Tetra or guppies?

"Angie" wrote in
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I read somewhere that goldfish in general have a 5 second
memory. Oh boy.


Ugh. Not _that_ old myth again...

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...57092#Behavior

http://nootropics.com/intelligence/smartfish.html

Goldfish have a memory span of up to three months, if they're healthy and
kept in approriate living quarters, that is.


DaveZ
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Angie wrote:
"Tynk" wrote
What a troll, lol.

Not a troll. Look up the definition of a troll. I've been in this group
for years. So I don't care about goldfish, whoopy do. I have friends who
feed them to their larger fish. However I do have a 7" oranda who is doing
wonderfully in a 20 gallon community tank of a few smaller fish. Though
pretty, they don't have any intelligence to speak of. I read somewhere that
goldfish in general have a 5 second memory. Oh boy.

Angie...
Ok, so you don't care about Goldfish. That's obvious. We all have our
personal likes and dislikes when it comes to particular species of
fish. However, just because a person doesn't give a hoot about one
species doesn't mean it's right to give false, or cruel "advice" about
their care or any general information regarding said species,
especially when the person dishing it out doesn't have a clue what
they're talking about.
I personally don't care for Goldfish. However, I would never give out
false or cruel info on them.
This is the point myself, and others are trying to convey to you.
There wasn't any need to get nasty when you were told the "info" you
gave out was completely wrong.
Instead, you should have learned something and moved on.
The comment about your friends who feed common Goldfish to their larger
fish was meant to do what?
Of course I know they are often used as feeders. That wasn't the point.
The point of all of this was that you told somebody common feeder
Goldfish only grow to 1 1/2" to 2" and don't get as large as the fancy
goldies.
Sheesh!
It makes no difference that you don't care about Goldfish, or if your
friends feed them to larger fish, or how stupid you think Goldies are.
It's about false, incorrect information you gave out. You were
corrected. You should have taken that as a lesson and learned something
from it.

Again STILL telling me what to do. Please do me a favor, and stop wasting
your time talking to me .

I agree with the comment on tetras...but really, centigrade is used
primarily in the large nations to the north and south of your country.
Still in North America, last I checked. And yes, our fish supply is
much the same.

BTW, to the original poster, if he/she lives in Vancouver, come out to
the fish club meetings.

http://www.fishopolis.com/vahc/

You might not get your answer about fung shui answered, but you'll find
out that fish can function as more than mere ornaments.

tim

Alpha wrote:
Tetras are workable in a small tank. However, the fish supply is notorious
for poor specimens with tetra disease infestation. It is a crap shoot if
they will live. Since you quote degrees centigrade, you may have a
different fish supply than in North America.

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:27:40 -0800, phuile wrote:

I have a 10 gal fish tank. I used to put goldfish in but I think the tank
is too small for them. I then changed to guppies, but a cold spell wipe
them out. I am not thinking whether it is easier to put some tetra (neon
red and blue ones) in, or put guppies again.

This is also a sort of a feng shui tank so if any one knows of whether
guppies or tetra is ok, please let me know. Also, advice of colour of fish
and number will be helpful. Concerning the number of fish, I don't have a
big tank, so I can't have a lot of fish (that's why I am trying to see if
smaller fish works).

Thanks for any advice!

Good rule of thumb is 1 inch of mature fish per gallon of water. For a
tank that small, I suggest 1 oto and 8 guppies or small tetras. Another
cool setup would just be 3-5 panda corydora catfish. Pandas stay small,
look cool, and have tons of personality (mine love to dance).

A guppy tank would look nice, but guppies are known to breed a lot, so
they may over-populate your tank soon. If I have both male and female
guppies, I go with at least 3 females for every male. Males are more
colorful, but with a lower ratio, the few females can be beaten up badly.

HTH,
Laie Techie

LaieTechie wrote:


Good rule of thumb is 1 inch of mature fish per gallon of water.


Laie Techie


Please, not this old myth again!!!
That has no place in the hobby anymore.
There are way too many variables in stocking a tank than how many
inches long a fish will grow to.