2009 Top 10 Freshwater Fish
Rated #1: Rudeboy13
Rank: #1 out of 1502 Freshwater Fish submitted 2009
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Submitted: 02/08/2009
Ratings: 8.29
Number of votes: 17
Fish Kept: 1 Green Terror cichlid, 7 Bolivan Rams, 6 Silver Dollers, 1 Keyhole cichlid, 2 Flash Pleco
Corals/Plants Kept: Slate rocks, driftwood, & artificial plants
Tank Size: 90
Advice: Don't get lazy. Keep to a maintanance plan. 20% weekly water change, that includes all that sh#* at the bottom. Stick to that one rule to keep you,and the fish happy
Description: King of the Jungle 7"
Rated #2: dougie175
Rank: #2 out of 1502 Freshwater Fish submitted 2009
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Submitted: 01/09/2009
Ratings: 7.83
Number of votes: 30
Quote: Always a Pleasure, Never a Chore
About Yourself: Im am a 22 year old young man who is currently setting up a business setting up and maintaining aquariums in the north west of England, If you know anyone that may be interested please tell them to visit www.Rent-An-Aquarium.com
Fish Kept: Theres a few too many to list in my tanks now but basically, Male Only Aulonocara and Haps - Cichlids
Corals/Plants Kept: Plastic Plants, Ive never been a big fan of real plants.
Tank Size: 90
Advice: Keep it clean! I do 45-50% water changes every week without fail. Also over filter your tanks as much as you can, I put twice the filtration recommended, it keeps the water cleaner, safer and more movement, If you can afford another filter theres no disadvantage
Description: Aulonocara Red Orchid
Rated #3: camaroahopp
Rank: #3 out of 1502 Freshwater Fish submitted 2009
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Submitted: 01/04/2009
Ratings: 7.57
Number of votes: 14
Fish Kept: Ancistrus Temmincki,
Chaetostoma cf. thomsoni,
Phenacogrammus Interuptus,
Synodontis Multipunctatus,
Phenacogrammus Interuptus,
Synodontis Eupterus,
Nandopsis Octofasciatum,
Panaque maccus,
Colisa Chuna,
Corydoras Panda,
Synodontis Petricola,
Epalzeorhynchos Frenatus,
Misgurnus Anguillicaudatus
Corals/Plants Kept: Artifical
Tank Size: 150
Advice: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Description: Electric Blue Jack Dempsey
Rated #4: il2fd
Rank: #4 out of 1502 Freshwater Fish submitted 2009
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Submitted: 06/03/2009
Ratings: 7.53
Number of votes: 15
About Yourself: Only just started keeping fish again. So far I have:
-30G Cichlid Tank
-7G Planted Tank
-30cm Cube Planted Tank
-7G Reef Tank
-112G Tank that is waiting for contents
Fish Kept: Lots lol. Message me or email me to find out more.
Tank Size: 30
Advice: Join forums, read and ask questions.
Description: My Discus
Rated #5: Sippan
Rank: #5 out of 1502 Freshwater Fish submitted 2009
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Submitted: 01/04/2009
Ratings: 7.48
Number of votes: 21
About Yourself: I have had many aquariums and many different kinds of fish. As I have tried on new varieties and have experienced their different ways of playing and caring for their brood, curiosity has only become greater. And now it is only Discus!
Fish Kept: 11 Discus ( 2 Blue Diamond, 2 Royal Blue, 1 Red Melon, 1 Golden Melon, 1 Rose Red, 1 Golden Candle, 1 Checkerboard pigeon, 1 Leopard, 1 Marlboro Red) 2 Ancistrus, 1 Gibbicept, 1 Platydoras costatus, 3 st Corydoras.
Corals/Plants Kept: Most only fabric plants.
Tank Size: 127
Advice: A lot of caring = Beautiful and prosperous Discus fishes
Description: Discus. Super Eruption, Albino
Yellow Chrystal, Leopard and Red
Melon
Rated #6: Daro31
Rank: #6 out of 1502 Freshwater Fish submitted 2009
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Submitted: 09/04/2009
Ratings: 7.33
Number of votes: 12
Quote: Yes you have to buy a heater, they are tropical fish...
About Yourself: Keeping fish for about 30 years, have raised angels commercially and trying to raise Discus now. This show tank is my grow out tank. I have 4 30 gallon bare tanks in waiting for when the pairs start to get frisky. My other life long hobby is photography, so photographing my fish is the best challenge of all.
Fish Kept: Discus, Angel fish Cardinal Tetras, Clown Loaches, Gold Spotted Plecostomus and Albino Coryadoras.
Corals/Plants Kept: Live plants
Tank Size: 150
Advice: Patience, Patience, Patience
Description: A couple of my Discus getting to
know each other, nothing has come of
it.
Rated #7: mellockport
Rank: #7 out of 1502 Freshwater Fish submitted 2009
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Submitted: 10/06/2009
Ratings: 6.85
Number of votes: 13
About Yourself: I have been in the hobby for around 40 years. I started with angle fish but now all I do are african cichlids. I am a truck driver. I really enjoy breeding and raising quality africans. I have over 3000 gallons in my fish room and to keep up with the water changes every week you really have to enjoy doing it.
Fish Kept: african cichlids: peacock, Haps, Frontosa
Corals/Plants Kept: none
Tank Size: 190
Advice: Weekly water changes of 25% and a high quality healthy diet will bring the best color out of you fish.
Description: My breeder male ruby red peacock. i
have been breeding this line for at
least 4 years now.
Rated #8: AQUARIAN
Rank: #8 out of 1502 Freshwater Fish submitted 2009
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Submitted: 02/14/2009
Ratings: 6.81
Number of votes: 27
About Yourself: I am 37 have been doing the fish thing over the past 15 trs off and on.This last time im going 6 yrs strong.It started with a 39 gallon tank and 2 tiger oscars the size of 1 inch.II now have 3 55gallon,1 75 gallon,1 120 gallon 1 10 gallon and 1 5 gallon.I love fish!I love to go fishing also.I figured if I cant live with fish I will have them live with me.The only thing closer to me than my fish is my Tree Service and my dog(my best friend).
Fish Kept: ARCHERS OSCARS PEACOCK BASS JAGUAR CICHLID(m/f) BLACK KNIFE,Electic blue Jack Dempsies,feshwater flounder,fancy guppies,tetras,cat fish(upsidedown,albino channel,glass,walking,asian)dragon gobies,Electic blue crawfish
Corals/Plants Kept: HARD TO WITH THESE FISH
Tank Size: 5
Advice: It always starts with 1 fish
Description: JAGUAR CICHLID(MALE) this is the
most aggresive fish I have ever had!
This fish has to be kept alone! This
fish is now about 15 inches long now
and is about 3 years old. This fish
was in a 75 gallon tank, but I had
to move him back to a 69 gallon hex
tank because he would swim as fast
as he could into side of the 75
gallon tank trying to attack
anything that came near the tank.I
feared the fish would kill himself
one day doing this as he has already
broke the 2 front teeth he used to
have.He will also pick up anything
(rocks decorations etc..) and ram
the tank with them so hard you will
think the glass is going to
break!(Pea size gravel is best with
this fish)He will also attack the
tube on the filter and push it
sideways to the point that he almost
knocks the filter off the back of
the tank.As for water changes and
cleaning of the tank this is a good
1...Majority of people will not
agree with my upkeep of this fishes
tank.I dont do hardly
nothing!(magnetic scraper for algea
and filter changes) This fish moves
gravel ALL the time sturring the
tank up! So the filter does all the
work plus some help from the
fish.THIS FISH WILL JUMP OUT OF THE
TANK TO ATTACK YOU! So trying to put
your hands in the tank with this
fish is questionable or putting your
face around an uncovered tank.I feed
this fish pellet food and
occasionally i will feed live
shiners from the bait store,but Ive
found live food creates high
nitrates so filter changes are more
often with live food.
Overall this is an exciting fish
to have it is the most interactive
fish I have ever seen and is always
getting my attention
Rated #9: FoMoCo4ever
Rank: #9 out of 1502 Freshwater Fish submitted 2009
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Submitted: 03/20/2009
Ratings: 6.8
Number of votes: 15
About Yourself: I use to do it when i was a kid then one day i seen how bright and vibrant Cichlids are and that there freshwater fish so I decided to get back into it.
I'm layed off from a Car Dealership Thanks to Obama.
I use to do Detailing during the day and a salesmen at night then towards the end I was a Painters Assistant
Fish Kept: Green Terror, Flame Back, Rusty, Peacock, Yellow Lab and a Red Finned Albino Cichlids and a Rubbernose and one Brush Mouth Plecos and a recently added Red Clawed Crab
Corals/Plants Kept: Petco Bamboo
Tank Size: 36
Advice: Get a Marina AquaVac Gravel Cleaner! Got a 50' long one off of ebay for $32.99 shipped. It makes cleaning your tank a breeze.
Description: My Peacock Cichlid
Rated #10: joe_sg
Rank: #10 out of 1502 Freshwater Fish submitted 2009
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Submitted: 03/07/2009
Ratings: 6.79
Number of votes: 14
Fish Kept: Betta fish, neons, silver hatchet, otosinclus, Fire eel, pictus catfish, silver shark, rainbow shark, gold nugget plec, silver dollars, gourami.
Corals/Plants Kept: plastic planks, and bog wood
Tank Size: 33
Advice: Don\'t underestimate the space that a fish needs to swim, overcrowding either with fish or ornaments is something to avoid!
Description: Siamese Fighter fish
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