[AquaticLife] 1st Fresh Water Aquarium
I found the best thing to do as a beginner is some research. There’s a web site called I think the Krib that has a list of fish for beginners, and one of hte people on this list keeps a blog of lots of information. You will also learn alot by googling specific types of fish, and you'’ll also readh the main online resources for such things.
Some of the tetras do well with beginners, and they do well with danios, which are a good fish to start out with because they can survive newbie efforts to stabilize your tank’’s biochemistry.
Guppies are another common strategy. And there are others. Platys and sword tails are I think a bit delicate for beginners, adn stay away from catfish until your tank ahs been running for some months and its chemistry is stable. Danios are a very plain looking striped minnow, but they are active and playful and soon grow on you.
Two books I’ve found really good are David Boruchwitz’s The Simple Guide to Freshwater Aquariums, and Maddy and Mic Hargrove’s Freshwater Aquariums for Dummies.
Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com
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