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

Good advice from Flash there.

Also get advice from your LFS and then double check their advice from either
books, the internet, or this newsgroup. This way you'll find out if you're
LFS are really interested in your hobby and the welfare of the fish or
making a quick buck.
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Thank you all very much
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On 8 Jul 2003 20:33:37 -0700, evnachum RemoveThis @cox.net (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
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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
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> On 8 Jul 2003 20:33:37 -0700, evnachum.DeleteThis@cox.net (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
>
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On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 08:20:21 +0000 (UTC), flash.RemoveThis@gorge.org (Flash Wilson) wrote:

>On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 22:04:29 -0600, Tedd <bonehead.RemoveThis@some.university> wrote:
>>first try checking out thekrib, most of the basic fundamental stuff to know
>>is all there.
>
>And dont let your LFS persuade you to cycle the tank with barbs
>if you want non aggressive, because it dictates pretty much every
>fish you can have thereafter....
>
Agree with that one. I wanted to add fish to my tank and being a novice I asked
the LFS about some barbs they had (all male). They said no problem, they'll get
along with everything.

Lost my 2 cory cats (bought at the same time) and a couple of Danios before I
figured out the Barbs where the culprits.
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Does anyone think i could get a Red tailed Black Shark

--Evan
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"nuchumYussel" <evnachum.RemoveThis@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Does anyone think i could get a Red tailed Black Shark
>
> --Evan

The Red Tailed Black Shark, although smaller than the Rainbow Shark, has
a meaner streak, but the answer could still be yes, but only one, and it
will exhibit a more forceful presence in the tank. Sometimes this means
that it establishes itself as the boss with a tank of non-territorial
fish, and then becomes a benevolent ruler ;~) With territorial fish, the
squabbles might be more persistent. It's really a case of ymmv, and it's
all just opinions anyways. Fish sometimes have very unique personalities
(not entirely predictable), and their order of introduction can be a
strong determining factor. It's usually a good idea to stock a tank with
the smallest and least territorial first, moving to larger fish as you go
along, ending with what you would expect to be the most territorial.
This tends to level the playing field a bit.

NetMax
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On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 00:15:12 -0400, "NetMax"
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>
>"nuchumYussel" <evnachum.RemoveThis@cox.net> wrote in message
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>> Does anyone think i could get a Red tailed Black Shark
>>
>> --Evan
>
>The Red Tailed Black Shark, although smaller than the Rainbow Shark, has
>a meaner streak, but the answer could still be yes, but only one, and it
>will exhibit a more forceful presence in the tank. Sometimes this means
>that it establishes itself as the boss with a tank of non-territorial
>fish, and then becomes a benevolent ruler ;~) With territorial fish, the
>squabbles might be more persistent. It's really a case of ymmv, and it's
>all just opinions anyways. Fish sometimes have very unique personalities
>(not entirely predictable), and their order of introduction can be a
>strong determining factor. It's usually a good idea to stock a tank with
>the smallest and least territorial first, moving to larger fish as you go
>along, ending with what you would expect to be the most territorial.
>This tends to level the playing field a bit.
>
>NetMax
>

I have a red tailed shark that was a very easy going in a tank full of
tetras but was getting chased by a flying fox (180 litre tank) I
decided to move him to a smaller 125 litre tank where he started
hasling a honey gouramnie, so much so that I've moved the gourmanie
today, He's still a pain, but the rest of the fish are platies so he
doesn't chase the same one over and over again

Nice fish though, adds some character to the fish tank

Brian
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