Top 31 - 40 Freshwater Fish All Time
Rated #31: Freshwater Fish - Symphysodon Sp. - Yellow Marlboro Discus Stocking In 180 Gallons Tank
Username: David Robinson
Country: Canada
Rank:
#31 out of 2498 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
Submitted By:
David Robinson on
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:
Live plants
Tank Size:
180 gallons
Advice:
Patience, Patience, Patience
Description:
A couple of my Discus getting to know each other, nothing has come of it.
Rated #32: Freshwater Fish - Symphysodon Sp. - Red Marlboro Discus Stocking In 75 Gallons Tank
Username: Wilson
Country: Puerto Rico
Rank:
#32 out of 2498 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
Submitted By:
Wilson on
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 #33: Freshwater Fish Stocking In 40 Gallons Tank
Username: Sharon Emery
Country: United States
Rank:
#33 out of 2498 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
Submitted By:
Sharon Emery on
Ratings:
7.33
Number of votes:
27
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 #34: Freshwater Fish - Symphysodon Sp. - Cobalt Blue Discus Stocking In 75 Gallons Tank
Username: Mary Lynn
Country: United States
Rank:
#34 out of 2498 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
Submitted By:
Mary Lynn on
Ratings:
7.33
Number of votes:
15
Quote:
What's more baby I can cook
About Yourself:
I had fish as a kid and always said I would get another tank as an adult. My husband finally purchased a 30 gallon for my birthday. That was in 1992. I have been hooked ever since. In the early days I kept a community tank and eventually decided that I loved the cichlids of South America. I kept dwarf cichlids for a few years and then moved to Angelfish. I have had some sort of Angelfish in my tank for the last few years. I had a brief stint with Altum Angels and now I am in love with Discus. Ironically enough when I changed teh tank I was going to invest in a group of pearl gourami's thus the dark background and dark substrate. Discus usually look better (don't pepper or darken) with lighter background and substrate but they were a gift. Once the plants grow in not much of the substrate will show anyway.
Fish Kept:
Discus, a clown pleco, two panda cories and a school of Lemon Tetras. I'm also saving to buy a group of sterbai cories. There is also a lone rummy nosed tetra left. I had those for years and they began to die off. Not sure if there is an ugly old picture of a rummy under my tank somewhere this fish has to be at least 6 years old.
Corals/Plants:
Cryptocoryne balanse
Cryptocoryne lutea
Cryptocoryne parva
Cryptocoryne pontederifolia
Cryptocoryne retrospiralis
Cryptocoryne wendtii bronze, red, green
Eleocharis parvula (Dwarf hairgrass)
Microsorum pterous (Java Fern)
Nymphaea zenkeri (Red Tiger Lotus)
Vesicularia dubyana (Java Moss)
Tank Size:
75 gallons
Advice:
Read, read, read. Grab every book, magazine internet article you can find on the fish and plants you are interested in. There is a lot of misinformation out there on the internet but the more you read the quicker you will be able to decipher fact from fiction.
Description:
My blue cobalt discus Patches
Rated #35: Freshwater Fish - Cyphotilapia Frontosa - Frontosa Cichlid Stocking In 185 Gallons Tank
Username: Faheem Bardien
Country: South Africa
Rank:
#35 out of 2498 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
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 #36: Freshwater Fish Stocking In 36 Gallons Tank
Username: fried_dumpling
Country: United States
Rank:
#36 out of 2498 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
Submitted By:
fried_dumpling on
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 #37: Freshwater Fish Stocking In 125 Gallons Tank
Username: Jason
Country: United States
Rank:
#37 out of 2498 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
Submitted By:
Jason on
Ratings:
7.29
Number of votes:
17
Fish Kept:
Pigeon Blood Discus
Corals/Plants:
Swords
Tank Size:
125 gallons
Advice:
Take your time check your water!!
Description:
Melon
Rated #38: Freshwater Fish - Mastacembelus Erythrotaenia - Fire Eel Stocking In 200 Gallons Tank
Username: Julian Harwood
Country: United Kingdom
Rank:
#38 out of 2498 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
Submitted By:
Julian Harwood on
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 #39: Freshwater Fish Stocking In 20 Gallons Tank
Username: CRYSTAL MONTGOMERY
Country: United States
Rank:
#39 out of 2498 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
Submitted By:
CRYSTAL MONTGOMERY on
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 #40: Freshwater Fish - Cichlia Ocellaris - Peacock Bass (ocellaris) Stocking In 150 Gallons Tank
Username: Mike Dragon
Country: United States
Rank:
#40 out of 2498 Freshwater Fish submitted all-time
Submitted By:
Mike Dragon on
Ratings:
7.27
Number of votes:
30
Fish Kept:
Domestic: (store bought- only I didn't buy any of my fish. friends and family gave these to me)
huge frontosa- named "big head todd", peacock bass, livingstoni, green severum, columbian shark, channel cat, 3 plecos, managuense, yellow lab, creamcycle chiclid.
Wild Caught: (right out of local streams of va beach! just remember to acclamate the wild fish first.)
white pearch, 2 croppy, blue gill, warmouth,
Corals/Plants:
I tried live plants... way too much work for a large tank. Unless you like constant upkeep. I have all fake plants- but instead of buying them for a million dollars from a store. I went to a craft store and bought a bunch of fake plants. I cut them up and used glue gun to glue lava rocks to the bottoms. Use non toxic glue gun sticks.
Tank Size:
150 gallons
Advice:
Do it. You'll learn alot!! Research everything you do before you do it!! I started from a couple pieces of glass and wood and made something great out of it. AND it all costed way less than if I had bought it all new. To see a final finished product that is beautiful and functional- It's well worth the time. All in all it's a great do it yourself project- a large do it yourself project. Especially when you live in an apartment complex and have to do alot of the construction your apartment and outside on a small slab. Would have been much easier in a garage. However, I am very happy with the results. It's something that fools everyone who looks at it and asks where I got it. I reply "Well... I made it. Yeah, the tank too."
Description:
Peacock Bass