Top 10 Freshwater Fish 2008
Rated #1: Freshwater Fish - Blue Turquoise Discus Stocking In 100 Gallons Tank
Username: Matthew Jones
Country: New Zealand
Rank:
#1 out of 520 Freshwater Fish submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
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Ratings:
7.47
Number of votes:
32
Fish Kept:
8 x Discus, 15 x Rummy Nose Tetras, 10 x Cardinal Tetras, 3 x Black Line Flying Foxes, 2 x Bristlenose, 10x Corydoras Trilineatus
Corals/Plants:
Echinodorus Osiris, Ambulia, Java Fern, Dwarf Sag, Echinodorus Amazonicus, Rotala Macranda, Rotala Rotundifolia, Stargrass, Red Pine Tree, Ludwigia Repens, Cryptocornes, Tiger Lotus, Red Lotus
Tank Size:
100 gallons
Advice:
Add your fish slowly and research their temperament and water requirements before purchase. Perform regular water changes.
Description:
A Turquoise Discus in the foreground and a couple of Blue Diamond Discus in the background.
Rated #2: Freshwater Fish - Blue Turquoise Discus Stocking In 29 Gallons Tank
Username: Nephi
Country: United States
Rank:
#2 out of 520 Freshwater Fish submitted 2008
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Ratings:
7.4
Number of votes:
30
Quote:
What comes around goes around
About Yourself:
Dad is a fish supplier of African cichlids, So I was raised in the hobby.
Fish Kept:
Almost every kind of freshwater fish, My dad owns a fish hatchery, so I've been lucky to dabble in a little of everything.
Corals/Plants:
Live Plants
Tank Size:
29 gallons
Advice:
If you buy a Bio cube, I found adding some Plastic netting on the back to keep fish from jumping over the back into the filter has saved more Tetras Lives than I could count. Also don't be afraid to add to the filter, some small tweaks have gone a long way. The lights really make Glo Danios stick out looking almost like a saltwater fish, Its really neat at Night
Description:
29 gallon Bio cube pics
Rated #3: Freshwater Fish - Aulonocara Rubescens - Ruby Red Peacock Stocking In 55 Gallons Tank
Username: olive3009
Country: United States
Rank:
#3 out of 520 Freshwater Fish submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
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Ratings:
7.06
Number of votes:
53
Quote:
Changing water - keeping your fish happy!
Fish Kept:
Red Peacock, 2 Male, 2 Female, and 4 juvenile Haplochromis Ahli, 3 Yellow Labidochromis, 2 Loaches, Orange Zebra, Sunshine Peacock
Corals/Plants:
Real rocks, fake plants
Tank Size:
55 gallons
Advice:
Water changes and do not over feeding.
Description:
Red Peacock, manual, micro mode, overhead lighting.
Rated #4: Freshwater Fish - Aequidens Rivulatus - Green Terror Stocking In 17 Gallons Tank
Username: liga
Country: Latvia
Rank:
#4 out of 520 Freshwater Fish submitted 2008
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Ratings:
6.97
Number of votes:
32
Fish Kept:
1 Oscar, 1 Green teror, 1 Gibbicept
Corals/Plants:
No corals, thinking about plants :)
Tank Size:
17 gallons
Advice:
Think before you buy some new fish
Description:
Green Terror
Rated #5: Freshwater Fish - Betta Splendens - Crown Tail Betta Stocking In 10 Gallons Tank
Username: Zambize
Country: United States
Rank:
#5 out of 520 Freshwater Fish submitted 2008
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Ratings:
6.93
Number of votes:
57
Quote:
If it can't be solved by talking to a fish, it can't be solved.
About Yourself:
I live in Southern California and am a psychotherapist. My interests include golf, poker, my 2 dogs and 2 cats, and now my fish.
I don't remember why I got my first Betta about 4 years ago, but that got me hooked on having at least one Betta nearby. In recently learning that keeping Bettas in vases is actually cruel, I was exposed to the fish/aquarium hobby, fell in love with it, and got a real tank. Now I can't keep my arm out of it or my eyes off it.
Fish Kept:
7.5 Gallon Cube Planted
3 Female Bettas
80 Gallon Long
Established March 2009. 3 Pearl Gourami, 1 Angelfish, large school of Neon Tetras, 6 Tiger Barbs, 4 Emerald Green Corydora, several Otocinclus, 1 Yo-Yo Loache.
29 Gallon SeaClear Tank
6 Blue Tetras, 4 Badis Badis, and 3 Bolivian Rams (Larry, Mo, and Curly).
20 Long Planted
2 Dwarf Chain Loaches, 3 Corydoras Pygmaeus, 3 Otocinclus, 1 Red Shrimp, 3 Amano Shrimp, 6 Black Neon Tetras, 5 Sparkling Gourami, a few Microrasboras.
10 Gallon Planted
Red Cherry Shrimp Tank
10 Gallon Planted
1 White Crayfish (Snowball)
4 Zebra Danios
Tank Size:
10 gallons
Advice:
Start slowly, buy the biggest tank you can properly support (weight/dimension wise) in your home, thoroughly research the fish's wants/needs before you buy them, and consider fishless cycling as a humane option. Don't keep bettas in bowls and do keep schooling fish in *schools*.
Description:
This is Finley, my beautiful 2.5" Crowntail Male Betta. He's very friendly and active. Little guy is always swimming and showing off.
Update: He unexpectedly died about 2 months after this picture was taken, looks like it might have been a tumor. He was great, and this pic reached #2 overall. He's famous. :)
Rated #6: Freshwater Fish - Altolamprologus Compressicep - Gold Head Compressicep Cichlid Stocking In 100 Gallons Tank
Username: John
Country: Canada
Rank:
#6 out of 520 Freshwater Fish submitted 2008
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John on
Ratings:
6.83
Number of votes:
23
Quote:
bellys down
About Yourself:
I like fish fish and ummm fish
Fish Kept:
Frontosa,Cyprichromis Letasoma,Altolamprologu compressiceps,Sciaenochromis fryeri,Cyrtocara moorii,Labidochromis caeruleus,Pseudotropheus demasoni,Alconcara albino flametail,Enantiopus melanogeny,Pseudotropheus longior,Hap ruby green,Pundamilia Crimson tide,Punadmilia nyererei.Just to name a few that I have
Corals/Plants:
none
Tank Size:
100 gallons
Advice:
Keep it simple
Description:
Altolamprologus compressiceps
Rated #7: Freshwater Fish - Labeotropheus Fuelleborni - Fuelleborni Cichlid, Marmalade Stocking In 80 Gallons Tank
Username: domagoj
Country: Croatia
Rank:
#7 out of 520 Freshwater Fish submitted 2008
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domagoj on
Ratings:
6.57
Number of votes:
21
Quote:
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About Yourself:
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Fish Kept:
malawi chiclids,tanganyka chiclids
Corals/Plants:
.
Tank Size:
80 gallons
Advice:
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Rated #8: Freshwater Fish - Geophagus Steindachneri - Redhump Eartheater Stocking In 26 Gallons Tank
Username: RadiantBlueLight
Country: United States
Rank:
#8 out of 520 Freshwater Fish submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
RadiantBlueLight on
Ratings:
6.56
Number of votes:
32
Quote:
Be the change you want to see in the world.
About Yourself:
What about me?
Fish Kept:
1 Redhump Eartheater
2 Bosemani Rainbows
4 Flame Tetras
6 Cherry Barbs
1 Neon Dwarf Gourami
1 Leopard Pleco
Corals/Plants:
Amazon Sword
Moneywort
Tank Size:
26 gallons
Advice:
Go bigger
Description:
"Geo" the Redhump Eartheater mugging for the camera. He greets people with great enthusiasm and spends the day moving pebbles around with his mouth.
Rated #9: Freshwater Fish - Notesthes Robusta - Bullrout Stocking In 50 Gallons Tank
Username: shredder
Country: Australia
Rank:
#9 out of 520 Freshwater Fish submitted 2008
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Ratings:
6.48
Number of votes:
50
About Yourself:
i've been interested in fish for a long time i used just have cichlids but now iam interested in planted tanks its so much give it a try
Tank Size:
50 gallons
Advice:
add slowly but think big
Description:
my bullrout (notesthes robusta)
found on the eastern side of australia lives in brackish water and fresh
it is a greedy predator that ambushes its prey
it is a scorpionfish one has to be cautious with handeling since it dose have poisionous spines the sting is quite painful and at mature age u would be in for a visit to the hospital
they are one of my fav fish they can be tamed if u can get them at an early age
Rated #10: Freshwater Fish - Papiliochromis Ramirezi - German Blue Ram Stocking In 240 Gallons Tank
Username: uros
Country: Slovenia
Rank:
#10 out of 520 Freshwater Fish submitted 2008
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Ratings:
6.46
Number of votes:
35
Tank Size:
240 gallons
Description:
Microgeophagus ramirezi