Top 11 - 20 Freshwater Fish All Time
Rated #11: Freshwater Fish - Betta Splendens - Crown Tail Betta Stocking In 25 Gallons Tank
Username: janeloftin
Country: United States
Rank:
#11 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Ratings:
7.53
Number of votes:
17
Quote:
Today I hope to be a good as my dog thinks I am
About Yourself:
I kept a community tank when I was a child. Now retired, I guess I am returning to childhood!
Fish Kept:
endler; sparkling gourami; platy;ghost shrimp;harlequin rasboras;scarlet badis. 2 crown-tail bettas; 1 elephamt ear - half moon betta
Corals/Plants:
Rotala Indica; ludwigia repens; cabomba caroliniana;
Tank Size:
25 gallons
Advice:
read read read and find a fish shop with local experts
Description:
crown tail black orchid betta
Rated #12: Freshwater Fish Stocking In 125 Gallons Tank
Username: Tucker
Country: United States
Rank:
#12 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Ratings:
7.5
Number of votes:
20
About Yourself:
I'm a lover of aquarium' s at one time I had 8 but now I only do 2
Corals/Plants:
Artificial plants except for some anubias and Java fern
Tank Size:
125 gallons
Advice:
Water changes. Don't over do it with things. Enjoy the view!!!
Description:
My Happy Place!
Rated #13: Freshwater Fish - Melanochromis Johannii - Johanni Cichlid Stocking In 90 Gallons Tank
Username: Steven Nieto
Country: United States
Rank:
#13 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Ratings:
7.43
Number of votes:
14
Fish Kept:
African Chiclids.
Corals/Plants:
Plastic
Tank Size:
90 gallons
Advice:
Take your time when setting up a fish tank and make sure you get it the way you want it.
Description:
This is one of my fovorite fish in the tank. Take a close look at his teeth.
Rated #14: Freshwater Fish Stocking In 40 Gallons Tank
Username: Sharon Emery
Country: United States
Rank:
#14 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Ratings:
7.43
Number of votes:
28
Fish Kept:
Fantail Goldfish, Threadfin Rainbow, Betta - Male, Panda Cory Cat, Otocinclus Catfish, Cardinal Tetra
Corals/Plants:
WISTERIA, bronze crypts, Brazilian penny worth, jungle Val, frog it, Phoenix moss, java moss, java ferns several species of any bias, erg aria dense, backpack Carolina, water lily, apongeton, hydrocotyle leucocephala, red Ludwigia
Tank Size:
40 gallons
Advice:
Learn what cycling a tank is all about before you ever buy a fish...
Description:
My mustard gas betta, Simon
Rated #15: Freshwater Fish - Cyphotilapia Frontosa - Frontosa Cichlid Stocking In 185 Gallons Tank
Username: Faheem Bardien
Country: South Africa
Rank:
#15 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
Faheem Bardien on
Ratings:
7.33
Number of votes:
12
Quote:
MY BUBBLES!! nah just kiddin
About Yourself:
First fish tank when i was 17 years old,started workin in theatre industry sold the tank shortly after that .. i'm 33 years old now and employed as a lighting designer for arts institute in cape town.started my malawi tank 1,5m again running for 2 years now. and loving it
Fish Kept:
various peacocks with some tangenican.
Corals/Plants:
Still Deciding the colour scheme and look that best fits the tank
Tank Size:
185 gallons
Advice:
I'm just gettin started again after 10 years ;) so i guess any good advice will be appreciated Thanx
Description:
More Frantosa pics
Rated #16: Freshwater Fish - Symphysodon Sp. - Red Marlboro Discus Stocking In 75 Gallons Tank
Username: Wilson
Country: Puerto Rico
Rank:
#16 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Ratings:
7.33
Number of votes:
12
Quote:
I love fishes and plants.
About Yourself:
I bought my first tank when I was 7 years. My interest in plants began a few years ago just for curiosity. Same happened with my discus; I just got one to see what happened.
Fish Kept:
7 Hidden Discus Fish, 10 Harlequin Rasboras, 8 Rummy Nose Tetras, around 10 Guppys, 8 Bleeding Heart Tetras. 4 Serpae Tetras, 4 black Nenon Tetras, 1 big Clown Loach, 3 Siamese.
Corals/Plants:
2 Alternanthera reineckii v. 'roseafolia', 1 Cryptocoyne Wenditii Tropica, 2 Micro Sword, Myriophyllum Tuberculatum 'Red', 2 Rotala Rotundifolia (Indicia), 1 Rotala Wallichii, 1 Nesaea pedicellata 'Golden', 1 Anubia Nana, 1 Anubia Barteri, Cryptocoryne Wendtii Red & Green, Saggitaria Dwarf, Hornwort, Melon Sword, Amazon Sword, Hygrophila difformis (Wisteria), Aponogeton crispus, Valisneria
Tank Size:
75 gallons
Advice:
Patience is a must. You have to take things step by step. Also you have to be a very good observer. It takes a lot of work but you can succeed.
Description:
Lovely!
Rated #17: Freshwater Fish Stocking In 36 Gallons Tank
Username: fried_dumpling
Country: United States
Rank:
#17 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Ratings:
7.33
Number of votes:
15
Fish Kept:
Dwarf Gourami, German Blue Ram, Neon Tetra
Corals/Plants:
n/a
Tank Size:
36 gallons
Advice:
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."-Laozi-
Description:
German Blue Ram
Rated #18: Freshwater Fish - Mastacembelus Erythrotaenia - Fire Eel Stocking In 200 Gallons Tank
Username: Julian Harwood
Country: United Kingdom
Rank:
#18 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Ratings:
7.29
Number of votes:
14
Quote:
Yes............ I was wondering wether he would fit in your mouth !
Fish Kept:
2 x Black Diamond
1 x Thousand Island Black Diamond
1 x Pearl
1 x White Multispot Hybrid
1 x Flower Ray
6 Tinfoil Barbs,
2 Male Reticulalated Stingrays
1 Fire Eel
1 Giant Borneo Python Eel
1 Black Ghost Knife
1 Channa Pulchra
1 Polypterus Delhezi
1 Platysilurus Malarmo Catfish
1 Vulture Catfish
Corals/Plants:
none
Tank Size:
200 gallons
Advice:
Dont listen to everything they tell you at the shop, dont forget they want your money !
Description:
Fire Eel
Rated #19: Freshwater Fish Stocking In 20 Gallons Tank
Username: CRYSTAL MONTGOMERY
Country: United States
Rank:
#19 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Ratings:
7.27
Number of votes:
15
Fish Kept:
Panda Cory Cat, Peppered Cory Cat, Betta - Male, Black Neon Tetra
Corals/Plants:
AmazonsJava MossMonte CarloRosettes
Tank Size:
20 gallons
Advice:
Water parameters until the tank is fully established.
Description:
10 gallon Betta tank
Rated #20: Freshwater Fish - Aulonocara Nyassae Var. - Peacock Cichlid, Orange Blossom Stocking In 120 Gallons Tank
Username: Paul
Country: Australia
Rank:
#20 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Ratings:
7.25
Number of votes:
12
Fish Kept:
Lake Malawi Cichlids:
Corals/Plants:
None, only rock.
Tank Size:
120 gallons
Advice:
Research first always.
Description:
Aulonocara O.B. Marble Peacock.
Young one. Taken using SE 8.1mp camera phone.