What Is The Top 10 Hardiest Fish?- Jazz- Help

[AdAndrews]

what is the top 10 freshwater hardiest fish?

thanks

 

[doresy]

Well, I have had Harlequin Rasboras in my community tank ever since I started 6 years ago.......not lost one ever!

Oh, perhaps I shouldn't have said that considering their age.....probably loose them all in one go!

 

[pippoodle]

harlequin rasboras and white cloud mountain minnows i would say are pretty tough little fishies
my oldest white clouds are 4 years old and still breeding

 

[AdAndrews]

thanks, its coz my fish just keep on getting virus/ bad bacterial infections, my water quality is spot on, i dont know wha im doing wrong, but dont want to quit fishkeeping- i was thinking of tiger barbs as they are pretty hardy

 

[lilfishie]

IME WCMM, Neons/Cardinals, Guppies (Home bred 1's anyway), BN pleco's (had my pair 8 years before they died, 2 of my very first fish) have been the fish i have had live longest and had little problems with

 

[Truck]

live bearers (common)
rasboras (harlequin)
glolight tetra
danios

 

[Ficious]

white clouds and zebra danios...


also the common pleco is pretty hard to kill

 

[jacko9901]

danio's
platy's
glowlight tetra
bristlenosed catfish also

 

[Jazzzz]

white clouds and zebra danios...


also the common pleco is pretty hard to kill

i managed it when the temp hit 10 degrees c

thanks, its coz my fish just keep on getting virus/ bad bacterial infections, my water quality is spot on, i dont know wha im doing wrong, but dont want to quit fishkeeping- i was thinking of tiger barbs as they are pretty hardy

If they are getting ill then there is a problem getting hardier fish will simply mean they live longer in pain or discomfort
so lets try and sort theese problems properly and permently.

Tank size?
Fish stocking?
Filtration?
Amonia level?
ph level?
nitrate level?
nitrite level?
Temp?
planted?
water change regieme?
how do you clean the filter?
has it got a tight lid?

 

[AdAndrews]

Tank size?- rekord 60- 54 litres
Fish stocking?see my sig minus the black neons and the minnows as they are in my biorb
Filtration?jewel standard super filter with a sponge, cirax and filter floss
Amonia level?0
ph level?7.8
nitrate level?0
nitrite level?0
Temp?25-26
planted?ahh yeaa- java ferns, cambomba, java moss, cryps
water change regieme? every 2 weeks unless on week test needs w/c, (that doesnt happen much)
how do you clean the filter? wash a little in tank water every 2 weeks
has it got a tight lid?- dont know what you mean- its the standard jewel hood, not tight to the glass but it fits

be great if you could help

 

[Athena]

The tank sounds way over stocked to me...even without those few that are now in the biorb.

If there is overcrowding the fish will get stressed - stress = illness

Re your tank stats - unusual to have 0 reading for nitrate usually.

Have probably asked you this before but what testing kit are you using and how old is it?


Athena

 

[AdAndrews]

The tank sounds way over stocked to me...even with those that are now in the biorb.

If there is overcrowding the fish will get stressed - stress = illness

Re your tank stats - unusual to have 0 reading for nitrate usually.


Athena

thanks for help athena, not unusual to have 0 for nitrate- im using the API freshwater master test kit. the fish are all small including the rainbows, just nearly 2 inches, add it all up its only a little over stocked, and, there is plenty of space for swimming and if water stats are fine, how are they getting diseases

 

[Davo86]

she said nitrate not nitrite,

 

[AdAndrews]

same thing just a spelling error(i dont mean same thing as in its the same problem or chemical)

 

[jonny_dw]

Your tanks overstocked anyway and it isnt normal to have 0 nitrAte, is to have 0 nitrIte.