Which Fish For My First Tank?

[pippoodle]

as for first fish , when your cycle is complete have you considered white cloud mountain minnows , these are greatyl underrated fish , they are lively and colourful especially when kept in groups of 8 or more
they come in long fin , sparkle eye and golden varieties aswell as the standard

good choice of hardy fish for a newly cycled tank

 

[jonnyc]

Woohoo theres Nitrites present in my tank. Hehe I can relax a bit now. Thanks for your replies chaps, I will hold the test tube on the card from now on.

as for first fish , when your cycle is complete have you considered white cloud mountain minnows , these are greatyl underrated fish , they are lively and colourful especially when kept in groups of 8 or more
they come in long fin , sparkle eye and golden varieties aswell as the standard

good choice of hardy fish for a newly cycled tank

I'll have a look at these minnows thanks. Always open to suggestions because I only really have my heart set on the Dwarf Gourami and the Siamese Flying fox.

 

[jonnyc]

My cycle seems to be going well and Ive been visiting the shops every weekend looking at potential fish for my community.

So here is my updated wish list.....

3 x Dwarf Neon Gourami (1M 2F)
4 x YoYo or Chain or Khuli Loach
1 x Pleco (Not sure which yet, will have look in all the shops and buy one that takes my fancy when the time is right)
1 x Siamese Flying Fox
10 x Neon Tetra or 8 x Guppy or 6-8 Rainbow fish or 6 Barbs (not tiger barbs)

Hows that list look for a 120l tank?

Ill start thinking about plants before I get any fish. At the minute I'm thinking about having some broad leaved plants in one end of the tank hopefully for the SFF and a few long thin leaved plants in the middle and other end of the tank.

 

[hellohefalump]

I'd advise against neon tetras, as this is your first tank and they are sensitive fish. How do you like the look of glowlight tetras? They have a vivid red stripe down their sides and they are very hardy.

This is a glowlight tetra:

image isn't mine, I stole it from google images.

I find given good conditions, the red stripe is even more vivid than this.

 

[PhoenixWizard]

My Siamese flying fox is rather grumpy sometimes it's great other days all it does is chase the other species in tank around! So be careful....it is a wonderful fish thou good luck with the tank

Charlie

 

[jonnyc]

I'd advise against neon tetras, as this is your first tank and they are sensitive fish. How do you like the look of glowlight tetras? They have a vivid red stripe down their sides and they are very hardy.

This is a glowlight tetra:

image isn't mine, I stole it from google images.

I find given good conditions, the red stripe is even more vivid than this.

I saw these yesterday on another visit to my lfs's and thought they were great looking. If they are more hardy than the Neons I may just go for these instead.