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What kind of fish is best for beginners among guppies,mollies and goldfish Are there any other ones2007-11-24 23:42:22

The mollies are brackish water fish and need salt (one teaspoon per gallon) to stay healthy. Guppies do better with a little salt (one tablespoon per 5 gallons), but not as much as the mollies.

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Gold fish are OK if you have a big tank, but likely are the best starter fish because they create a lot of waste. Platies are great starter fish, they don't create a lot of waste, tend to not get easily stressed as some other fish and are not real picky about the water. Bettas would be great starter fish to long as you don't keep them in a little fish bowl.

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Goldfish if you are only wanting to choose from those b/c they are cheap and pretty easy to maintain. But as an owner of 4 beta fish they are cheap also and you don't have to have all that other extra stuff for them like air tanks and a light they breathe reg. air and will come to top of water for it. Also it easy for them to maintain their temp as long as it isn't extremely cold.

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Guppy Is The Easiest But Another Species Is The Australian Rainbow Fish.

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Goldfish are NOT good for beginners.

Platys, white cloud mountain minnows, black tetras, australian rainbow fish, phantom tetras, and danios are all pretty good starter fish, just be sure to research each one and make sure you can provide the right size tank for when they are adults.

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Beta fish (http://bettatalk.com), and plecos. They're really cheap at Wal-Mart, and they eat simple pleco wafers and algae. They get along fine with other fish as well.

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White Clouds and Zebra Danios