Top 21 - 30 Freshwater Fish All Time
Rated #21: Freshwater Fish - Aulonocara Nyassae Var. - Peacock Cichlid, Orange Blossom Stocking In 120 Gallons Tank
Username: Paul
Country: Australia
Rank:
#21 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Paul on
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.
Rated #22: Freshwater Fish - Symphysodon Sp. - Snakeskin Discus
Username: Tadinho
Country: Germany
Rank:
#22 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Tadinho on
Ratings:
7.25
Number of votes:
12
Quote:
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About Yourself:
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Corals/Plants:
-
Advice:
-
Description:
my pair of discus
Rated #23: Freshwater Fish Stocking In 200 Gallons Tank
Username: Trent Pedersen
Country: Australia
Rank:
#23 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Trent Pedersen on
Ratings:
7.21
Number of votes:
33
Quote:
"I lose minutes, hours and even days doing everything and anything to my freshwater fish tank"
About Yourself:
My ex had a couple tanks and I liked them. It started as a hobby but now its an obsession.
Fish Kept:
African Butterfly Peacock, American Flagfish, Bristle-nose Catfish, red tail shark, Jack Dempsey, Bushy Nose Pleco L-144, Convict Cichlid, Electric Blue Jack Dempsey, Silver Dollar, Red Marlboro Discus, Kyoga Flameback, Dragon Blood Peacock, yabby, Black Widow Tetra, Hongi, flameback chiclid
Corals/Plants:
Plastic/ Non-Living
Tank Size:
200 gallons
Advice:
Buy a Stingray.
Description:
African Butterfly Peacock Cichlid
Rated #24: Freshwater Fish Stocking In 50 Gallons Tank
Username: Emm26
Country: Australia
Rank:
#24 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Emm26 on
Ratings:
7.13
Number of votes:
15
Tank Size:
50 gallons
Advice:
Nitrogen Cycle.
Description:
Malawi Cichlid Tank
Rated #25: Freshwater Fish - Aulonocara Rubescens - Ruby Red Peacock Stocking In 190 Gallons Tank
Username: Dave Boyce
Country: United States
Rank:
#25 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Dave Boyce on
Ratings:
7.13
Number of votes:
16
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:
none
Tank Size:
190 gallons
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 #26: Freshwater Fish - Elassoma Gilberti - Pygmy Sunfish Stocking In 75 Gallons Tank
Username: Erica Wieser
Country: United States
Rank:
#26 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Erica Wieser on
Ratings:
7
Number of votes:
15
Fish Kept:
Currently breeding Elassoma gilberti (gulf coast pygmy sunfish), a solid white strain of guppies, and working on breeding mandarin dragonettes.
Corals/Plants:
Freshwater: myriophyllum pinnatum, lysimachia nummularia, myriophyllum tuberculatum red, rotala wallichii, ludwigia repens, hygrophila difformis, hemianthus callitrichoides, utricularia gibba, cladophora, lemna gibba.
Marine:
Caulerpa prolifera, red gracilaria, a bottom holdfasted species of sargassum. Green star polyps.
Tank Size:
75 gallons
Advice:
If you need advice, ask me. I'm friendly. :)
Description:
Elassoma gilberti, the gulf coast pygmy sunfish
Rated #27: Freshwater Fish - Sturisoma Panamense - Royal Whiptail Stocking In 110 Gallons Tank
Username: Katelyn Bourke
Country: Australia
Rank:
#27 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Katelyn Bourke on
Ratings:
7
Number of votes:
14
Quote:
:)
About Yourself:
I am a Conservation and Land Management graduate. I'm ready to get back in the game after taking a break from fish keeping for 2 years.
Fish Kept:
12 x Columbian tetras, 6 x Sterbai corydoras, 2 x Royal whiptails, 2 x bristlenoses, 2 x German Blue Rams, 2 x Bolivian Rams and 1 gold spot gibbi
more fish to come :)
Corals/Plants:
Thin Valls, Java Ferns, Gold Pennywort, Anubias Barteri, Amazon swords, Ozelot swords, Cryptocoryne; wendtii, lutea, wendtii var. 'Tropica', Aponogeton Crispus
Tank Size:
110 gallons
Advice:
RESEARCH!!!
When I worked at an aquarium, we constantly got costumers that came in and asked why they can't mix this fish and that fish, any why they couldn't put a nemo in a fish bowl.
Please do your research BEFORE you buy.
Description:
Juvenile Royal Whiptail
Sturisoma Panamense
Rated #28: Freshwater Fish Stocking In 10 Gallons Tank
Username: Emma Boese
Country: United States
Rank:
#28 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Emma Boese on
Ratings:
7
Number of votes:
13
Fish Kept:
Platunum dragon betta, Shrimp
Corals/Plants:
Anarchis
Tank Size:
10 gallons
Advice:
Cycle your tank
Description:
In his Hammock
Rated #29: Freshwater Fish Stocking In 50 Gallons Tank
Username: soheil
Country: Iran
Rank:
#29 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
soheil on
Ratings:
6.94
Number of votes:
18
Fish Kept:
Blue Diamond Discus, Pigeon Blood Discus
Corals/Plants:
all types
Tank Size:
50 gallons
Advice:
just read the articles before get into it
Description:
here is my flora pigeon discus that I bought from Na discus
Rated #30: Freshwater Fish - Betta Splendens - Betta - Male Stocking In 4 Gallons Tank
![Rated #30: Freshwater Fish - Betta Splendens - Betta - Male Stocking In 4 Gallons Tank - King Coral [K.C.]](https://images1.ratemyfishtank.com/photo/36000/36003/15250-3-bo6rzcwabpwscsok40o4ww8so-860.jpg "Rated #30: Freshwater Fish - Betta Splendens - Betta - Male Stocking In 4 Gallons Tank - King Coral [K.C.]")
Username: Iulia Georgescu
Country: Canada
Rank:
#30 out of 2503 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
Iulia Georgescu on
Ratings:
6.94
Number of votes:
16
About Yourself:
My dad used to have an aquarium when I was a kid. :)
Fish Kept:
1 male Betta, 2 Otocinclus
Corals/Plants:
3 plants and a decoration from Dollarama.
Tank Size:
4 gallons
Description:
King Coral [K.C.]