What Are Your Top 10 Tropical Fish

[jonny_dw]

1. All species of piranha - adore these fish they are amazing
2. Oscar's - such character
3. malawi's - closest thing to a marine setup in tropical and stunning.
4. Bala shark - Kept these for a while, nervous but lovely looking fish
5.Convicts - so easy to breed and great parents, not shy at all.

My top 5, other fish would be neons in big shoals, zebra danio's etc but not sure on the order.

 

[deftuch]

dwarf puffers are brilliant little creatures. but i cant help think that my parrot fish wiould eat them so i havent got one :L my fav fish in the world has to be the electric blue baloon ram dwarf cichlid!!

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

dwarf puffers are brilliant little creatures. but i cant help think that my parrot fish wiould eat them so i havent got one :L my fav fish in the world has to be the electric blue baloon ram dwarf cichlid!!

Holy thread revival Batman... Only over 2.5 years since the last post!

 

[dwarfgourami]

Oooh, I love these threads.

My top ten would be:


1. any species of corydoras- what could be friendlier?

2. black-bellied limias- constant action and no aggro

3. heterandria formosa- ideal for a nano and a lot of personality for the size

4. khuli loaches- not usually a loach person, but these are just great

5. poecioliopsis gracilis- not often seen in the trade, but a lovely, easy-going community fish that should be on sale more often

6. phallichthys tico- possibly the most beautiful fish I have ever kept

7. good old bristlenoses

and finally some species I have never kept but keep drooling over:

8. green phantom plec- if only I had the space

9. sturisoma aureum- if only I had the space

10. multies- if they would only let me have one more small tank....

 

[snake007]

Clown loaches - my absolute favorite fish, very playful, Love them!

Convicts - Yeah as common as they are, the parental skills are amazing and should be noticed, very interesting as well.

Oscars - Do I need to explain? Smart, intelligent overall a very nice fish!

Senegal Bichir - Very interesting fish to watch, very good hunter!

Common Pleco - The most commonest of all, mines very interactive, hand feeds and keeps the glass algae free.

Neons - Really colorful, playful and just brights up the tank.

Corys - Love to watch them playing around.

Bettas - Colorful, very interactive and generally interesting to watch.

Bala Sharks - For the short while I owned them, there beautiful to watch.

Arowana - Would love to be able to own one of these, all time favorite fish.

Datnoid - Beautiful Freaking Fish!!!

Yeah I done 11 fish.

 

[mark2109111]

Bristle nose pleco
Keyhole cichlids
Bettas
Blue acara
Rams
Jack dempsy
Pepper cory cats
Clown pleco
Discus ( never had them but they are so pretty)
Black skirt tetra

What ? you've never had discus? it says in your signature that you have an 80 gallon discus tank.

 

[mark2109111]

1) motoro sting ray (never had one but it is my dream to one day breed them )
2) discus (The sheer beauty and grace)
3) electric German blue rams (Beautiful color and great personality)
4) apistogramma agassizi ( Amazing color)
5) angel fish ( kinda looks like discus and pretty much acts the same)
6) bristle nose plecos (IDK i just fell in love with my big clumsy male. And just placed an order to get him a lady friend )
7) Cory cats ( So funny, cute, and entertaining)
8) kribensis ( Amazing parents and color)
9) fire-mouths ( Awesome colors and cool behavior)
10) blue arowanas ( awesome colors and size)

I have expensive tastes lol

 

[Fishy friend2]

Bristle nose pleco
Keyhole cichlids
Bettas
Blue acara
Rams
Jack dempsy
Pepper cory cats
Clown pleco
Discus ( never had them but they are so pretty)
Black skirt tetra

What ? you've never had discus? it says in your signature that you have an 80 gallon discus tank.

That post was in 2009, the OP has probably just recently got discus

 

[guppi]

My top fish to watch

Tiger Barbs
Kribensis
Bolivian rams

 

[parker313]

1. Angelfish
2. Cory cats
3. Severum
4. Rams (I prefer Bolivians)

Um yeah, well, I guess that's why I just made the jump back from marine to freshwater, that's a doable stocking for my tank!

 

[Yvonne465]

My favorites are: Discus, cardinal tetras, rummynose tetras, roseline sharks, peppermint tetras, clown loaches, bosemani loaches, gobies of all kinds. I have a 90 gallon and a 125 gallon and have all of these fish. I needed 2 tanks to have what I wanted. I also have a fire eel and he is awsome. Great personality but incredible escape artist.

If I were you, I would begin by investigating what kind of fish will be happy in water with 7.8 ph. I think cichlids, depending on the type, are good with higher ph values. But that is how I would start and then decide from those fish.

 

[deftuch]

1 parrot fish
2 amozon puffer and dwarf puffer tie for second
3 african clawed frog
4 pakistan loach
5 reef fish
6 boesman rainbow fish
7 red severum
8 silver arrowana
9 pleco
10 my girlfriend!

 

[Jakey02578]

Bettas, Angelfish and I LOVE GUPPIES!

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Oh well, as this thread seems to have been fully revived from the dead (see page 1 for original dates)...

Synodontis brichardi
Synodontis decora
Synodontis notata
Steatocranus casuarius
Brycinus longipinnis
Pareutropius debauwi/buffei
Ctenopoma acutirostre
Megalechis thoracata
Ilyodon xantusi
Chaetostoma spp.

 

[Ruskull]

1. Pearl Gourami - Beautiful, hardy & not too agreesive
2. Dwarf Gourami - Awesome fish with great personality but not very hardy
3. Honey Gourami - Cute & friendly little buggers
4. Three Spot Gourami - Nasty & mean sometimes but still an awesome fish
5. Cherry Barb - Great to watch, males are the best red I've ever seen
6. Lemon Tetra - Play Football with bottom feeder shrimp pellets
7. Black Phantom Tetra - Prototypical Tetra shape, change colors
8. Corydoras Catfish - Friendliest fish in the tank
9. Fancy Guppies - Very active and beautiful
10. Pictus Catfish - Very active & boldly colored

I have never kept any of these following fish but they could make the list:

1. German Blue Rams
2. Bolivian Rams
3. Discus
4. Angel Fish
5. Kribensis
6. Apisto