Aquariums: My Livestock Ranked From Highest To Lowest Maintenance
My Livestock Ranked From Highest To Lowest Maintenance
Posted by RazewingedRathalos
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RazewingedRathalos on
S Tier: My early history of fishkeeping starting with guppies were the most stressful. Found out about their genetic fragility and overpopulating habits the hard way. After months, I eventually decided I wanted nothing to do with keeping them anymore. Rehomed all mine in favor of medakas.
A Tier: I couldn’t keep panda corys alive past one or two weeks. Gave up out of guilt. Was told I’d have better luck buying them from a proper LFS instead of Petco or opting for a bulletproof species like bronzes or juliis instead.
B Tier: My platys generally had the same problem as guppies but at least were much hardier. My dwarf gourami was a surprisingly tough bastard until DGIV struck after several months.
C Tier: Free from DGIV, beginner-friendly, and not even requiring a heater as well as willing to eat just about anything. Paradise fish are goated. Aggression requires careful tankmate selection though. My female paradise fish killed a medaka but ignores bottom feeders.
D Tier: Medakas were literally everything I hoped guppies would be complete with being far less prolific breeders, producing little waste, and thriving without a heater.
Give a bristlenose pleco one or two pieces of driftwood and an occasional algae wafer or other sinking food and it’s set for an easygoing life.
F Tier: Banjo catfish just sit under the sand 24/7 until night time to eat. The South American bumblebee catfish is a shy, simple, swimming stomach.
As long as you actually feed your mystery snails sinking food it’s probably one of the least demanding pets in the hobby ever. Minus the unwanted egg clusters and potentially hundreds of baby snails after breeding. Thankfully, they’re not hermaphrodites.
Platy’s are easier. Sure they die a bunch, but they reproduce about the same rate.
QuarterlyProfit on
My Panda Corys were my absolute favorite.
Entremeada on
In my opinion, these are all very low-maintenance fish that are well-suited for beginners.
Corydora_Party on
My toughest fish ever were harlequin rasboras. They survived a 12 hour drive and two tank moves. Those things are intense. They are still alive after 4 years in another family’s home ❤️
riioKen on
Ember tetra. I’ve a school 12. Now after 3 years I have 7
endangered_feces1 on
Medaka slander!! 🤬
East-Teacher8542 on
Honestly if youre having issues keeping any of these fish its a skill issue and youre personally doing something wrong.
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S Tier: My early history of fishkeeping starting with guppies were the most stressful. Found out about their genetic fragility and overpopulating habits the hard way. After months, I eventually decided I wanted nothing to do with keeping them anymore. Rehomed all mine in favor of medakas.
A Tier: I couldn’t keep panda corys alive past one or two weeks. Gave up out of guilt. Was told I’d have better luck buying them from a proper LFS instead of Petco or opting for a bulletproof species like bronzes or juliis instead.
B Tier: My platys generally had the same problem as guppies but at least were much hardier. My dwarf gourami was a surprisingly tough bastard until DGIV struck after several months.
C Tier: Free from DGIV, beginner-friendly, and not even requiring a heater as well as willing to eat just about anything. Paradise fish are goated. Aggression requires careful tankmate selection though. My female paradise fish killed a medaka but ignores bottom feeders.
D Tier: Medakas were literally everything I hoped guppies would be complete with being far less prolific breeders, producing little waste, and thriving without a heater.
Give a bristlenose pleco one or two pieces of driftwood and an occasional algae wafer or other sinking food and it’s set for an easygoing life.
F Tier: Banjo catfish just sit under the sand 24/7 until night time to eat. The South American bumblebee catfish is a shy, simple, swimming stomach.
As long as you actually feed your mystery snails sinking food it’s probably one of the least demanding pets in the hobby ever. Minus the unwanted egg clusters and potentially hundreds of baby snails after breeding. Thankfully, they’re not hermaphrodites.
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Platy’s are easier. Sure they die a bunch, but they reproduce about the same rate.
My Panda Corys were my absolute favorite.
In my opinion, these are all very low-maintenance fish that are well-suited for beginners.
My toughest fish ever were harlequin rasboras. They survived a 12 hour drive and two tank moves. Those things are intense. They are still alive after 4 years in another family’s home ❤️
Ember tetra. I’ve a school 12. Now after 3 years I have 7
Medaka slander!! 🤬
Honestly if youre having issues keeping any of these fish its a skill issue and youre personally doing something wrong.