Most Indestructable Fish!

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I'd say common and sailfin plecs are the hardiest fish i've ever kept, never been ill once and have never lost one. Albino and peppered corys are also very hardy fish in my experience, even neon tetras.

 

[Dwarfs]

IME, mogurnda gudgeons are pretty tough (And I'm not just saying that because I like them)

They can adapt to temperatures from 60-80 degrees (I've read about it, not tried it ) and can hold there own against most fish. They also heal very quickly compared to some of my other fish

 

[Amber]

CFC's tree climbing fish sounds cool, I dont think many will beat that but for fish that ive kept myself its gotta be the single tail common goldfish

 

[Bloo]

I'm surprised no one said bettas!
bettas live for months in crap conditions, in conditions danios can bearly imagen.

mmm on a personal note I don't agree with that in the wild things might be different, but if you look at the Betta section, just about every thread is about a sick or ailing betta (ok, not quite every other thread, but there are many enough of them floating about on a very regular basis)

 

[WILDER]

mmm on a personal note I don't agree with that in the wild things might be different, but if you look at the Betta section, just about every thread is about a sick or ailing betta (ok, not quite every other thread, but there are many enough of them floating about on a very regular basis)


Sad but true.

 

[ScoutCarcer]

1. 
   [1]Goldfish
   [2]Bettas
   [3]CAEs

 

[lovell_89]

i saw this thread a while ago and was thinking what i would say but after going round to a friends house tonight i would have to say goldfish. this goldfish was about 5 inchs long in a tank that at a guess holds about 30 to 40 litres, no filter, no light, no plants, just gravel. the gravel was dirty and algae was growing on the glass all the way round. most of the time i was there it was just sat on the bottom not moving. i felt so sorry for it, and im still stuned that they didnt have a filter with such a messy fish.

 

[Flumpus]

I've had extremely good luck with serpae tetras. I cycled with them in two tanks, and they survived something (still not sure what) that killed two zebra danios and two giant danios. I've got seven in my 35g now, and they always look like they're having fun, chasing each other through plants and caves.

 

[Cat]

zebra danios first fish i bought used them to cycle the tank and they are still happily swimming about

 

[guppler]

good topic. I might even try some of these some time. i don't think I have anything better than what's been said, but from what I've seen, the common goldfish is pretty tough, and easy to keep, except that they keep growing. I was surprized that the first suggestion I saw was tho dojo loach. I like them, but that's the one fish i tried that I decided I could probably not keep healthy. Maybe if I didn't live in California...... I don't know. cooler temps would help, I'm sure, but maybe I got a sick or old one anyway. It it didn't last long.
I've seen plenty of sick bettas, but I also hear of them surviving a long time in a tiny bubble of plastic with no food or water changes and presumably little or no air exchange either.
I did have an imprsesive little guppy named Jarjar. (I thought Jared would be good too, but by then we were used to Jar jar.) I had moved everybody to a new tank, or so I thought. Then I found this little fryguy hiding in the gravel when I started cleaning the "empty" tank. I collected him in the same little jar I had collected a lot of the other fry in, only I forgot to take the lid off after aclimatizing and found him still in there after a week of camping. there was a pinhole in the lid, but I don't know how much that helped. I don't know what he could have eaten, if anything. I think he was one of my longest lived guppies too.
Those climbing perches are cool, but I'm not putting one in any of my tanks. Maybe if I had a zoo....
And aren't there dessert pupfish that survive in a cocoon of mucus when their holes dry up? Maybe that's just amphibians...