• What is a good fish?

    From Janet Osgood@1:229/650.200 to All on Tue Sep 9 22:44:06 2003
    Hello All!

    I would love to find a good fish for children. I would be the one caring for it, and I have only had pet goldfish and kinda killed it. I would love to know
    what a good species would be, and what kind of set up I need for the fish. Thanks. Also would love to know what kind of food I would need to buy.
    Thanks
    Janet Osgood
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  • From Netmax@1:278/230 to All on Thu Sep 11 07:45:00 2003
    "janet osgood" <rmoderator@rime.org> wrote in message news:1901905262.349.998.2076628.1622593230.RIMEGateQWK@MoonDog.BBS...






    Hello All!

    I would love to find a good fish for children. I would be the one
    caring for
    it, and I have only had pet goldfish and kinda killed it. I would love
    to know
    what a good species would be, and what kind of set up I need for the
    fish.
    Thanks. Also would love to know what kind of food I would need to buy. Thanks
    Janet Osgood

    A 2g bowl with a Betta (male Siamese fighting fish), an ADF (African
    dwarf frog), a lilypad (Limnobium laevigatum) and an Apple snail. The
    Betta is a top-feeder, the frog is a bottom feeder, getting what the
    Betta misses. The snail is an omnivore feeding off what the frog doesn't
    and any slime or algae on the glass. When the snail nibbles on the
    lilypad, feed him some bottom-feeder pellets or a bit of zucchini. The
    Betta & ADF can both be picky eaters, but they have the same favourites (Bloodworms) and can be taught to eat others (tubifex worms, brine
    shrimp, Betta flakes, pellets etc).

    This is a kid-pleasing combination, requiring only a 25% water change
    once a week (more often if the bowl is smaller). When the Betta fills
    the lilypad with bubbles, he is nesting. Careful about making any substitutions. Most fish don't do as well in a bowl as Bettas (which
    have a labyrinth organ for breathing air). African clawed frogs eat
    fish. Zebra snails will wander too far out of the bowl.

    ps: this combination (Betta-frog-snail) would not work in nature, but
    almost always works with domesticated creatures in a bowl. Operative
    word is 'almost always' so ymmv. Occasionally the Betta remembers that
    he is a carnivore, and I hear frogs taste like chicken ;~)

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