Your First Fish

[ALW]

Just out of curiosity after you have successfully cycled your tank what was the first fish you introduced into your new aquarium.

Mine were 5 Neon Tetras

 

[tim1]

2 Blue Rams.

 

[SJ2K]

I actually cycled with fish (wouldnt do that again), 2 guppies both survived quite happily thanks to this place.

 

[Mikaila31]

Um... mollys I think. I also did a fish-in cycle the first time with quite a few fish. Before I got my head around things.

 

[ALEXF]

The First Fish I Added Were My Angel And 4 Danios (didnt know about fishless cycling) Which Thankfully Are Still With Me, Back In Janruary.

 

[Fawkiia]

I placed in a cory cat, 4 glo-light tetras, aquatic frog and a bamboo shrimp.

The shirmp, frog, and one of the tetras have died, though, over time. Unfortunate. ):

 

[rocknurworld2006]

i put in neon tetras after a week as advised my lfs at this point i knew nothing!

after cycled my first fish to keep was kilifish and i bred this as well before i got anything else. not usually a beginners fish i know but i managed to do it lol

i put in neon tetras after a week as advised my lfs at this point i knew nothing!

after cycled my first fish to keep was kilifish and i bred this as well before i got anything else. not usually a beginners fish i know but i managed to do it lol

 

[kewskills]

Mollies, and i unfortunately cycled the tank with them

 

[Miss Wiggle]

4 platy's and 6 albino cories, cycled the tank with them, lost a fair few.

 

[Cooper2085]

Jeesh my first fish.... 3 neon tetras, started the tank cycle with them. Even with some mature media i lost 1 in the first week. Then i went back to the LFS and they said to get 4 more to make a shoal of 6... lost 2 more that week, then the next week i got 4 guppies and lost 1 that week. Thought something was wrong, so i went to a different LFS, was a bit embarrased about killing my fish so i asked for what sort of fish i could add to my tank, grabbed pentazora barbs (5 of) 4 died in 1 week then i found you amazing people!

Thank god for this site

 

[jennybugs]

5 white cloud mountain minnows, and sadly I to cycled my tank with them *hangs head in shame* Still got them all though over a year later

 

[SJ2K]

Hehe, least im not the only one around here who had to go through the agro of a fish-in cycle Least we know now.

 

[Anguilla82]

2 fancy goldfish in a small tank with no filter.

oh how we live and learn!

 

[shelaghfishface]

same. goldfish in a bowl

 

[pinkdolphin_113]

the first 2 struck me the most, starting off with neons and rams how did that work out??

i think mine was just a goldfish or 2 lol