What is your favorite freshwater fish for an aquarium and why?

My favorite fish is the Lemon Tetra. They look rather plain in the sales tank, but after they mature they are beautiful!
They aren’t too nippy and are just pleasant to watch.

My second favorite fish is the German Blue Ram. They should only be placed in a well established tank.
They are one of the only peaceful ciclids (sp?) along with being very colorful.

I like fancy guppies… they are fairly easy to care for and fairly cheap as well…

Gold fish because they live long.

Betta - boo-ti-ful.
Dwarf Platy - just too cute.

The Jack Dempsey cichlid.

I think it’s wonderful looking and is incredibly fun to watch.

head and tail light tetra they are calm and non agressive and look nice.

I think Id prefer a siamese fighting fish, but as they are about ten dollars each, maybe you’d prefer a goldfish or a black moor, as they are cheaper and live quite a while, compared to other fish. I have some of those and they ate my siamese fighting fish ?:( so maybe its better if you dont put them in the same tank if you do get some.

My favorite freshwater fish would be a fancy guppy. Its because they are cheap in price and they are fun to look at. Its really easy to take care of them.

swordtails
cuz
-they’re livebearers and easy breeders
-males have long beautiful tail
-non-agressive
-not too big
and
-look good in groups

FANCY GUPPY
They are hardy easy to care for fish, very colorful, very cheap, and they willingly breed easily.

bettas,fancy guppies,mollies,danios,and neon tetras

I love cherry barbs. Cherries are a bright red color and live in groups of five or more. They are hardy, social, and zoom around the aquarium. To help with algae control, I adore otos. They are cuter than other larger options (say, a 3′ long plecostomus) and are also very active. Other livebearers suchas platies and guppies are also good beginer fish. Depending on the size of your tank, you might want a dwarf gourami and a small school.

I’d recommend that you get a 20gallon to start out. It’s big enough to hold what I recommended, and shows really well if you have friends over.

pearl gouramis are the most handsome smaller fish — they grow to about 4″. i like mine a lot. currently i have them in a tank of mixed rasboras.

I love the Silver Dollars, but I don’t know why!! lol

i LOVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE my giant gourami !!!!!!!! 11 inches of pure agression and affection !!!!!!! just love him !!!!!!!!