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I need a HARDY, cheap fish that can live in a 15 gallon aquarium. What breed should I look into?

Nov 04, 2006 by Kagome | Posted in Fish

My mother in law is an older woman who can not care for her tank. She kills every guppy given to her, and she cries over them because she feels she did something wrong... I want to find a hardy fish that can take a harsher environment with higher levels of ammonia. I am the only person who can keep the tank cleaned, but I dont live there and I can get to it maybe once every 2 and a half months. She needs something that wont die off after a month. Any suggestions other than any type of guppy? It is a 15 gallon tank, by the way.

2 and a half months is a long time in between water changes but I guess if it is very understocked then it can be OK. Before getting another fish read about cycling a tank. In a cycled tank there should be no ammonia or nitrite so having a fish that can handle high ammonia wouldn't matter. If she really likes the guppies then stick with them just cycle the tank first otherwise they will keep dying and any fish can die from high ammonia since it's toxic. I wouldn't recommend a goldfish since they need their water changed every week, every 2 weeks tops and even then she would only be able to have 1 in that tank.

Before you decide on a fish that you like, if you don't get more guppies, just do a little research to make sure the tank is suitable for that type of fish.

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