What are good fish as pets for fish beginners? - Pet care and feed

all fish are supposed to live at leastt 3+ years, they only live for a few months with some people because they dont know how to take care of them. Just do proper research on google about the fish species you want (it will take 20 minutes max) and they will live for many years. whatever you do, do NOT go in the petstore without having a fish in mind and choose a random fish you like and have no idea how to care for it.now, freshwater is easier to take care of compared to saltwater. i think something to do with bettas would be a good fit with you. you could get a 10 gallon tank and a single male betta and 4 female platies. platies come in different colors, so you can choose when you get to the store, but just do some research on platies beforehand. Also if you choose this tank when looking through the betta try to choose the one with the most 'laid back' personality. I know it might sound silly but to figure that out take the betta and put it next to other bettas/the large tanks with different fish in them. The less reaction, the better. here is a video of a betta and platy tank:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ1EUYxSnD8the smaller fish are tetras?i suggest not getting them because i had them with my betta in a 10 gallon and they kept nipping at his fins. The platies are the bigger orange ones. You could also do a female betta sorority. You can have up to 6 individual female bettas (the females have shorter fins and are typically smaller than the males) in a 10 gallon tank. Again, try to get ones with the most 'laid back' personality. Females can live together unlike males because they are slightly less aggressive and wont fight to the death. However, they WILL have tiny fights. The first week they will establish dominance?each of them will be fighting to be the alpha fish. It will look bad when they are fighting but its natural. They will occasionally nip at eachother to establish dominance but its not too bad. NEVER put less than 4 together. If you put 2 together they will fight eachother, if you put 3 it will be 2 against 1 and then the remaining 2 will kill eachother. It sounds stressful but in the end it is very rewarding to see them interact with eachother. Bettas are very loving fish towards their owners. Some say they have dog like qualities. Here is a video of a sorority tank:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrkhpL8baQcdo some research on sorority tanks too if you decide to take this route.you could also just go with platies. They are schooling fish so they will usually be together. You can either get around 7-8 females or you can get 2 females and 1 male and have them reproduce. However, they dont stop reproducing so your tank will be overstocked and you will have to get rid of some of them. If you choose to get 7-8 females make SURE they are females. Pet store employees generally have no idea what they are doing, and they may just give you male platies even if you ask for females (If you get only males they will fight constantly..that happened to me. from the day i got them to the day i took them back 2 weeks later they fought all the time except when they were eating. it was stressful to watch) check to make sure they are females after they put them in the bag. females have a rounder fin at the bottom and males have a more pointed fin. here is a picture:http://thesmileyfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/tropicalfish010.jpgif you get a male and female make sure for every male there are 2 females. if you get 1 male and 1 female the male will harass it to death. here is a video of a platy tank:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tt41nc53oU&feature=related**Keep in mind that with tanks with lots of fish there is a chance they can get disease. You will have to have many different types of medicines on hand in case an outbreak occurs (and it will if you have alot of fish in 1 tank) so you can immediately treat them and they wont die. Fish also might be sick at the petstore, i got platies and they had an extremely contagious and deadly disease called cotton mouth and i had to remove my betta so he wouldnt catch it and as soon as i treated them for that they got a disease called ich and im still treating them for that and my betta is still seperated. Its very stressful, so if you arent ready for that just get a 5 gallon tank with a betta.if you dont like any of these google fish you can put in a 10 gallon tank. if you have any questions feel free to e-mail me, good luck! Edited 10 months ago Thank you for your help!

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