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Best Fish for Small Children....

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I got a new 10 gallon bow front tank from Paul Sage that I planned on putting pygmy chameleons in but before it got here I showed a picture to the kids and Cody screamed "I want fish for my room",tThen Emily joined in with the fish screaming. So they get fish!

I was thinking a cory cat and a couple of swordtails maybe...

Ive never done small fish, manily oscars so I wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions on something that has color that would be good for a childs fish tank before I go shopping tomorrow.

Thanks!
 
Fancy tailed guppies are a good fish for small tanks and children. They have beautiful tails also. :)
 
I remember seeing those, they are pretty, thanks!

I want them to have pretty fish so they don't get bored looking at them, after all Im giving up my pygmy cham tank for them to have fish lol
 
You could go with a male and 2 female bettas as well as some cherry barbs.
 
More ideas, thank Steve, my father has a male betta that my kids love, he is alone in one of those 5 gallon with the plant on top tanks. They love him so Im sure they would like to have one of those with a couple of girls!

Ill see if they have the cherry barbs too!

At least I can show them what they can possibly have to look at now!
 
Now I want pygmy chameleons, they sound interesting....
 
Thanks Steve, Ill do some looking at that.

I know the general rule is 1" of adult fish per gallon and this tank was planned for somethign else, and Ive never done small fish other than a goldfish in a 5 gallon.

I want them to have something nice and colorful!
 
Oh Lucille I love pygmys, but as we all know we love our children more, if Paul had 2 of the tanks Id of bought 2 but he only had the 1 and my kids, well you know, they want what they call "fishies".
 
Some of the female bettas are extremely colorful and rival the males except for the fins but they are low maintenance and good for a kids small tank.
You could also go with Von Rio tetras. Small and pretty. Brass tetras are also really cool looking and since they are small, a school of a dozen would look really good. They would give a nice contrast in tank.
There are a lot of really colorful fish out there and deciding on what to get is going to be tough. LOL. :rofl:
I would say try some killifish but they are shortlived, expensive, and not exactly easy to keep so even though the colors are phenomenal, it wouldn't be worth it unless you wanted to dedicate a large tank just for them.
Just stay away from painted glass fish and painted tetras.
 
Where could I get a pygmy?
 
gupppies are nice, i like sword tail, platties, and mollies. be sure to get a pleco ( algee eater). There are all sorts of tetras that look vert nice. i suggest tring to find a mom and pop shop for tropical fish tho.
 
If you get a pleco for a 10 gallon tank, make sure it is a bristlenose. The commons start small but get huge. Also, remember to supplement it's diet and not just rely on whatever algea may grow to feed it.
You could also go with otto cats. They are great for controlling diatoms (brown film on the glass and decorations) in case your water supply is high in silicates.
 
I got some guppy and swordtail fry I can send ya, Wendy. They are about 4 weeks old now and coloring up nicely. :)
 
Ive had the larger version of the pleco for Oscar tanks and they got HUGE, Ill see if they have the small ones here, I only use the small family run shop and they have a good variety of fish though Ive never really looked at them to buy small fish, I have noticed they have them.

Im a big tank, big fish person, so all of this little tank little fish is going to be interesting for sure!
 
I know your standard pleco will outgrow a small tank rather quickly. Its been awhile since the last time I had a tank setup etc, but it seems the plecos that stay smaller are more expensive and slightly different colored. For the life of me I can't remember what their called, getting older sucks!!
 
Here's a few of the smaller ones. Probably many more that I can't think of right now.

bristlenose pleco
vampire pleco
gold spot dwarf pleco
angelicus pleco
polka dot lyre tail pleco
zebra pleco (my favorite :) )
bulldog pleco
candy stripe pleco
bola pleco

Then there are those "L" numbered ones.
 
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gold spot dwarf pleco
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Thats the one I was thinking of, seems like they were $20-30 at one time. It just kills me because I used to know all this stuff and now I'm lucky if I can remember to set my alarm when I go to bed at night!! LOL!! I don't know why I'm laughing it's actually quite sad.
 
Thanks for the list! I used to have all kinds of fish books and magazines til my Oscar's hit their end when we had a 10 day power outage. I got rid of everything and took all my tanks apart and gave most of them away I was so ticked.

We decided to let them get 1 fish a week, that way it will keep their interest more too, as soon as Emily gets back from visitng her granny we are going to go do some looking.
 
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