What Kind of Fish Can Live In a Fish Bowl?
What kind of beautiful and colorful fish can live in a fish bowl? I want to get a fish bowl for my little cousin. I want the fish to be easy to take care of and I want it to be colorful. Can guppies live in fish bowls? No goldfish please.
Can I put 2 guppies in a fish bowl?
Get a betta. (A single one.) These are the easiest fish in the world to care for, they don't require a filter as long as the water is changed every week at least; and they only need fed a tiny amount once or twice a day. And there's that many colours and varieties of the betta fish, as well, anything from your normal veiltail pet shop variety (in many types of colours) to double-tail and half moon (tail spread being 180 degrees or more) in more specialised colours, which you can buy on places like www.aquabid.com . Our local petshops are starting to carry crown tail as well, but I don't know whether they would in your area or not. You can choose colourful rocks and that, too, best bet is to let your cousin go to the pet shop with you and pick out the rocks (you can use marbles, even, if you want, there's glass aquarium beads they sell at some pet shops as well); and an artificial plant or two for the bowl (artificial plants are much easier to care for than a live plant, especially for a child.)
Bettas are hardy, colourful fish, with long, flowing fins, that are probably the easiest fish to care for. The ideal pet for a child; or any age, for that matter. Great stuffs!
June 20th, 2006 at 2:37 pm
fish can live in a fish bowl
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June 20th, 2006 at 2:37 pm
any do you mean without air but any fish can live in a fish bowl as long as it has room to swim
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June 20th, 2006 at 2:37 pm
goldfish
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June 20th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
Beta fish, I think. Goldfish too
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June 20th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
betta fish.. they live in anything!
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June 20th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
Why not a goldfish? My daughter has a small and very beautiful celestial eye goldfish. It is sooo easy to take care of. Feed it once a day, and clean the bowl as needed. Easy, colorful, and fun. Celestial eye goldfish go for about 5 dollars. They also have 2 tails, and it's entertaining to watch them glide around.
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June 20th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
A betta might be a good bet. Most fish need a constant supply of oxygen, through an aeration device, which a fishbowl won't be able to provide. Bettas are relatively easy to take care of and are beautiful fish.
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June 20th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
I have no idea.All the fish Ive ever had in a fish bowl died!!!
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June 20th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
Try bettas. Bettas are aggresive toward other males so you can only get one but are easy to care for. They don't need much space and great for first timers.
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June 20th, 2006 at 2:40 pm
Koi fish.
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June 20th, 2006 at 2:40 pm
betta can live in fishbowl and are very easy to take care of
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June 20th, 2006 at 2:40 pm
Beta fish
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June 20th, 2006 at 2:40 pm
any fish as long as its only one or two so they have room to move
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June 20th, 2006 at 2:40 pm
Betta
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http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/anabantids2/p/betta.htm
June 20th, 2006 at 2:41 pm
a beta is always a good choice, they breath from the surface so they will do well in a bowl with no aeration and they are very colorful and hearty
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June 20th, 2006 at 2:41 pm
not guppies,
the only one other than GOLDFISH is the BETTA, becuase they breath the air from the surface. They need proper Betta food (they cannot live by eating plants as some people seem to think) but need to be kept alone
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June 20th, 2006 at 2:42 pm
If you want only one fish, Betas are the easiest and funnest. If you want a few, your looking at goldfish, there are a few others, but they are pretty high maintance. Betas can only live alone. They kill each other. Careful!!
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experienced fish bowl owner
June 20th, 2006 at 2:43 pm
Good Fish for Fish Bowls. One Male Betta or one Female Betta, a few Ghost Shrimp, and a Black Mystery Snail are appropriate for a large fish bowl. Another good combination for a fish is three White Clouds, a few Ghost Shrimp, and a Mystery Snail.
Live Aponogeton Plants, Java Ferns, and an Umbrella Fern add natural beauty. A Dwarf African Frog can live in a fish bowl but will need to eat live Black Worms twice a week.
Please go to the following source link for great information on bowls and maintaining.
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http://www.aquariumfish.net/information/fish_bowls.htm
June 20th, 2006 at 2:43 pm
Goldfish,guppies of different sorts,beta's,but betas must live alone. Fresh water fish could live only for a very short while in a bowl, You should always add a little fresh water everyday for oxygen for any fish in a bowl. Goldfish and guppies are the main ones that adapt to a bowl without a filter and airpump supply.
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June 20th, 2006 at 2:44 pm
Try a Blue Gourami They're very pretty and can live in bowls. Mine did for five years before moving into a real tank. There are also other colors. Keep them alone or the larger one will beat the smaller one.
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June 20th, 2006 at 2:47 pm
Get a betta. (A single one.) These are the easiest fish in the world to care for, they don't require a filter as long as the water is changed every week at least; and they only need fed a tiny amount once or twice a day. And there's that many colours and varieties of the betta fish, as well, anything from your normal veiltail pet shop variety (in many types of colours) to double-tail and half moon (tail spread being 180 degrees or more) in more specialised colours, which you can buy on places like http://www.aquabid.com . Our local petshops are starting to carry crown tail as well, but I don't know whether they would in your area or not. You can choose colourful rocks and that, too, best bet is to let your cousin go to the pet shop with you and pick out the rocks (you can use marbles, even, if you want, there's glass aquarium beads they sell at some pet shops as well); and an artificial plant or two for the bowl (artificial plants are much easier to care for than a live plant, especially for a child.)
Bettas are hardy, colourful fish, with long, flowing fins, that are probably the easiest fish to care for. The ideal pet for a child; or any age, for that matter. Great stuffs!
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I bred a few broods of bettas when I was younger.
June 20th, 2006 at 2:50 pm
a beta would be good
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June 20th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
There is no fish that can live in a fishbowl, regardless of what other answers say. Fishbowls are usually less than a gallon, and it becomes near impossible to control water temperature or quality. Inevitably, the fish meet an early end, which I can imagine would be hard for your little cousin to handle.
What I would do is go pick up a ten-gallon starter kit (just about every petstore has this, Wal-Mart does to) and give it to your little cousin. Help them get it set up, and both of you can do research about cycling and the housing requirements of fish. When the tank is ready, you can both go to the petstore and pick out some fish.
For easy to care for beginner fish, I'd go for some zebra danios, guppies, mollies, or platys. A ten gallon tank should only have 5-6 fish maximum in it, so mix and match as you like.
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June 20th, 2006 at 3:08 pm
fighting fish would be great…easy to take care…doesn't need an oxygen maker thingy…eat mosquito lava n other tiny things…but still can give the small fish pellet…. many varieties of colors….can live quite a long time in a dirty bowl…n….its a good, beautiful,easy n simple fish to take care..
(fighting fish also called beta fish)
P.S…just one can be put in a bowl or else they will fight till the end
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June 20th, 2006 at 3:36 pm
Bettas for sure and I also think Goldfish
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June 20th, 2006 at 4:07 pm
ok ummmm you should get a chinies fighting fish or i would get a guppie but they don't live very long trust me because i got a guppie and that day well the next day i woke up and it was not in the fish bowl and i found it on the side of the table well not on the side like on the table the other side of the table they jump like out and plus they die really quick.well good luck
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June 20th, 2006 at 4:11 pm
unless you have a filter and heaters you cannot put guppies in a fish bowl. guppies are warm water fishes and may die. also guppies like a bit of aquarium salt in their tanks. a betta is always a good option if you do not want to go with goldfishes. but there are many varieties of goldfishes, not just the boring comet ones. there are fancy ones and all kinds of assorted goldfishes. all can go in an unfiltered, unheated bowl, and some are really beautiful. and no fishes are really easy to take care of. all need regular at least daily feedings and regular water changes and alot of attention. you may also be able to get a nice little snail, but don't get an asexual one, get a mystery snail or something that won't have a ton of babies. really the only options i can think of are minnows, bettas, and goldfishes. maybe your local pet store will know better, but they might just want to make a sale. well good luck and i hope your little cousin enjoys his fish bowl.
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June 20th, 2006 at 4:17 pm
NO GUPPIES UNLESSM YOU HAVE A HEATER THEY NEED WATER TEMPS TO 80 DEGREES
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June 20th, 2006 at 4:30 pm
The only fish that can live in a bowl without a filter and an air bubbler are goldfish (I know you don't want them) or betta fish. These fish are surface breathers, while most other fish take their oxygen directly from the water. If there's not enough oxygen in the water for them, they'll die, and usually bowls and tanks can't produce enough oxygen on their own without the help of an air bubbler. But since the goldfish and bettas take their oxygen from the surface, they're fine.
There are many different colors of betta fish, but the drawback is that you can only have one at a time. More than one betta in a bowl together (even a big bowl) will kill eachother.
Goldfish are nice because you can have more than one but they can be pretty dirty. They do come in more colors than most people think, though. They can be orange, gold, black, white, and brown, too. They also come in many different varieties that all look very different from eachother, not just the traditional carnival goldfish.
You also want to make sure that you don't overload your bowl if you go with goldfish. The general rule of thumb is one inch of fish per gallon of water.
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I used to work at a pet store and I learned alot about fish while I was there.
June 20th, 2006 at 4:31 pm
I like how you said no goldfish, since they don't belong in a bowl. Guppies don't really either though, they are somewhat sensitive to water params and should really be in a cycled tank. If the bowl holds more then a cup, hopefully its around a gallon then a Betta would be perfect. They come in all different colors and have different type tails. I wouldn't put them in something less then half a gallon though. I actually keep mine in a 5 gallon tank. You should be able to find a cheap tank that comes with a light so your cousin can see the fish better and have room for a little filter so the water would have to be changed even less.
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June 20th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
betta but not goldfish goldfish need big actualy huge tanks that are aerated and goldfush would make any tank that has no filter dirty and fast now betta fish are very beautiful fish they only eat betta made flakes and frozen food and can't live together but are good with other types of fish
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http://www.bettatalk.com/basic_care.htm
June 20th, 2006 at 6:34 pm
The basic issue with guppies is they get their air from the water. You would need an air pump at the minimum. A Betta is really the only fish that fits your requirements, and is one of the hardiest fish you can get. That said keeping any fish is a lot of work. Most children under the age of 10 will not be able to keep any fish alive for a more than a month.
A healthy betta needs needs weekly water changes if living in a bowl. Once a month you need to do a full water change and rinse the gravel, and bowl with hot water. (I wouldn't use soap as it's deadly to fish even in tiny amounts.)
Read bettatalk for details on caring for a betta. (Note that despite what she says store bought bettas eat flakes and pellets just fine. Her's are just spoiled.)
At minimum a betta needs the following:
1)A bowl at least 2.5 gallons in size.
2)A bottle of dechlorinator for water.
3)A flake, or pellet food formulated for bettas. (It list worms, shrimp, or fish as it's primary ingredient.)
4)Gravel or marbles for the bottom of the tank.
5)A bottle of dechlorinator for water.
6)A flake, or pellet food formulated for bettas. (It lists worms, shrimp, or fish as it's primary ingredient.)
Don't use the food that come with the tank. It's intended for community tanks with fish
And ideal setup would involve a tank like the eclipse guys make. With a tank like that you only need
1)One 2.5 to 5 gallon tank with built in filter
2)One 25 watt heater
3)One thermometer.
4)Gravel or marbles for the bottom of the tank.
5)A cheap plastic gravel vacuum.
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http://www.bettatalk.com/betta_care.htm
http://www.bettatalk.com/housing.htm
Example of an eclipse tanks (I've seen them at petsmart so no need to order online unless you want to.)
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=3848&cm_mmc=LiveAquaria_DFS_Links-_-Fish_Supplies-_-LiveAquaria_Gen_Page-_-Aquariums_Furniture&ref=3969&subref=AA&N=2004+62760
June 21st, 2006 at 3:58 am
yuo you can put two guppys make sure you put real plants in there for oxygen or you could put a betta your choice…..
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