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What is the best fish to get for a beginner2007-11-24 23:40:57

All fish benefit from a partial water change. You will notice their behaviour becomes much livelier when you do. Ammonia buildup = stressed out fish = soon to be dead fish. Clean water, good food, and warm water stimulates angels to spawn.

There is your usual silver angelfish, then a recessive gold variety. There are black and white zebras and lace patterns.

My silver angelfish is pushing 8 years now. I never expected that. I'm a bit of a lazy person myself, changing the water in the 27gal. tank when I feel like it (I do top off the water level though).

Just a note though: angels are cichlids, and it is cichlid family behaviour to have aggressive tendencies. Angels are fine with other fish AS LONG AS the other fish cannot fit into their mouth cavity (i.e. neon tetras). They get incredibly territorial when they want to spawn. You can tell by all the pushing, shoving, and pecking they'll do to any creature that gets too close.

I find guppies difficult due to their more basic pH and soft water preference.

Good luck!

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personally, I think neon tetras are good.

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It sounds like the guppys died of ammonia poisoning. The wastes that fish excrete in the water is ammonia. When too much of it builds up, it is toxic to fish. To remedy this, change the water (25-30%) on a regular basis. As far as choice of fish go, goldfish are very messy, and because they are so cheap, are not cared for as well, hence are sometimes diseased. Bettas are nice, but they don't swim around much, and in my opinion are kind of boring. If you are looking for a species of fish that are hardy, I would suggest cichlids. Cichlids are very personable fish, and fun to keep. On the other hand, you have to be careful picking them because of aggression and potential size (Some can reach lengths of 20 inches or more). All in all, I think the problem is the ammonia. Do a search on the internet for 'cycling your aquarium', and you will find all the info you need to keep a healthy community tank. Hope this helps.

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Neon tetra's and tiger barbs are hardy fish, just make sure your tank has been set up for about a week before you put any fish in it and you get a water testing kit that will test your ph levels.

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Fish are easy to keep as long as you don't over feed. Over feeding is the main cause of fish dying in the take as waist builds up and polutes the take. You should first set up your take with feeder fish( they are very inexpencive). Feeder fish are Coy fish that most people feed to Oscars, Leaf fish, etc. The feeder fish