the water every day.Once all readings are ok the best fish to get for a beginner are,neons,zebras,gouarmis,dwarf catfish,swordtails,platys.Mollies are ok too but be prepared to soon have babies swimming around. :thumb:

If it smells like a fish, and tastes like a fish........


It's obviously a Vagina. ;)

But what does a fish vag taste like? :wonder:

Give it a try, and post up your findings. Sicko. :nono:

:D

Nice looking set up.

I've a couple of weeks off in August and we may look at sorting it then :)

One of the lads has just bought a 36" tank off his next door neighbour. EVERYTHING (except the water) for £20!!!