Fish advice!

[Bonny]

Ive been wanting to get some fish for a little while now nut dont no were to start or what I would need for them :blush:Im not thinking of getting any until my birthday so I have a little while yet so I can clue myself up on whats the best care and type and tank size.
I no a few of you have fish and are members of some clubs what sort of fish would you recamend ? I would like to no what fish work well together and what sarroundings work best in there cage.Like plants,rocks,coral,ornaments that sort of thing and of coarse I have kids so what would work best with them as im sure I heard somewere that some fish dont like noise (or maybe that was another animal or someone told me that when I was little so I would be quiet lol I dunno)

any info would be great :D so I atleast no what im doing I dont want it to be like someone getting a tiel without perches or toys in there cage lol it might sound silly but I dont want to forget something that might come as common sense to someone else lol:p

[allen]

ok with the size of tank depends on what fish you get as the saying with bird cages the bigger the better guppies are good but breed constantly after 1 mating they can have 3 broods of fry =babies you need to read up on cycling the tank when to add fish when not to what fish to have during a cycle i,ll get some links for you to research

[allen]

here are some to get you started

http://www.fishforever.co.uk/


http://www.tropicalfishkeeper.com/

http://www.cichlidae.com/

[Laura]

Its been awhile since I have had fish, I love watching them there is something so peaceful for me watching fish swim around, I had a 20g and my personal favourite of the fish is the tetra, they are a schooling fish its best to keep them 5 or more, they are a small hardy fish but they need to be kept with fish there size the neon are amazingly beautiful in a tank.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/aquarium-fish-supplies.cfm?c=830+890

[xxxSpikexxx]

We use to have a tank of goldfish when I was younger, I miss watching them swim around. Here is a link about goldfish http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/care.html Hope this helps :)

[Bonny]

Thanks for the advice guys ive been on here all day and found out some intresting stuff I could sit and look all day at them.I agree Laura there is something peacefull and calm about watching fish swim around with 3 kids it would be something to look forward to once they have gone to bed lol:p

do any of you belong to any fishy forums? the good kind I mean:)

[Laura]

it would be something to look forward to once they have gone to bed lol:p


LOL.... I agree :p We had our tank in the living room on a stand and we would sit at night and watch them swim around, some may think thats weird but it was just so beautiful and peaceful to watch them...lol

[Bonny]

Its funny how time flies when watching something as calming as fish lol.Im still not sure as to what to get yet as I havent a clue on who is easyer to care for but ive got till september so a little while yet and pleanty of time to set the tank up lol once ive picked one:)

[allen]

if you are going to get cichlids this forum is good

http://www.cichlidae.com/

[Bonny]

I found this great site and it has made things a lot easyer to under stand lol www.tropicalfishcentre.co.uk I just want to pick someones brains when im ready to do my fishless cycle is it right that I can get some gunk out of my mother inlaws filter she has a very healthy tank of fish she has had for years?

[allen]

yes i have done that as well with my old 90 gallon tank

[Bonny]

Ok well that makes things a little easyer. Im so glad I have chossen to research getting fish instead of just going and getting any old thing and putting them in a tank hoping for the best and ending up with dead fish or ones that just wouldnt get along and are in a small tank I would never forgive my self

[Bonny]

I have just found this place its just down the road from me I never even new it was there lol you have to look at the pictures there are some lovely photos of beautiful fish

http://heritageaquatics.com/

what do you think?

[morph]

hi, I used to keep and breed a lot of different types of tropical fish ranging from live bearers like platys,mollies, guppies to bubblenest builders like gouramis then onto larger cichlids such as oscars and jack dempseys. They all have their own appeal and it depends what you want ie a nice community tank with various types which can house a few bottom feeders like the clown loach and small plecostomus(which are good for cleaning algae off the sides) to mid-water swimmers like the various gouramis , barbs, and danios then upto the top-water swimmers like the guppies. It can take months for a new filter to mature with the right balance of bacteria etc for efficient cleaning of the water so thats a good idea to use some gunk from a used filter. Sorry im waffling a bit but if you want a fish with character and one you can interact with then try an oscar, they grow big but mine used to regularly feed from my hand and can be taught tricks like ringing a bell to be fed :D Whatever you choose good luck, used to sit for hours watching them its so peaceful.