Hi!! any fishes to recommend for newbie??

[eggtart20]

Hi all,

Recently, one of my other friends have decided to keep marine fish and he intend to buy a 2feet to 3feet tank??Any nice, beautiful, hardy and "cheap" fishes to recommend?? What about shrimps?? Thanks!!

[D'minor]

Damsels, false perculas (clowns)..

[Dazza]

those blue damsels with yellow tail gd suggestion..... nice n hardy....

[dravan]

do get him to read up on the sticky threads on hw to setup n maintain a marine tank before he embarks.... damsels are hardy... but they make future additions nearly impossible as they are too agressive... try chomis n clowns... shrimps? cleaner shrimps... boxer... firer shrimps or camels are easy to keep....

[mhermie]

Hi all,

  Recently, one of my other friends have decided to keep marine fish and he intend to buy a 2feet to 3feet tank??Any nice, beautiful, hardy and "cheap" fishes to recommend?? What about shrimps?? Thanks!!

Hi,

correct me if i am wrong. but i would recommend domino damselfish & yelllow tail damselfish. for newbie, i would suggest buying those cheaper fish just to get it going. from what i read up, domino damselfish are good for new tank. since it is more sensitive to water conditions.

[element]

hihi, if i am not wrong, IMO it is not advisable to start keeping shrimps in a new tank. it would be better to wait until the parameters are stable before embarking on them. they are more sensitive than fishes.

[AlfaRomeo]

IMHO, dunt ever ever buy damsels... gangsters!

[FuEl]

gobies...ALL GOBIES!

[Clownfish]

visit lfs (local fish shops) n read up on them... then decide wat combination of fishes u wish to hav (those fish u think r cute).... then we can help u by telling u their compatibility n whether their size can match ur tank mah.... otherwise, u gonna get alot diff suggestions here loh....

[Terryz_]

Chormis would be a good newbie fish...

[ervine]

Yah damsels are aggressive little buggers... heard that clowns aren't exactly peaceful either....

[ben]

clowns have many types.

[oshkosh]

Recommended : Chromis (peaceful and hardy). Damsels (hardy and aggressive).

Definitely Not Recommended : Shrimps and Mandarin Fish for new tanks

[ben]

but I think cleaner shrimp is OK. Forur info most LFS are out of stock due to festive seasons. stocks will OK again after CNY.

[lightningstrike]

chromis, damsels, false percula clowns to start.

[Terryz_]

Boxer shrimps and cleaner shrimps are good for newbie... But i think cannot mix them together...

[jc85]

Chromis is the best startup fish I'll say. After that, u can try clownfish minus anemone.

Boxer cannot mix with Boxer unless its mating pair but can mix with other shrimp. Skunk can generally mix with any other shrimp.

Hope these helps.

Cheers

[Trigger Queen]

My very personal recommendation in a 'non-reef' tank

triggers. triggers. triggers

and they are not necessarily more aggressive than damsels.

they are hardy, eats everything and anything and affordable.

[eggtart20]

Thanks everyone!! How abt the fire goby and royal gramma???Are they easy to keep for newbie??

[FuEl]

the gramma might go aggressive on the fire goby. hard to say.

[SharkBait]

seldom see royal gramma in town these days unless you are talking about brazilian gramma.talk about face with an attitude

[Razo]

most LFS are out of stock due to festive seasons. stocks will OK again after CNY.

more like monsoon

[blacknails]

Yah Royal Gamma hard to find but Fire Fish is a good choice... Just remember their tendency to jump when bullied, though...

I do believe that chromis, gobies, clowns and even cleaner shrimps are good choices... But the thing is that your friend should read up on that particular fish before he buys... Nomatter how hardy people claim the particular fish is, they will always deserve reading up on....

[anakjoh]

Chromis may be hardy but after a while look pretty dull compared to others. My advice - finalise your list, then purchase in sequence from least aggressive to more aggressive.

Recommendation (in sequence of purchase):- cardinals, gobies (except mandarin - for mature tank only), anthias, clown (strictly 1 type only, maybe 2 for 3 ft), wrasses/dottybacks & tang.

That may be too many already for 3 ft. blue devil damsel if you like but generally aggressive.

Blennies anytime.

Shrimps - CBS last.

[silverfish]

I think common clowns and chromis are good.. damsel, not too good as they are like gangster in the tank..