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What is the best starter freshwater tropical fish to get2007-11-24 23:41:00

I have a seventy litre tropical fish tank and I was wondering what the best starter fish would be to get that are cheap and easy to look after.

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Black mollies or black skirt tetras. Both extremely hardy and you can go two different ways depending on which fish you get.

If you do mollies, know they are liver bearers and you need but get two before you have a tank of 10704750374-107351037415074350. but this fish is so hardy, I used them to even start my saltwater tank (even thought they are freshwater fish, they can be acclimated with ease into a salt, or brackish water environment) and guess who is still living wonderfully well, in my salt tank, lol. 6 of my starter mollies, lol . They have babies and the babies feed the other fish at times, it works out wonderfully.

Black tetras are also a very hardy fish that can go in a newly set up tank. The tetra family is one to truly be desired as it is very colorful and you have all level of swimmers. So you get lots of nice activity in your fish tank.

Both fish will need some extra green in their diet other than the flakes; I give mine zucchini once a week, tied to a rock. They go crazy鈥?br />

Whatever you do, no matter what fish you start with, don鈥檛 fill your tank up, make sure you buy just two, because it鈥檚 a new tank, they may not make it until it cycles out.

Enjoy your new hobby!

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I don't know what liters are in gallons but a Oscar is good for beginners if the tank is 55 gallons or bigger

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I would suggest a Betta Fish they live for quiet a while and don't even need a air tank. But you can only have one per tank, they are Territorial. As a matter of fact if put side by side they will try to fight through the glass.

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It depends what your looking for..a community of several species of fish or a single larger fish. Oscars are carnivorous and will aggressively eat tank mates. Although they can eat processed fish food made especially for them the prefer live food. If your not into having to go by feeder fish (usually small gold fish or guppies) to feed to an oscar you might consider a community tank. Some common easy to take care of fish in a community tank would be platies, swordfish, and mollies. These are non aggressive fish that live peacefully together and still gives you a variety of colors to choose from. As with any fish they require being fed daily and maintaining the water quality of their tank, water changes of 25% done every few weeks should be fine. One thing to be sure of is that your new tank cycles before putting a large number of fish in it. Here is a link that explains how to go about cycling your tanks: