Hiya.....I am new at this and am in the process of setting up a small aquarium (27L tank)..got all the bits i need to set it up etc.....I just wondered what the best tropical fish is to have for beginners?Would apprecaite anyone that can give me any advise.

Hiya

For a small tank i'd recommend a small shoal of neon tetras. They really add colour and are pretty small fish as well. I've found them very easy to look after, You might want a couple of catfish as well as bottom dwellers

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Paula
Grifdegalles

Why not go along to your local aquatic centre for advise, also perhaps consider joining a tropical fish club.

HTH

get a variety
bottom dwellers like loaches, mid-swimmers like neon tetras and guppies and maybe a plec to keep the tank reasonably clean
xxx

have fun!

Only get male guppies, they look nicer and if you get females they'll breed like anything and you'll be over run with the little critters

It's a good idea as well to work out the amount of fish you can keep in your size tank, i think its about 1cm of fish for every couple of litres. Also check what size your chosen fish will grow to. We had 2 plecs which we had to rehome as they grew to well over a foot each

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Paula
Grifdegalles

Thankyou for all the info

All tetra's are quite easy too look after, I like to keep these in shoals though..I prefer the Phantoms

Mollies & swordtails are also good starter fish

As mentioned Plecks & Loaches will help keep the tank clean, as will apple snails

ohh i love swordtails as well, i also love gourami but whenever i've never been successful in keeping em, despite the water tests being ok they don't thrive at all
i used to love my plecs they were called posh n becks, posh was a bit of a bully with humans but becks was a darling

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Grifdegalles

We also have a few Silver Dollars - I've always been told these are hard to keep - I've had mine for years as with the Angel Fish, I don't know whether its pure luck on our part or whether its just mis-information

I think with me it's luck, LOL I was advised against clown loaches saying these were sensitive fish but i had 2 for 9 years up until a couple of weeks ago when i had my first ever white spot outbreak One died but the other is ok white spot wise but i think pining for its mate. I'm not chancing another until i can be certain i've cracked the whitespot

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Grifdegalles