Never had an aquarium can someone give me tips before i buy

NetMax wrote:
Non aggressive community fish suitable for a 20g tank would be most any
tetras which do not exceed 3", corydorous catfish, kuhli loaches, any of
the 4 main livebearers (though the Molly would prefer salt in their
water), small algae eaters such as Oto cats & SAEs, many barbs (ie:

Ahem... SAEs will very quickly get too large for a 20g. Mine grew from 1"
to 4" in less than 4 months.

Cheers.

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Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv

On 8 Jul 2003 20:33:37 -0700, (nuchumYussel) wrote:

Hi, I have never had an aquarium before but I am now looking to get
one. I am currently looking at a 20 Gallon tank. I have all the oher
necesseties. Can some one PLEASE give me tips or name of non
aggressive fish for a starter. Thanks in advance.

~~~Evan Davis


neon/cardinal tetras
x-ray tetras
harlequins
platies
mollies

as a relative newbie (started 3 months) ago I would recommend you buy
a good beginners book and take it from there

Brian

A "small" pleco such as a rubber nose would be nice. No common plecos,
they'd outgrow the tank in a couple of months if fed well.

Bob
"Spindoctor" wrote in message
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On 8 Jul 2003 20:33:37 -0700, (nuchumYussel) wrote:

Hi, I have never had an aquarium before but I am now looking to get
one. I am currently looking at a 20 Gallon tank. I have all the oher
necesseties. Can some one PLEASE give me tips or name of non
aggressive fish for a starter. Thanks in advance.

~~~Evan Davis


neon/cardinal tetras
x-ray tetras
harlequins
platies
mollies

as a relative newbie (started 3 months) ago I would recommend you buy
a good beginners book and take it from there

Brian

"Victor M. Martinez" wrote in message
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NetMax wrote:
Non aggressive community fish suitable for a 20g tank would be most
any
tetras which do not exceed 3", corydorous catfish, kuhli loaches, any
of
the 4 main livebearers (though the Molly would prefer salt in their
water), small algae eaters such as Oto cats & SAEs, many barbs (ie:

Ahem... SAEs will very quickly get too large for a 20g. Mine grew from
1"
to 4" in less than 4 months.

With all the foods you use, I don't doubt that you could get these guys
to their maximum 5.5" ;o) ... but
http://www.fishindex.com/phpinfo//4/2//145 does list a 10g as their
minimum tank size, and I rarely see them over 4". They are so peaceful
that I figured a 20g would be ok (though a 33g would be much better).
This leaves Otos which sometimes have trouble staying alive, so SAEs
become the next obvious choice.

NetMax


Cheers.

--
Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv