Recent content by lastrope

Another two points because someone is either making a bad joke or making a very real commentary about the level of research and thought people put into getting a fish--or before asking Yahoo Answers about why their new fish die.

Plecos tolerate pretty bad conditions. Goldfish vary so much, it isn't really possible to make a valid generalization about them. Bettas too often live short and unhappy lives in bowls too small to swim in. Of the three, probably plecos...and the toughest of tough goldfish.

I hate to pile on, but it was probably the temperature that did it. And goldfish are a poor "test fish" for a tropical tank. I've had good look using danios--tough, cheap, and not unattractive--to cycle tanks. Unless you put in more than two or three, they should have no trouble surviving the...