When you are just starting out in the hobby, I find its important to build some confidence before taking on some of the more challenging species in your home aquarium.
I’ve developed this guide to help you make good choices for beginner fish, so you can feel confident and ready to tackle new challenges later on.
Generally, fish in the Carp/Minnow family are usually quite hardy and can tolerate water parameter fluctuations more easily then other species. Some of our factsheets can be consulted at right, to give you some details of what we consider to be “beginner fish”.
