Subj : Re: What is a good fish? To : All From : Netmax Date : Thu Sep 11 2003 07:45 am "janet osgood" 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 ;~) NetMax --- þ RIMEGate(tm)/RGXPost V1.14 at BBSWORLD * Info@bbsworld.com --- * RIMEGate(tm)V10.2áÿ* RelayNet(tm) NNTP Gateway * MoonDog BBS * RgateImp.MoonDog.BBS at 9/11/03 6:45:49 AM * Origin: MoonDog BBS, Brooklyn,NY, 718 692-2498, 1:278/230 (1:278/230) .