Fish suggestions for an 8-gallon aquarium?

mossrisjhons · Newbie Joined: Aug 16, 2009 Posts: 3

So my grandmother's boss was dumping their 8 gallon aquarium and upgrading to a 15 gallon. He said they hadn't used it in the past year and it was just taking up space, so needless to say I laid claims on it.

So what are some good fish suggestions? I have done larger aquariums in the past but none recently. I also know nothing about fish species really and who gets along with who. I want to have a small variety for the aquarium. So if anyone knows any interesting small tank set ups I'd love to hear them (with pictures of the suggested fish if possible please).

I'm not making any decisions soon, I want to set the tank up and leave it running for several days. I heard you should do this before putting any fish in the tank. Oh, and it's going to be a freshwater tank set up and it doesn't have a heater so it needs to be fish that don't require heating.

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forestm333 · Newbie Joined: Dec 17, 2008 Posts: 7

I would stick to smaller fish as you can have more of them in a small tank. Go for things like Tetras, Guppies, White Clouds and Danios. Gold fish produce a ton of waste so if you get any of those I would recommend only 1. I would stay away from things like Dwarf Gouramies they have a tendency to be a little territorial ( as I found out ...a costly mistake!) Ultimately when you buy the fish I recommend double checking with the pet store to make sure everything gets along as it should.

Hope this helps!!
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