The desire to establish an aquarium and to house in it beautiful inhabitants can be overshadowed by the lack of time or experience in caring for them. In this case, your choice can be unpretentious fish for the aquarium, which do not require much effort, time and knowledge.
The most unpretentious aquarium fish can live in a small aquarium, which will need to be cleaned and updated from time to time. Vegetation in the aquarium is necessary - it can be algae, moss or floating on the water plants. As for lighting, often for unpretentious fish there is enough natural light, but you can install artificial, but in this case it will be necessary to regulate it so as not to harm the plants. Of course, do not forget that even the most unpretentious fish for the aquarium should eat, but in their feeding there will not be anything complicated. Usually, animal feed is used in combination with plant food.
Which aquarium fish are the most unpretentious?
The following types of aquarium fish can be classified as unpretentious:
- guppies;
- cockerels;
- swordsmen;
- barbs;
- gurami;
- neons;
- zebrafish;
- scalars.
Unobtrusive aquarium fish guppies are the most famous representatives. Males of these fish differ more vivid colors than females. Guppies you can start a few at once, these unpretentious fish are suitable even for a small aquarium. They survive in any water, with changes in temperature and even without food for several days. In addition, the guppies reproduce very well. They are viviparous fishes. Therefore, if you do not want offspring, it's better to drop the female into another aquarium.
Swordsmen - these unpretentious aquarium fish will require the care of their habitat. They need algae, can be floating, and the aquarium is better covered with a lid, as the sword-bearers are jumping. By their nature, the swordsmen are peaceful enough, they love calmness in the aquarium. As for the feeding, in this respect the sword bearers are omnivorous.
It is better to start neonov with schools of 10 fish. These vibrant, vibrant fish will immediately create a fun, fluid atmosphere in your aquarium. They like to frolic, swim a race, so do not settle them together with more calm representatives. To food unpretentious and not upset if you suddenly forget to feed them.
Beautiful and unpretentious small fishes are characterized by a long life. However, these fish can grow up to 15 cm, so it is better to have a spacious aquarium for them. Scalarians prefer water at a temperature of 24-26 ° C, but they can also live at lower temperatures. However, do not allow sharp changes, they may not survive. By their nature, the fish of the scalar are rather sedate and do not favor too active neighbors.
Barbuses are active fish, however they can differ in harmful habits and pluck out slow fish with threadlike and vuale fins. It is not recommended to settle the barbs with scalars or cocks. The coloring of the barbs is very
Gurami - beautiful, bright, unpretentious fish, can be bright yellow, moon, pearl or mottled colors. In addition to oxygen dissolved in water, these fish know how to consume oxygen from the air. Gourami are a true tolerance to other members of the aquarium. They easily get along with very active fish, such as neon.
Danio - small fish that like to live in flocks. For them, the aquarium is more light and spacious. Cover it with a lid, as zebrafish are known for their jumping. We will have to take care of the aeration of the water, because the zebrafish love transparent, oxygen-filled water.