Hi!

[Timur]

My name is Timur, and I'm deathly afraid of fish.

In trying to overcome my fear, it has been recommended that I get a fish to take care of.

So... what fish is relatively non-scary and easily taken care of? Synirr keeps telling me to get a betta, but I think she may just be biased. .

 

[mantis147]

Hi Timur! I suggest to get some goldfish there very easy to keep, or if you want tropical fish get some mollies or tetras etc.

 

[rdd1952]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

If you want a single fish, a betta would be perfect. They don't require a large tank (a 2.5 gallon mini-bow would be fine) and if you do daily water changes, you can get by without a filter and heater too (although I would recommend at least getting a filter). I would stay away from goldfish as they are very messy (lots of waste), need a large tank (20 gallon for the 1st one alone) and grow very big.

 

[fishing4exotics]

Hi Timur, welcome to the forum You might also want to try killifish. Most species don't require a big tank, a heater, and just plants like java fern to keep their tank clean.

 

[Siamese Fighter05]

Hi and !

I think a betta would be a great first fish for you!

 

[Timur]

Hello everyone! Thanks for the warm welcome.

I'm fairly busy... what would I do if I wanted to avoid daily water changes?

 

[rdd1952]

If you want to avoid daily water changes, you would definitely need a filtered tank. If you go with something other than the betta, make sure you overfilter and understock. Bettas don't like a lot of flow so you want to keep the filtration and flow down for them. Overfiltering and understocking would most likely give you the opportuniy to go a couple weeks between water changes as the nitrate wouldn't build up very fast and the filter would definitely be able to handle the waste.

 

[Timur]

Thanks!

Hrm... it looks like betta it is...

With luck, you may have pictures of my first fish soon.

 

[Timur]

Aaaand I just got plants. I figure if I can keep the plants alive until February, I'm in good shape to get a fish.