For Everyone To Join In

So I thought this might be fun.. I have chose a few fish I know pretty well in my response, and I also gathered my thoughts from reading this site for the past few years.

Lets see if we can rate a fish in a few words and then give a short explanation why.. The more fish the better, we might even learn something new!

Betta - The sickest fish
Maybe because they are promoted as beginners fish, showcased in tiny cubes at pet stores so people think they only need a bowl and basically sold without any advice. A fish in a cup? Easy!

Discus - Most difficult fish
One look at these fish and you are hooked, leading to people buying them for their beauty and not knowing how high maintenance they are. Pretty Cichlid? No problem!

Corydoras - Happiest fish
These hardy beauties will liven up any tank and wiggle all day long, the most underrated clean up crew ever. Messy eaters? Problem solved!

Guppies - Easiest fish to breed
Any challengers? lol... These fish are fry farms and some are very beautiful too, easy to care for and a delight to watch. Someone say fry? Done!

Tetras - Best schooling fish
These little fish bring any tank to life with their swimming formations and bright colours. Bored? Sit back and watch the show!

I could go on but I don't want you to get bored, I want you to join in!

 

Angelfish - Worst Parents
They are beautiful, showstoppers and the Icon of the freshwater hobby. Hate baby fish? They do too!
Jewell Cichlid - most aggressive
One of the most beautiful african cichlids in any 100 gallon tank, just them, all alone, all that water, just the one fish, yay.

 

Tiger Barbs - Most gangster fish. Super tight school until someone steps out of line and then that sucka gon' die.

Gourami - master of the cage match. Want to have one gourami? Buy five.

Giant Danio - Most in need of an IEP. Just bang all over the tank like everything is invisible...enjoys spending time annoying others, counting his own scales, running around in circles for no reason.

 

Eel-tailed banjo catfish - sleepiest fish.
Strange looking fish that is very often mistaken as dead by new owners. It just likes to nap and look like a twig. Once it gets moving it's a sight to see, beautiful tail movements. Also it can bark.

Vampire shrimp - hunkiest shrimp.
One beefy boy. Gets huge and likes to flex it's forelimbs for the camera. Despite its looks it's a gentle giant and wouldn't hurt a soul.

Oscars - sulkiest fish.
Will let you know when it's not happy with what you've done, they are master sulkers. Want to add a rock to the tank? You've messed with the wrong tank! Poor oscar didn't want THAT rock in his tank. He hates that rock. Now try to remove that rock. Oscars life is over. He can't go on without that rock in his tank. How could you do this to him??

 

Community Betta- Mr. nosy pants, biggest busybody. In everyone’s business. Can not do anything in tank without him supervising.... angels next biggest busybody. Corys are the golden retrievers of the tank... just happy go lucky and don’t get upset if someone gets mad at them for playing in their territory. Mr grouchy BN pleco...finds everyone annoying especially if entering his man cave, don’t touch his algae wafer either or you get a tail wack.

 

Molly--the foodie. May as well start calling "soo-ee! Soo-eee!" Every time you feed your molly. Doesn't matter what you feed, its being hoovered up by the aquatic pig.

 

Rasboras. Most underrated fish. Easy going and well behaved. Some even come in bright colors
Great school for mid and upper levels of the tank.

 

I’ll go a different road. Snails slow? Look away for a minute when their on the move and see if you can find them.. bright colors no problem they can be right in front of your eyes on a green leave and you look right through them anyways
Otto cats. got diatoms or brown leaves? not with these guys in your tank!

 

Fantail Goldfish. Most domesticated fish. A six HUNDRED year old breed. Best "pet" fish... like a bumbly playful water puppy! Craves your attention and needs a "playroom" tank. Longer lifespan than most dogs!

 

I’ll go a different road. Snails slow? Look away for a minute when their on the move and see if you can find them.. bright colors no problem they can be right in front of your eyes on a green leave and you look right through them anyways
Otto cats. got diatoms or brown leaves? not with these guys in your tank!

Yep I was going to say snails too...let’s not forget the parasnailing acrobats. Mysteries anyway...

Red Cherry Shrimp: aka aquatic cockroaches. Put a few in, can’t find them, some die...then BAM, when you’re not looking they’ll breed again and again until your tank is overran by the red “bugs” scattered everywhere, eating everything, popping out babies until you can’t see anything but them.

 

Yep I was going to say snails too...let’s not forget the parasnailing acrobats. Mysteries anyway...

Red Cherry Shrimp: aka aquatic cockroaches. Put a few in, can’t find them, some die...then BAM, when you’re not looking they’ll breed again and again until your tank is overran by the red “bugs” scattered everywhere, eating everything, popping out babies until you can’t see anything but them.

Hahahaha yes the parasnailing mystery snails and the Moses ramshorn snails that can walk on water upside down

 

HI everyone, awesome replies! I had a good giggle lol
I will do some more myself when I'm feeling better, I just picked up a replacement fish tank only to get it all the way home, open it and find the side glass shattered into pieces
Thank you all for contributing, awesome to read!

 

Pictus cat. The most energetic fish! Do they ever stop moving.
Sorry to hear about your tank. Hope they send a new one right away.

 

(Carnival) common, comet goldfish. The most mistreated fish. These gorgeous, beautiful creatures get dimes, ping pong balls etc thrown at them in tiny bowls and then sit around in a bag all day shaking around at the carnival til it finally (if it makes it) gets home to, "ah oh, what are we going to do with this Fish now? Let lol Bobby or Susan take "care of it" unfortunately young children of no fault of their own, prob their first fish...have no idea and well 2 days of suffering...down the toilet! I apologize immensely if I ranted too much on this subject. All the other answers were so witty and funny and spot on! And then here I am, debbie downer. Sorry.

 

German Blue Rams- Most like a house pet. Every time me or my husband are by the tank they are right there waging their heads back and forth looking at us! I can't take a picture of plants or anything to post without one of my rams in the picture! I can just about hand feed them!

 

Cherry shrimps: most delicate little shrimps!
Caring for them in a little tank was a hassle with water changes; net them into the water and they'd accidentally slip through netting holes. Pour them in and they'd lay motionless on the bottom for a few minutes then crawl under the moss to sulk. Let excess algae growth happen and they'd turn bright red and be happy until they're engulfed in it and die. Kind of happy that happened honestly. Theyre so sensitive
Honey gouramis: Most underated fish!
Great addition to community setup, peaceful, bright, active, and they don't bother anyone else.
African dwarf frogs: The jumpers
Here's a little gross story for you. So I was away on vacation and had put this seriously unattractive pink leopard tape over the feeding hole in the lid to keep this EXACT THING FROM HAPPENING but I got back and one was missing. About a month later I found it's skeleton under my bed.
Not sure if we're doing sw here but clownfish are so great. Friendly and personable, swim at all levels of the tank for FUN. I named mine sammy. It was a midnight clown. Great beginner option.

 

Bristle Nose Plecos- slime sucking killers.

 

Bristle Nose Plecos- slime sucking killers.

Really?

 

Albino Rainbow Shark- food hoarder.

 

Bristlenose Pleco's... pushier than Corydora's at the food trough, like a bull in a china shop!... bam everyone's out of the way!

 

KuhlI Loaches- the most invisible fish.
I haven't seen most of mine in months, they occasionally pop their heads up for feeding time.

Bolivian Rams- the parent fish.
Mine have been great and protective parents, they've managed to get their fry to survive for several weeks in a community tank.

Neon tetras- the most boring fish.
These guys do nothing but just kind of float around the tank all day.

Ottos- the magic cleaning fish.
A group of these guys will get rid of almost all your non-hair algae. Of course, now I've got hair algae.

Bettas-the puppy dog fish.
Seriously, theses guys are smart, attentive and always want to know what you're doing, inside or outside the tank. I know they have some health issues, but I've been lucky with my little guy.

 

Really?

Victims include a corydoras, and 2 female bettas. So while it’s just my opinion, and a don’t expect anyone else to share it, yes.

 

Rosy barb's - crazy hungry attention seekers

 

YoYo Loaches....carry their own sign to let you know what you’re getting into ADHD/OCD fish with a craving for pond snails. Gentle partners with Cory’s in keeping their house clean, even under the ‘rug’!

 

YoYo Loaches....carry their own sign to let you know what you’re getting into ADHD/OCD fish with a craving for pond snails. Gentle partners with Cory’s in keeping their house clean, even under the ‘rug’!

I thought you werent supposed to keep yoyo and corys together?

 

I thought you werent supposed to keep yoyo and corys together?

Oh? I haven’t heard that, and my 8 Cory’s and 7 YoYo’s get along great! They all bump and jostle each other around the wafers that I drop in the tank, but there’s no chasing, and one species or the other notices another wafer, and they just wiggle over to check that one out.

 

Oh? I haven’t heard that, and my 8 Cory’s and 7 YoYo’s get along great! They all bump and jostle each other around the wafers that I drop in the tank, but there’s no chasing, and one species or the other notices another wafer, and they just wiggle over to check that one out.

That's good to hear how big is your tank. It must be pretty big

 

Neon Blue Rasboras- Even harder than discus, probably the prettiest nano fish there is. Dies if the ph fluctuates, dies if there are pollutants in the water, dies if nitrates aren't zero, best friends with plants, beautiful shearling species. Rare and hard to find--- crown jewel of nano cyprinids.

 

I almost posted about Silver Dollars in my first post, but couldn’t think of the right words to describe them - then it came to me! Silver Dollars are the misunderstood ‘Ferdinand the Bull’ of the Pirhana family. They don’t care for ‘meat’, and will live happily eating plants, and staring off into space (or the corner of their tank), until somebody scares them out of their wits. I think their cousins banned them from the family because they tend to get hysterical over nothing, but they only want to be left alone to observe the world.

 

That's good to hear how big is your tank. It must be pretty big

Actually it’s just a 29 gallon that they share with a Dwarf Blue Gourami. It’s planted, and there’s a fairly large piece of mopanI wood, and a little hollow plastic log with numerous openings for them to explore - and it works for all of them!

 

Actually it’s just a 29 gallon that they share with a Dwarf Blue Gourami. It’s planted, and there’s a fairly large piece of mopanI wood, and a little hollow plastic log with numerous openings for them to explore - and it works for all of them!

I have 4 yoyos in my 30 g and I love them they are always exploring under the driftwood