Newbie question
 

Hi all,

My sister has bought me a fishtank for Christmas so now comes time to chose
the fish to go in it.

Can anyone suggest any useful websites which would list fish along with
their pictures, how easy they are to keep, what conditions they need etc?

TIA!

Sb x

dontspamme wrote:

Hi all,

My sister has bought me a fishtank for Christmas so now comes time to
chose the fish to go in it.

Can anyone suggest any useful websites which would list fish along
with their pictures, how easy they are to keep, what conditions they
need etc?

http://fins.actwin.com/mirror/
http://fins.actwin.com/mirror/begin.html
http://fins.actwin.com/mirror/fish-popular.html
http://puregold.aquaria.net/pg/care/...htm#essentials

Thanks for taking time to do your homework ahead of time! It will save
both you and your fish a lot of pain.

Please note that goldfish are _not_ good beginner fish... (contrary to
popular culture...)

Happy reading and good luck!

-Donald
--
"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem,
see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable
words." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Donald K" wrote in message
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dontspamme wrote:

Hi all,

My sister has bought me a fishtank for Christmas so now comes time to
chose the fish to go in it.

Can anyone suggest any useful websites which would list fish along
with their pictures, how easy they are to keep, what conditions they
need etc?

http://fins.actwin.com/mirror/
http://fins.actwin.com/mirror/begin.html
http://fins.actwin.com/mirror/fish-popular.html
http://puregold.aquaria.net/pg/care/...htm#essentials

Thanks for taking time to do your homework ahead of time! It will save
both you and your fish a lot of pain.

Please note that goldfish are _not_ good beginner fish... (contrary to
popular culture...)

Happy reading and good luck!

-Donald

Thanks for these Donald! No, i'm definately wanting to have happy fish and
am concerned I go about it in the right way. I'm veggie (part vegan) so the
idea of bringing fish together who dont like each other etc etc just isnt my
idea of fun.

Thanks again!

Sb x

Sb,

How big is the tank, or how much does it hold? This will also determine what
type of fish you can have. Remember, keeping fish isn't as easy as most think!
You have water changes to carry out, treating water, cleaning the gravel and
doing filter maintenance. But above all the work, it is very enjoyable.

"Geezer From The Freezer" wrote in message
...
Sb,

How big is the tank, or how much does it hold? This will also determine
what
type of fish you can have. Remember, keeping fish isn't as easy as most
think!
You have water changes to carry out, treating water, cleaning the gravel
and
doing filter maintenance. But above all the work, it is very enjoyable.

Not sure as i've not actually seen it yet. I dont think its easy at all
which is why i'm feeling kinda nervous right now. Dont want to put my lil
fishies into water and kill them etc. Trust me I dont think its a case of
buy a tank, add water, add fish, fish live happy ever after

Sb x

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 18:19:16 +0000, sb wrote:


"Geezer From The Freezer" wrote in message
...
Sb,

How big is the tank, or how much does it hold? This will also determine
what
type of fish you can have. Remember, keeping fish isn't as easy as most
think!
You have water changes to carry out, treating water, cleaning the gravel
and
doing filter maintenance. But above all the work, it is very enjoyable.

Not sure as i've not actually seen it yet. I dont think its easy at all
which is why i'm feeling kinda nervous right now. Dont want to put my lil
fishies into water and kill them etc. Trust me I dont think its a case of
buy a tank, add water, add fish, fish live happy ever after

Sb x


It's not as hard as it sounds. Water changes and gravel cleaning are done
at the same time and literally take only a few minutes a week. Filter
maintenance is done every month or 2 or 3 depending on the filter, how
much you feed,etc. No big deal!

Just do a bunch of reading before getting started and then ask
questions and you'll be fine.

Welcome!

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:12:51 GMT, Tom Randy
wrote:

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 18:19:16 +0000, sb wrote:


"Geezer From The Freezer" wrote in message
...
Sb,

How big is the tank, or how much does it hold? This will also determine
what
type of fish you can have. Remember, keeping fish isn't as easy as most
think!
You have water changes to carry out, treating water, cleaning the gravel
and
doing filter maintenance. But above all the work, it is very enjoyable.

Not sure as i've not actually seen it yet. I dont think its easy at all
which is why i'm feeling kinda nervous right now. Dont want to put my lil
fishies into water and kill them etc. Trust me I dont think its a case of
buy a tank, add water, add fish, fish live happy ever after

Sb x


It's not as hard as it sounds. Water changes and gravel cleaning are done
at the same time and literally take only a few minutes a week. Filter
maintenance is done every month or 2 or 3 depending on the filter, how
much you feed,etc. No big deal!

Just do a bunch of reading before getting started and then ask
questions and you'll be fine.

Welcome!

Sorry, but got to disagree, the filter clean in our tank is done every
week along with a 50 to 80% water change, this is probably due to us
having 8 fancies in a 25 gallon tank. I can now imagine the "OMG 3
gallons per fish!!!" comments that are going to appear, but we have
only ever lost 2 fish and they were due to finrot, despite treatment.
We must be fortunate to live in an area that the water quality is good
enough to support this level of population.

Howard
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/otters/Fish.htm

sb wrote:
"Geezer From The Freezer" wrote in message
...

Sb,

How big is the tank, or how much does it hold? This will also determine
what
type of fish you can have. Remember, keeping fish isn't as easy as most
think!
You have water changes to carry out, treating water, cleaning the gravel
and
doing filter maintenance. But above all the work, it is very enjoyable.


Not sure as i've not actually seen it yet. I dont think its easy at all
which is why i'm feeling kinda nervous right now. Dont want to put my lil
fishies into water and kill them etc. Trust me I dont think its a case of
buy a tank, add water, add fish, fish live happy ever after

Sb x


Don't be nervious, its easy not hard work. But please don't crowd 8
goldfish in a 25 :( I have 2 goldfsih in a 55 gallon tank and do a 20
percent water change a week, I rinse the filter/sponge and change the
carbon every 2 weeks, I only rince the sponge very lightly. and I'll
wipe down the front glass. Thats it. If you get a water changer like the
python it is even eaiser.

If you go with tropical fish, you can have more dependidng on the size
and even live plants and aquascaping is so much fun!

Kay

dontspamme wrote:

I'm veggie (part vegan) so the
idea of bringing fish together who dont like each other etc etc just
isnt my idea of fun.

Oh... Some types really like each other...

For dinner.

One time I bought some brine shrimp to feed my work betta.

My coworker looked at me like I was a mass murderer...

"You mean you feed Sea MONKEYS to your fish!!!?!!!!"

LOL!

-Donald
--
"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem,
see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable
words." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Tom Randy wrote:

It's not as hard as it sounds. Water changes and gravel cleaning are done
at the same time and literally take only a few minutes a week. Filter
maintenance is done every month or 2 or 3 depending on the filter, how
much you feed,etc. No big deal!

Just do a bunch of reading before getting started and then ask
questions and you'll be fine.

Welcome!

Fin rot is typically caused by bad water. 8 fish in a 25? You must be doing
daily
water changes!!