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Are guppies cold water fish2007-11-24 23:10:02

It's my friends birthday soon and i want to buy him a basic fish tank. I was planning on buying a tank, gravel and a plant. Should i buy a goldfish or two or three guppies? Help, i wanna make this a good present. Cheers x

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No, guppies are tropical fish that can do ok in a coldwater environment, but do better in a warmwater tank. Unless you are VERY generous and are giving your friend a 30 gallon aquarium, I would avoid goldfish, they grow too large for a smaller.

If you are planing a small tank with a few coldwater fish, try white clouds. They are quite active and colorful and stay small enough for a smaller tank.

MM

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Buy a cichlid rather than a gold fish.

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you need a filter. and depending on how warm it is in the house a heater. also make sure you get 2 or 3 MALE guppies with a male and female 1 will get hurt and with a male and 2 females 1 will get pregnant. i guess you can get him 2 or 3 females but males are usually prettier. and it would be easier if you got him 1 male. and it would be ALOT better if you got him a gift card to a petstore or something and made him get his own fish cause he needs to declorinate the water. and goldfish can grow up to 14 INCHES! THEY DO NOT GROW TO THE SIZE OF THEIR TANK!! that would be like your parents putting a shoe on you when you were born and you couldn't take it off or you would die in a few minutes if you didn't take it off. gosh. you fish haters say "i'm gunna put a betta in a tiny bowl. " "im gonna put a goldfish in a bowl without an airpump." "they'll be fine. they're just fish/stupid fish. it doesn't matter!"

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