Fish Tank Advice

welshy22 · #1 07-03-2011, 04:40 AM

hi everyone, i have just bought a 4ft fish tank and was wondering what fish to put in it, i would like to do a freshwater native tank to start with so what fish would you recommend me getting?

Slick-Ackers · #2 07-03-2011, 04:51 AM

bass :P or barra

Hazell · #3 07-03-2011, 04:51 AM

Freshwater natives... My type of tank.

I don't keep fish any more (will again though) but worked in a good aquarium store for 4-5years when at uni.

Here's some of my favourites for that type of tank.

Archer fish. They will eat artificial food but will also readily take flies, crickets, etc. If you dangle them over the tank, they spit water up and shoot them down. Awesome to watch

Mudskippers. Can be hand fed and frozen bloodworms, etc make it pretty easy to feed. The only problem is they need some air and land space as well as a very tight lid (which also stops the archer fish from wetting your house)

I once had a fish called a 'Tupong' and it was one of the most interesting fish I've kept. It acts and looks a bit like a flathead, burying itself under the gravel waiting to ambush.
http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary...y.php?id=12011

They would be some of the more interesting fish... Rainbowfish would be good to populate it a bit as well.

Hope this helps mate, enjoy!

welshy22 · #4 07-03-2011, 05:02 AM

thanks mate
i like the idea of the archer fish, dshould i buy pairs or just get a single fish

Nugget · #5 08-03-2011, 04:50 PM

im setting up my 4foot tank as we speak

Ordered a few more parts yesterday hopefully my fluval 305 will arrive soon then i can get this going.

I am setting it up for turtles be either 1 x eastern long neck and 1 x krefft or 2x kreffts unsure as yet