It's my friends birthday soon and i want to buy him a basic fish tank. I was planning on buying a tank, gravel and a plant. Should i buy a goldfish or two or three guppies? Help, i wanna make this a good present. Cheers x
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No, guppies are tropical fish that can do ok in a coldwater environment, but do better in a warmwater tank. Unless you are VERY generous and are giving your friend a 30 gallon aquarium, I would avoid goldfish, they grow too large for a smaller.
If you are planing a small tank with a few coldwater fish, try white clouds. They are quite active and colorful and stay small enough for a smaller tank.
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Buy a cichlid rather than a gold fish.
you need a filter. and depending on how warm it is in the house a heater. also make sure you get 2 or 3 MALE guppies with a male and female 1 will get hurt and with a male and 2 females 1 will get pregnant. i guess you can get him 2 or 3 females but males are usually prettier. and it would be easier if you got him 1 male. and it would be ALOT better if you got him a gift card to a petstore or something and made him get his own fish cause he needs to declorinate the water. and goldfish can grow up to 14 INCHES! THEY DO NOT GROW TO THE SIZE OF THEIR TANK!! that would be like your parents putting a shoe on you when you were born and you couldn't take it off or you would die in a few minutes if you didn't take it off. gosh. you fish haters say "i'm gunna put a betta in a tiny bowl. " "im gonna put a goldfish in a bowl without an airpump." "they'll be fine. they're just fish/stupid fish. it doesn't matter!"
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I would suggest guppies over gold fish. I've had guppies for a long time and they are so low maintenance! The only problem is that they multiply like crazy and if you do not know how to control it, they can get out of hand. My uncle had a few guppies in one small tank... and after a few years now, he has three large tanks and a small tank full of guppies.
"The guppy prefers a hard water aquarium and can withstand levels of salinity up to 150% that of normal sea water.[7], which has led to them being occasionally included in marine tropical community tanks, as well as in freshwater tropical tanks. "
-wikipedia
I think they are very beautiful to look at and if you buy two or three I'm sure there will not be an over popluation problem.
goldfish are not for novice, they are hard to mantain and can easily die. depends also on the size of the tank u r giving him/her.. goldfish needs a lot of space and are hard to keep them happy. keeping them happy makes it easy for them to multiply.
guppies in the other hand, are a better option for novice. they need lesss space than goldfish needs, easier to keep them happy; and does not requiere as much care as goldfish needs. if you are buying guppies for ur friend, keep in mind that guppies doesnt like being alone, so.. try to buy at least 3 guppies (2 female and one male) for ur friend ;)
about the plant stuff.. dont buy a fake plant because it can hurt the fish; in the other hand, if u buy real plant, the plant will most probably b eatten by the fishes :P ur choice
no! they need room tenperature water! i have three! willy, lilly, and lulu
Has your friend expressed an interest in keeping fish or are you just springing this on him? I don't mean to make you angry or upset you by insinuating that this isn't a good present. Pets are wonderful presents if the person has acknowledged a desire to have them, but if they have not made it expressly clear that they are ready for a pet, a pet is a very bad gift choice. Pets, even fish, require dedication, patience, love and a lifetime committment and if the receiver isn't ready for such a gift, it is only the animal that will suffer. So, if you are certain that you friend is ready for an aquarium, your best bet, truly, is a gift certificate and here is why. One, this way, your friend can choose the fish he prefers best. Two, and most importantly, the water must be cycled before adding fish so that it is healthy and will keep the fish alive. Yes, you can cycle with fish, but there is a high chance the fish will die during this process with inexperienced fishkeepers. So, my suggestion would be to get the tank, the gravel, a filter and a heater and a book on how to properly keep fish and a healthy aquarium (and a gift certificate if you want to pay for the fish and plant later on). Nothing live yet. No plants, no fish. Goldfish are not a good choice because one adult goldfish needs a 20 gallon tank. Guppies are not a good choice unless you get all males because, otherwise, you will have more babies than you will know what to do with. Tetras are a good choice because they are small and colorful and for a 10 gallon tank, 5-7 would be perfect and make a lovely school. If you choose a 5 gallon tank or smaller, all your friend can have is one betta. Then, once he has read this book and knows how to keep fish alive and has gotten the water in his tank cycled, then both of you can go shopping for the fish together. Cheers!
No, guppies are a tropical fish which means that they need water with a temperature ranging from 70-80 degrees F.
