Fish to avoid as a newbie

I agree with Henk I've had mine for 4.5yrs bought them at 5cm they are only now about 8-9cm & still just as cute as ever.

 

Lol! Never mess with any pregnant female!

They sure are beautiful!

 

I don't know if these fish where posted before,(so sorry if it was)

Black Ghost knife fish, Clown knife fish,
African knife fish,
and other knife fish.
Common plecos,
Tiger shovel nose cats,
Oscars,
Arowanas,
Black sharks,
Red-tailed and rainbow sharks,
Balla sharks,
Tiger barbs,
Tinfoil barbs,
Pacus,
Giant gouramis,
Kissing gouramis,
Red-tailed catfish,
And any other catfish your not sure of,
Green Terror,
Altum angels,
Discus(not to hard to keep thou)
Stingrays,
Puffers,
Archer fish,
Monos,
Glassfish,
Scats,
Spiny eels,
Ram cichlids,

There are much more but these are definitely not for inexperienced fish keepers.

I know some people have had some of these fish when they where still newbies and did not have problems, but it is just a general guide.

 

tiger barbs is easy. so dont agree with that one

 

:hmmmm2:

 

I put in the tiger barbs as they are fin nippers(most people get 2 or 3) and the common plecos as they grow so large.

 

lots of tetras is also fin nippers. but they are easy to keep and not tank busters

 

They are only fin nippers in groups small then 8. The bigger the group the better.

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Hi there,

a little more about why the Bumblebee goby is such a no no for newby like me? its the only fish i have as a i want on my list and would like to know why before i get into something that kills all the rest of my fishes in the tank?

Thanx

 

They are actually a brackish species, so they need completely different water conditions to most of the common community fish, they get territorial and aggressive and are usually fin nippers .

What other fish are you keeping ?

 

I think this thread is a nice idea to give guidance to new aquarists. However, I would like to suggest that we maybe approach this a little differently.

Instead of just listing a bunch of fish, maybe we could nominate a few boffins amongst us to do a write-up on specific fish species (or groups as is the case with brackish fish) that will explain in a bit more detail what their issues are? Maybe start a new tread for each?

I will volunteer to write about archerfish if anyone is interested.

 

I agree with @JJFury , and I don't mind writing about puffers and bumble bee gobies

 

sounds like a working idea that
more info less dead fish

 

Tiger barbs will nip at your other fish.......leading to the multiple tank syndrome which is enough to put a newbie off the hobby.

 

Tiger Barbs

I love tiger barbs, if you have a group of six or more they will not nip fins.
They will be caught up chasing each other and paying no attention to the other fish.

Just my opinion though, from many years of experience.

I currently have ten of them with lots of guppies, neon tetra`s and many other fish with flowing / long fins...

 

I have 2 chinese algea eaters still young but also read they eat the slime off other fish lucky mine are still young. And still only. Eat algea

 

As far as I know, as long as they have enough food they'll leave the other fish alone.... Supplement with sinking algae disks, because I seriously doubt there'll be enough algae for them in the tank (depending on the tank of course...).

 

Oscars - Grow at a quick rate and can be aggressive. Sold small and most buyers have no Idea of how big these fish grow

 

I'll also add that Knife Fish and most oddballs should be avoided. They either get to big, are agro, have specialised feeding requirements or are just to finicky.

 

I have a planted tank co2 and potting soil but no algea growing so I do feed the chinese algea eater with algea wafers and bottom feeder tablets so far haven't lost any of my other fish so I think u are right