leave your hate comment here :) 👇

I think you touched on some very good points. Just one thing came to my mind you could've added about guppies. That they are livebearing fish so if one is a beginner they should keep it in mind they'll be overrun with fish pretty quickly and if they're not prepared properly or can't keep more fish, it is best to stay away from any livebearing fish. Another great video keep it up. 😊👍

Too funny! You just shut down our local Petco! 🤣 Seriously ~ you reminded me of my first community tank ~ many, many, many years ago. A 20 gallon. One afternoon I bought this little fish ~ sort of greenish, with red on it's sides. Couldn't of been more than an inch and a half long. Looked at me with these big sad eyes ~ I fell in love! She grew very quickly! Ate all her tank mates! Tore the tank to shreds! My income tax return was used to buy her a 50 gallon tank! Had no clue at the time I had bought an Oscar. Never regretted it! Had Tilly for 8 years ~ she was amazing! ❤️

I’m glad you included oscars. I’m always sad to see all the cute baby oscars being sold at our local big box pet shop. They don’t even stock enough tanks large enough to house them. Also, it’s likely that the big box shops sell oscars that are already infected with hole-in-the-head disease.

Agree with guppies. The imported ones can be an issue. When I restarted my fish keeping hobby, I got some guppies from Petsmart and almost immediately I had to treat for fungus disorder I agree they probably were imported from the far east. Out of the 5 that I bought there only one has survived in the 4 months that I have been back in the hobby. 3 of the females gave birth before they passed so I was replenished. The next 3 I bought were from a local fish store that only buys locally. All have survived and I have given them some of the results of my many broods they have given birth to. I don't know how it is in Australia but here in the states I have been more fortunate in getting good quality guppies that don't come from foreign sources. Great video Nick

Man you know you're young when you consider 8 years to be a 'reasonably long time'. Thanks for all your content. Keep doing what you do!

Great job! In my ignorance, I have kept every fish on your list except Oscar’s and I have run into every problem you cited. People will have a lot of success in this hobby if they do some research and watch videos like this one.

Goldfish are very easy to keep, as long as you have a large volume of water to keep them in, do frequent water changes, and feeding them small amounts regularly. DO NOT RELEASE them to in natural ecosystems when you don't want them anymore, as they are highly destructive and invasive. DO NOT put goldfish, or any fish in BOWLS. Bowls are for plants, small invertebrates, and perhaps, as a TEMPORARY EMERGENCY make-shift quarantine tank for NANO FISH ONLY.

I feel alot of beginner fish are so heavily abused aswell. It's always so sad to see

I feel like you're doing a disservice to Cherry barbs when you're using them as an example of an aggressive barb. Why not use tiger barbs or something instead. Cherry barbs are about as harmless as a cardinal tetra.

This was a brilliant video. Very informative and honestly this message needs to be promoted more as would save so many fish lives

Awesome remake Nick! Gotta agree with you on all the 7 fish, especially Neon Tetras. Keep it up man! 👍

That’s a great list! I was surprised by the guppies but I’ve only kept them once and I completely agree with you. Everyone has their own opinions. Don’t let that get you down. Love your videos

Sadly I have to agree. Quality is becoming a very big problem. Breeders taking shortcuts and looking only for the numbers not the general health of their "product". And then we see deformed fish, new diseases, and genetic problems everywhere.

I really appreciate you mate, I hope one day I can own a fish room as good as yours. I have just had my first bristlenose pleco spawn, and have watched your videos to help me learn how to look after them. Keep making these fantastic videos

My dad had a tank when i was young. We made very common trips to the pet story to replace the tetras and guppies… now i know why 😞 we had two angelfish that actually lived for a couple years, which was a major success for us. They were very docile as well, seemed to love on another’s company! But the tetras and guppies, damn… thanks for this vid ♥️♥️♥️

Now you need to do the 7 best beginner fish

Glad you did this list. Very informative for the beginner aquarist. Nicely done.

Good that you included neons and guppies. Indeed sometimes they come to fish stores in terrible condition and even as an experienced fishkeeper I often can't save them.

I agree with most. Cherry Barbs I’ve never had issues with but that’s about the only Barb that plays nice. Great video though. I’ve been keeping fish 32 years and love the channel. I’m big into keeping aquariums as easy and cheap to keep as possible. This really is a great channel to get new ways to do that.

Love your content, brother. Keep up the good work

Soo true about the Goldfish!!!!!! We bought 4 feeder fish from the local pet store for 10 cents each. They now live in the self made pond out back. They had babies…. It was cheaper to dig the pond then buy the tank and everything. Now they are comfy outside all year without maintenance. The pond is 6’ by 4’ and a depth of 5’. Trust they have more than enough room.

I like this video, KeepingFishSimple has given valid justifications for each of his statements, and as thus they deserve consideration. I wish more people were so thoughtful in their arguments.

The Angelfish; my first fish way back in 1976! Hard to choose tankmates for them. Most of these are easy IF you start with a big tank. Neons can be problematic healthwise as you said and barbs need a bigger tank than people give them because they need large numbers and appropriate tankmates. Cherry barbs are an exception, though.

Solid list with good reason, especially a few that beginners think they will have instant success with. Good video

AMAZING VID!!!! Such great tips and advice 😍

I couldn't agree with you more! Every point was spot on! 👍

I like that you took a different point of view with this video. You're not wrong. I once had a group filament barbs in a 125 with large rainbowfish and they absolutely destroyed that tank and harassed some rainbows to death. 🥴

Worst beginner fish: Neon Tetra and Guppies Me with my first 29 gallon tank: has Neon Tetras and Guppies

Great list. You made a good case for each one. Thanks.

I’ve been wondering lately if cherry barbs would make good tank mates for a single kribensis? Great video!

My favorite fresh water fish is Cichids. My opinion is they are a hardy, colorful, aggressive fish and easy to take care of but I will say they always seem to have a tank hierarchy and one fish is always on the bottom.

Wow, you just told me exactly about fishes I have/had and all of that is so true!

I totally disagree about the barbs. Barbs especially cherry barbs are the best first fish. Only a few barb species are fin nippers. Denison and cherry barbs for example are very peaceful and extremely hardy.

Very good video, now I'm interested in hearing your recommendations for a beginner, maybe with neos? ;)

good points on all the fish on your list, I didn't realize the same species aggressiveness of angels but that makes sense.

I've been in the hobby since I was 8 and im 43 now, and totally agree with everything you said. I've made these mistakes in the early days and regret it. But I find it funny. I had neons like 20 years ago and tgey were fine. Then fast forward to 5 years ago when i decided to do neons again after a long period of not having them. The ones i purchased ended up developing neon tetra disease and rather rapidly. It sucks because i like neons but now will never buy them again because i can't trust they will be healthy.

incredible video, i agree with everything you said helps a lot thank you.

Its funny that three fish that are on this list were my first 3 types of fish in my first tank. Just got into the hobby about two years ago & got a tank filled it with a few angels, school of tetras, & some male guppies & everythings been thriving. I had no experience before hand and over the course of two years only lost a couple neons & 1 guppy that was being bullied. Im so glad i didnt see this video when i first got into the hobby because it would of scared me away from those 3 types fish & that tank is my favorite thing in my house. If you research & actually take care of your fish then those 3 types of fish are very easy to take care of.

Just keep doing what you are doing mate. It's easy to get disheartened by stupid people. I really enjoy your channel. Thanks for making all your content 😊

Hey Nick, great list agree with all on there. Just wondering if this is your full time job KZfaq and obviously breeding and selling the fish, I’m an Aussie wanting to do this for a part time or full time job. Thanks keep up the great vids.

Dealing with the neon tetra disease at the moment, truly sucks will probably have to kill all of them off- tried different meds for months but nothing helps and they just kinda occupy one of few tanks, won't get again. Depressive as you said.

8 years 😆 🤣 😂 I got my first tank when I was 10. I'm now 40. however I will say this. you have taught me a couple things. your a top fish keeper

I will never forget walking through a Walmart many, many years ago (back when Walmart had big fish sections with fish). I overheard the worker telling a customer that Oscars were "good for community tanks". I absolutely had to jump in and correct that worker. I used to raise Oscars and piranhas for a fish store that was local to me at that time, so I definitely knew what I was talking about. I ended up helping that customer pick proper fish for their community tank. Can you imagine what would have happened to the fish in their setup if they had added an oscar?! What a nightmare!

Good info and accurate!!

Found your channel looking to maybe breed some bettas watching your other videos , laughed because I started when me and m daughter won a goldfish at the local fair. Started with goldfish than after that died we got neon tetras and after some trial and a great local fish store am pretty confident with fish and have breed ballon mollies and cobalt crawfish. Love your videos thanks.

Thanks for this informative post I used to keep fish and I’m thinking about doing it again but I’m not going thru what I went thru before so many deaths it was ridiculous and discouraging but most of the fish on your list I had

Great points on all the fish! I’m a beginner (done lots of research though). Had guppies. They literally ate the top fin and tail of my Platy (who I had to nurse back to health) and bullied all the fish in my tank. Moved them to unheated unfiltered bins until I could get the t o the pet store. Can’t kill them if you try but they were mean! Also, had checkered barbs (supposedly peaceful). They chased fish around my tank and fin nipped and stressed them out bad. I didn’t have a separate tank for them so had to return them also.

Excellent information 👌

I agree, good beginner fish are Bettas, Rams and Honey Gouramis for a more personable fish if you are only going to keep one fish or a male and female or 2, platys for colourful fish in a group, corydoras for bottom fish and rasboras or tetras for schooling fish. 10 gallon tank - 7 ember tetras, 10 cherry shrimp, 2 nerite snails 20 gallon tank - 3 platys, 12 ember tetras, 5 corydoras, 2 nerite snails, 2 otocinclus 30 gallon - 1 honey gourami, 7 cardinal tetras, 7 corydoras, 4 nerite snails, 1 bristlenose 40 gallon - 1 honey gourami, 7 platys, 9 rummynose teras, 10 corydoras, 6 nerite snails, 4 otocinclus, 1 bristlenose Id stick to something like that for community tanks for people who like mixing fish. I'd go for Endlers instead of Guppys as they are more hardy and smaller so you can get more, same with Platys over Mollies, Mollies get bigger sometimes much bigger, can be a little more aggressive. Although both can be prone to tuberculosis type disease, Mollies I feel get it more possibly due to prefering a decent amount of salt in the water or harder water. People also say don't keep less than 6 otocinclus as they shoal but I think you need a big tank 40+ gallons and need to produce a good amount of algae to sustain them. Although they are small if you put 6 in a 20 gallon they will clear it of algae in a few days and then will suck the slime coats of bigger or slower moving or sleeping fish unless fed vegetables. As they dont ever eat store bought fish food even algae wafers, they only eat algae and vegetables. 1 Otocinclus will live a long time in a tank with a small amount of algae, like if you have to wipe your glass once a week, 1 oto will mean you don't need to do that as it will eat it all. 6 Otocinclus will die in the same tank because they will eat all the algae in like a day and they will not eat any fish food so will starve and die in a week or 2, they need to really be eating algae all day every day, so the less the better for a small tank.

Thank you for Ur opinion. Never realised about neon tetra or guppy issues. Will b extra careful. Agree 100% about GFs, dey need either a bathtub or pond sized space.

Well I was planning on keeping neons but I'm glad I know about this so thanks

Years does not equal to knowledge folks! Someone being specific about seeking out new knowledge might know more in a year than people who just occasionally read up on new things in 10 years.

I have a community tank with barbs its 125 gallons and it's pretty much only Barb species with yo-yo loaches. there's eight different species of barbs in the tank

Great video. I really got a very bad luck with Neon Tetra and Otocinclus. But foing great with an import guppies

Literally all of my fishes lol

Great content！Keep it up！

I have had so many issues with guppies, I had them at school and they kept dying. The poor kids were distraught when they died.

I bought about 8 guppies a couple years back and I’ve slowly weeded them out (I don’t cull by killing I give them to my LPS) and now I have extremely hardy gorgeous fish. It just takes patience and determination 😀

my cherry barbs have been super nice!! They do chase eachother (never really notice them nipping tho) but hardly if at all do they chase my other fish, Pleco, guppys, glow tetras

Actually, I agree with you with most of the list, pretty good points and facts. Keep it up :) Greetings from Puerto Rico 😁

Agree on the Neon Tetra call, Day 1 I had a white growth.. I wish id known it was uncurable, I spent my first 2 months of fishkeeping trying to troubleshoot the condition (I tried everything).. very depressing.. but the upside is it was a real learning experience for future medical issues.

Made some of these mistakes when I first got fish. Pet store just wanted to make sales. Ended up with 2 oscars which got way to big to fast. 2 angels that got aggressive but that was no issue moved them to thier own tank. My guppies and tetra have done amazing tho never had any issues since buying them

I 100% agree with you on the guppies. mine always have internal parasites and they never look healthy.

I have a very similar thing going on with my Cardinals now as you've mentioned about Neons. Can it also be that the current state of Cardinals is the same as Neons.

I agree with your list. Guppies are not as easy to keep as we are led to believe. Also, I was told that two baby female Angel fish should be fine in a community tank. They were until recently. Now that they are mature one has claimed its territory and bullies the other one. Fortunately the aquarium shop is going to take the “bully” back.

Honestly, after working for the devil (Petsmart) I can attest to most of these. People would come in, buy loads of all these fish. And either come back asking for money back or sometimes bring back big 'ol oscars that they couldn't take care of. Another I would add to the list would be Bala sharks...people don't understand how big they can get.

Plecos - You’re right about the particular species you mention. However, I do think that if people do their proper research, get their stock from trusted places, plecos can work. I personally have a pair in my betta sorority - an intermediate tanks. Neons - I didn’t know about the disease. Thanks! Guppies - You do have a legit. point. about getting bad stock. Oscars - I absolutely agree these are not beginner fish. You absolutely have to know what you’re doing. Research. Angels - I think this applies to most or, I dare say all chiclids. Goldfish - I agree with this. Huge waste producers. Most people also might now know they’re a cold - water fish, if I recall. Barbs - Oh good lord, yes. We had a cherry barb in with a group of embers and didn’t know it. He even bullied my pygmy corydoras. We got him some girls, put him in a different tank, and it was a good thing. He lived out the rest of his days in comfort. I think a lot of what you talk about in this video comes down to a few things… choosing a good, reputable fish source where you can trust the stock, researching on the part of the fish keeper to know what sort of tank they need, parameters (shop for the fish you want, not get the tank and choose the fish) and just plain, old fashioned common sense.

My dad still continues to add fish from this list to his tanks even though he's had a tank going for over 30 years. We had guppies that I had bred in with mollies and platys. And they were doing fine with the betta in our 40 gallon community tank. No problems at all then dad put in 4 tiger Barbs and a pair of tricolor angels. Ended up killing ALL of my guppies. Then he added a red cap oranda, a red and white oranda, and a black moore. The bards and angels kept each other in line but the goldfish nearly killed all the live plants. We ended up having to move the betta to his own tank because the others were destroying his fins.

I had 3 oskars when i was young. They were a very fun pets, they were jupming up for the food, and very beautiful. We kept them for a couple of years and then they startet to be too big for our aquarium and we gave them away to people with bigger one) I dont regret anything, they were the best fish we had :)

My betta Pallifinas keep the copparbarbs in check. Actually a good combination if you have wild bettas (big ones). But yeah I agree with everything on the list. There are so many nice beginner fishes that are overlooked cause guppys and goldfishes have a myth about them.

im new to taking care of fishes i just got like albino bichir and red tailed catfish (btw they are great tankmates for eachother) but since i saw the big pleco i was kinda suprised because i just have the albino but i don't think it will be that big but its fine

I agree actually as a kid I had a gold fish and we had him for like a year before he was so big we just had to rehome it. Not realizing they got so big and apparently we were lucky alot of people I know their gold fish don't even live a year. Which is so sad to me.

We had guppies and Tetras in the tank together with a couple more. The only ones that we kept having a problem with is the ghost shrimp 😩😩 I loved them but gosh they always died. 😭

Very helpful to know

I have had all of these fish as beginner fish ,lol ! oscares are my favorite they are so smart and they know who feeds them,refused to eat for my nieghbour for a week end away, they had a few favorite foods !

over the course of the last year i have bought about 10 guppies, every time in groups of two or three. I only have 2 surviving guppes right now and a dalmatio molly that's been quite tame with them. Discouraaaged me a lot whhenevr they would die because I felt like maybe I didn't acclimate them properly, maybe the pH levels were too acidic, etc. Guppies definitely are difficult fish at first, but once you get past the scary first few weeks, they're so easy to take care of! If people get guppies, definitely be preepared for heartbreak :')

Agree about goldfish for sure!! They are perfect in a good sized pond though ;)

I am a beginner fish owner with 3 Glofish Tetras, 1 blackmoor goldfish, 1 Oranda goldfish, 2 cory catfish and an apple snail. An issue I often see in beginner fish owners is research. A lot of times, people do not research and prepare for the fish or aquatic creatures they are looking to buy. This often leads to, in community tanks, fish incompatibility and diseases. This is my first official community tank, which is 10 gallons currently. I understand that I will have to size up to a 29 gallon as the fish grow, because they are currently small and no more than two inches in size. I see a lot of people buying too small of tanks for their community fish. People need to do their research on compatibility, diets, and tank sizes before getting the fish. Seriously.

100% agree with oscars I had one for a few months and had to trade it into my local fish shop with how rapidly it was growing

I had a gold fish as a kid and it did not play well with others. However it had a lot of character. Also Orandas make great pets, although they do need quite a large tank. They are very social with humans which is surprising for a fish.

Surprise additions "Angel" Fish and "Guppies". I got 4 small angel fish and they get very along well. happy to see them grow for 3 years and they are huge now. The reason you said for Guppies are acceptable. They survive only for an year. Good reason to add Gold fish. Maintenance also high for gold fish. They easily die if not provided the good clean water and filter.

Just bought 4 neon tetras and all of them have curvy spines!! So yeah!

What you said is true in case of angel fish. I bought two of them and one ended up chasing and bullying the less dominant one

I'd say Plecos are easy to keep... they are extremely hardy, as long as the tank is big enough... and of course, there is a misconception that they are a clean-up fish, while many of them don't eat algea and they are generally poop-machines. The big problem is that many put them in small tanks. In fact, many fish that are considered as hard to keep for new beginners is because they require a big tank, not that they require any advanced care.

KeepingFishSimple: makes a video about the 7 worst fish to have as a beginner in fish keeping. The red tail, shovel nose, ripsaw, sun and mekong catfish : Are you serious right now?

My first fish was a Oscar. I had it in a 20 gallon tank for years. It never grew past 5 inch. I gave it plenty of food and did water changed 2-3 times a week. It just didn’t wanna grow bigger than it needed to be in that tank.

good info

You gotta mention that cherry barbs aren't like other barbs in this respect. Great video though, love your stuff!

May I know what is the fish filmed together in the barb clip?

i started this hobby over 1 year ago , i started with a 100g and now i have 50g+100g+190g . and i can indeed agree with the plecos+oscars+angels, as a new fish guy i always heard ot get a pleco and so on.. even tough i wasnt really planning on getting one, my dad got me one and i got another one from a friend so i didnt directly buy them and now 1 year later they really only anoy most of my fish like my tire track eels mostly ( going in his cave and blocking the exists etc ) , and the poop ALOT , i swear when i moved one once they were more poop then pleco ! and at that time he was 8 inches, oscars oscars oscars ... they are lovely and super fun i love hand feeding them but as they grow they become more and more crazy when i feed them and i started to get a bit more of afriad of them biting me, then angelfish i do love but sadly i got 2x of them not knowing anything about angelfish and it turned out they became a pair and laid eggs :)))) even in a 190g that wasnt enough place they constantly harraseed eveyr other fish in the tank.. so i had to get rid of them

Your list was spot on but you forgot gouramis. I know so many people who have bought one and had it murder the whole tank.

I got guppies as my first fish a few months ago and they are doing fine

I've been in the fish keeping hobby for 15 to 20 years an I haven't had the problem that your taking about what most of the fish but one

barbs destroyed one of my shrimps so i moved them in different tank and they do quite well with black molly

I got pretty lucky with guppies kept them alive and happy for years as my first ever fish. Then I bought 10 neon tetras and they all died within a week I was gutted but determined to keep trying new species

Great video .. must success in your next breeding project

Sadly my plecos died after a few months, even though they were really healthy and were eating great! But suddenly slowly they get attacked by their friends so they died. (same thing happened to my oscars a few years ago.)

I loved having oscars as my first fish. I had 3 in a 55 gallon before I had to sell them to someone else with a bigger tank.

I had bought 8 angel fish from same tank. They killed each other off like they were in a WWE Royal Rumble. It was depressing.