Top 41 - 50 Freshwater Fish 2011
Rated #41: Freshwater Fish - Metynnis Argenteus - Silver Dollar Stocking In 55 Gallons Tank
Username: Saxon
Country: Canada
Rank:
#41 out of 170 Freshwater Fish submitted 2011
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Ratings:
5.54
Number of votes:
13
Quote:
Fish look better in a tank then on your plate!!!
About Yourself:
Well I started off owning bettas. I owned many until I bought a 30 gallon tank for my birthday. My fish keeping skills were horrible then. A lot of my fish died. Two fish still are around. Marvin the pleco and Heinz the cory.
I went to owning a 30 gallon, to 10 gallon to 20 gallon to 55 gallon. My two newts that I bought kept fighting each other so I bought an extra 10 gallon tank so Angus the less active newt gets his own tank. He is very friendly and follows your finger across the tank and loves attention.
Most my fish are not shy and love to come up to the front of the tank for attention or beg for food.
Fish is the best hobby ever :) I wouldn't choose anything different.
Fish Kept:
Sailfin Spotted Pleco ( I think) He was under the wrong name when I bought him. (Marvin)
A Giant Snail. (Smalls)--R.I.P
A Peppered Cory. (Heinz)
6 other Cory's
Talking cat fish (Rex)
Two New Additons
Rough Skinned Newt (Black) Angus
Rough Skinned Newt - Eisenheim
1 More Addition
Gold Gourami (Jude)
Corals/Plants:
3 have a big piece of bogwood
4 amazing plants
A little town structure thing
House wind mill air stone
Tank Size:
55 gallons
Advice:
Don't buy a pleco and a giant snail that will be living together in anything under 35 gallons at least.
Yo Yo Loaches can be some what aggressive some times even though their listed as nice community fish. I had a yo Yo that went after every fish I had (except the snail and the pleco)
Do not put weight on your tank when pouring a bucket of water into your tank.
When getting amphibians make sure the tank is escape free, they love escaping and can do it very well!!!
Do not feed your fish old blood worms, that is a big mistake, it can make your fish very sick.
Hair algae spreads quickly, if it gets on your bog wood, boil the bug wood, it will get rid of it.
Description:
Silver Dollar School (Rest in Peace all of them)
Rated #42: Freshwater Fish - Ancistrus Sp. - Bushy Nose Pleco Stocking In 65 Gallons Tank
Username: ashton G
Country: United States
Rank:
#42 out of 170 Freshwater Fish submitted 2011
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Ratings:
5.54
Number of votes:
13
Quote:
Ashton g
About Yourself:
I'm 20 with two kids and this is what Iv always been into and this kinda keeps me outta trouble having a hobby to take the spare time when I'm not with my babies.
Fish Kept:
Cross breeds redtop zebra and kenyi Ps minutus aka e. Likoma island cichlid and pearl zebra an ddi many more
Corals/Plants:
Unsure just bought m
Tank Size:
65 gallons
Advice:
They say Mbunas r for beginners but I beg to differ yeah there hard water and easy to care for but I favor them over all cichlids.
Rated #43: Freshwater Fish - Melanotaenia Praecox - Praecox Rainbow Stocking In 40 Gallons Tank
Username: Norah
Country: United Kingdom
Rank:
#43 out of 170 Freshwater Fish submitted 2011
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Ratings:
5.53
Number of votes:
15
About Yourself:
Been keeping tropical fish for decades but only very recently got into real plants, this is my first attempt. Not so much aquascaped as planted and hoped that plants would grow. Going for the natural and wild look.
Fish Kept:
4 congo tetras, 10 rummy nose tetras, 4 dwarf neon rainbowfish, 2 boesmani rainbows, 1 bristlenose, pair of cockatoo cichlids, lots of ramshorn snails, did have loads of cherry shrimps but think the cichlids have had a feast on them!
Corals/Plants:
crypts, weeping moss, vallis. don't know what the rest are!!!
Tank Size:
40 gallons
Advice:
Research and join forums, a great source of advice from experienced fishkeepers.
Description:
Rainbowfish
Rated #44: Freshwater Fish - Hypostomus Plecostomus - Common Pleco Stocking In 52 Gallons Tank
![Rated #44: Freshwater Fish - Hypostomus Plecostomus - Common Pleco Stocking In 52 Gallons Tank - my common pleco at 4" and its name is Dino :)](http://images1.ratemyfishtank.com/photo/12/860x640h/36000/36270/15387-2-common-pleco-bg5K3xR.jpg "Rated #44: Freshwater Fish - Hypostomus Plecostomus - Common Pleco Stocking In 52 Gallons Tank - my common pleco at 4\")
Username: UnderWaterKitten
Country: Australia
Rank:
#44 out of 170 Freshwater Fish submitted 2011
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Ratings:
5.5
Number of votes:
16
About Yourself:
i have been interested in aquarium fish for many years, getting my first goldfish at 14 and i have wanted to expand my interest and experience in underwater life. i have worked in an aquarium retail outlet and learnt a lot, now i have a 4ft tank and working on making it natural with sands, rocks and driftwood.
Fish Kept:
silver shark, glass catfish, glass bloodfin tetra, rosy barb, white cloud, 3 zebra danio's, pleco, siamese flying fox, golden sucking car fish, sucking cat fish, golden fantail, yellow commet, uncoloured commet.
Corals/Plants:
Large anubias, banana lily, assorted
Tank Size:
52 gallons
Advice:
try not to clean out your aquarium too often because caring to much is one of the biggest fish killers. buy the biggest tank you can afford, once you get into aquariums you will want to buy lots of fish, the bigger the tank the more fish you can buy.
Description:
my common pleco at 4" and its name is Dino :)
Rated #45: Freshwater Fish - Metriaclima Lombardoi - Kenyi Cichlid Stocking In 40 Gallons Tank
Username: justin
Country: United States
Rank:
#45 out of 170 Freshwater Fish submitted 2011
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Ratings:
5.38
Number of votes:
13
Quote:
Millright = No problems, Only sollutions.
About Yourself:
Only have ben in the hobby for a couple months and have a clean worry free malawi tank with minimum maintenance required. My two children love the tank and any company that i have over.
Fish Kept:
4 labs 1 male / 5 kenyi 1 male
Corals/Plants:
Fake plant / river rock
Tank Size:
40 gallons
Advice:
Research what fish u prefer and there habitat before setting up your tank / water changes are a must i change 35% weekly. I feed my fish daily pellets are gone within 20/30 seconds keeps nitrites and ammonia very low fish are very healthy and breeding
Description:
Kenyi Two females
Rated #46: Freshwater Fish - Otopharynx Lithobates - Sulphur Crested Lithobate Stocking In 65 Gallons Tank
Username: Brent
Country: United States
Rank:
#46 out of 170 Freshwater Fish submitted 2011
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Ratings:
5.38
Number of votes:
13
Fish Kept:
Otopharynx Lithobates, Banga Yellow, ACCI, and a yellow lab.
Corals/Plants:
The plastic kind
Tank Size:
65 gallons
Description:
Moe
Rated #47: Freshwater Fish - Aphyosemion Australe - Chocolate Lyretail Panchax Killifish Stocking In 25 Gallons Tank
Username: Gabi
Country: Romania
Rank:
#47 out of 170 Freshwater Fish submitted 2011
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Ratings:
5.29
Number of votes:
14
Fish Kept:
goldfish,
labeo,
corry,
conconius,
tetrazona,
angelfish,
betta,
vivipars,
macropodus,
neons,
gourami,
leeri,
etc.
Corals/Plants:
natural plants
Tank Size:
25 gallons
Advice:
you have to like it
Description:
aphyosemion australe
Rated #48: Freshwater Fish - Trichogaster Trichopterus - Blue Gourami Stocking In 30 Gallons Tank
Username: Colwyn Martin
Country: United States
Rank:
#48 out of 170 Freshwater Fish submitted 2011
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Ratings:
5.21
Number of votes:
19
About Yourself:
I am just a student, hopping to get my Masters degree in Petroleum Engineering.
Fish Kept:
1 Marble Angelfish,2 Swarghts Corys, 1 Khuili Loach, 6 Neon Tetras
Corals/Plants:
Amazon swords, hairgrass.
Tank Size:
30 gallons
Advice:
Buy a starter kit, it usually has some good things in it. I think that would be the best advice.
Description:
My gorumi!
Rated #49: Freshwater Fish - Symphysodon Sp. - Blue Diamond Discus Stocking In 8 Gallons Tank
Username: mohanad banekhaled
Country: Jordan
Rank:
#49 out of 170 Freshwater Fish submitted 2011
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Ratings:
5.14
Number of votes:
14
Quote:
ali
About Yourself:
i used to work at tropical fish store
love the fish since childhood
Fish Kept:
discus fish gohst fish neon tetra
Corals/Plants:
i dont have corals
Tank Size:
8 gallons
Advice:
be patient with fish & start with easy type of fish tank
Description:
one of my discus fish
Rated #50: Freshwater Fish - Phractocephalus Hemioliopterus - Redtail Cat Stocking In 120 Gallons Tank
Username: joseph
Country: United States
Rank:
#50 out of 170 Freshwater Fish submitted 2011
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Ratings:
5.13
Number of votes:
15
About Yourself:
my brother always had huge tanks
Fish Kept:
bullhead catfish rivercatfist red tailed catfish bristlenosed cleanerfish and a tropheous deboise we did have more exotic freshwater fish but the ice storm last year killed over our tank and we had to start over
Corals/Plants:
none
Tank Size:
120 gallons
Advice:
none
Description:
th red tailed and bull head