Okay fishes have become really expensive now a days!
10 years ago there were not this much variety available in aquarium fishes nor their prices were this much to todays date. You can literally buy a house in which you can buy some rare and exotic fishes. But todays talk is not about exotic or rare fish. Today’s talk is about community fish. But the interesting twist is not only I am going to talk about community fish, but also about thinking your pocket! I mean budget friendly affordable fish. From my experience I can tell that getting a community tank is quite expensive. What type of community fish will be affordable for you is a big concern here. When I started to build my first community tank, I didn’t had any research and I started buying community fish which later on was a problem for me as I was not able to buy more fishes or necessary things for aquarium. So I believe, having a proper knowledge and research before building a community tank in very much required.
So the first community fish I will suggest to you, by far my favorite one’s will be Regular Ciclids.
Ciclids as a community fish is my favorite for building your first community tank. Basically Ciclids are colorful fish which has various colors and sometimes aggressive nature. Building a ciclid tank can be very amazing. Like ciclids can be aggressive when their requirement is not given properly!
What are the requirments of ciclid?
Ciclid as a community fish needs a lot of hiding space as they can be aggressive towards each other. If proper hiding space is not provided, one might attack each other.
Ciclid tank must not have live plants as my experience tells me that they can ruin your live plants sometimes. Exceptional case might be seen.
You know another interesting fact about ciclid fish? They have a leader in between them who leads them always. Can you imagine seeing a fish leading all other community fish in your dream tank. Mind refreshing factor isn’t it ? Ciclids are mainly favorite to me for there colors. The whole yellow one and the whole blue ones will definitely look attractive when they are kept together. At least they are my favorite!
Sometimes you can go for jewel ciclids, they have an unique body pattern all over there body.
Okay let’s keep it simple, Think about guppy!
The worldwide known small colorful fishes which will draw your attention! They are a very good option as a community fish. They are really small in size but don’t underestimate them as they are small, they have the cutest color combination drawn inside there tail. Really really pretty to observe. And a plus-point here will be they will require less space, I mean you can keep them inside a small aquarium tank. Although I don’t recommend keeping them in smaller tanks.
Should I give you an idea how to set a guppy tank? At least this is how I think I will set my guppy tank to get the maximum. Take a 40 gallon tank , put inside black sand/ substrate, Try to keep it natural by adding live plants! Let me suggest you some live plants for your guppy tank
1. My favorite Anacharis
2. Java fern at the middle of your landscape beside rocks will enhance the beauty!
3. Water sprite will be a good option as it covers the surface area of the water.
4. You can consider moneywort as an option! I am not saying that these will be everyone’s favorite but if I built a guppy tank , I will definitely consider these plants.
For all the plants to grow properly, you have to add an UV light.
And filtration and others are must for all aquariums as you might know my friend.
So here you go, my two go to options while building a community tank and believe. And I believe they are also affordable as my objective was to suggest you affordable community fish my friend.
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