| If you're planning to get a freshwater tropical fish | | | | can also get the Guppies, Platies, Swordtails, |
| aquarium, then you should be aware that you can | | | | Mollies, and small Gouramis. The bottom dwellers' |
| create an aquarium that is swirling with color and | | | | mouths are down turned so that they can feed |
| activity. The fresh water fish or tropical fish that | | | | on the leftover foods found at the bottom and |
| are usually sold in pet stores have different | | | | this can include the Loaches and Cory Cats. |
| patterns, colors, sizes, shapes, fin designs, | | | | The fish mentioned earlier are usually peaceful |
| preferred living conditions, and temperaments. | | | | ones. You should never put an aggressive tropical |
| Before you start buying the fish, make sure that | | | | fish together with the peaceful ones. The fish you |
| you conduct at least a simple research. This is | | | | get will also depend on the size of your tank. For |
| necessary so that the find species can live | | | | instance, if your tank is around 10 gallons, you can |
| peacefully in one aquarium. Identify the aggressive | | | | get the Tetras, Platies, Gourramis, Bettas, and |
| species as well as the peaceful one. | | | | Danions. You can get the Hatchetfish, Mollies, |
| It's very common for fish to compete for water | | | | Swordtails, angels, goldfish, cory cats, and rainbow |
| space in a freshwater tropical fish aquarium. To | | | | fish for the 20 gal tanks. For larger tanks, you |
| prevent this from happening, you will need to pick | | | | can get loaches and cichlids. There are still other |
| fish that tend to occupy space at different levels | | | | things that you have to consider like |
| - top dwellers, middle dwellers, and the bottom | | | | temperament, size, and food, requirements in |
| dwellers. If you're a newbie, you can try Danios | | | | growing or breeding, and water parameters if you |
| or the Betta and Hatchetfish. The middle dwellers | | | | want a freshwater tropical fish aquarium. |
| include schooling fish, tetras, and rainbow fish. You | | | | |