Favorite small fish and cute fish
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Cory cats, filling the small & cute categories. Especially when you have a group of them, just rooting around in the substrate...adorable.
small - black widow tetras, got 6 of the lil guys and i love em to bits 
cute- my lil bristlenose plec, only 2inches right now but he's growing nicely and when that little mouth gets going on the glass I melt!!
cute- my lil bristlenose plec, only 2inches right now but he's growing nicely and when that little mouth gets going on the glass I melt!!
The smallest fish that I think is cute but is......................X24;1030419; said:
ok is a SH
Channa gachua I love these fish
They are relatively small as SH go 
ok ok 17 cm but its still small and cute in my book
or channa bleheri
Fav smallie...Black phantom tetras, hands down.
Fav cutie...I had a Festae that I found pretty cute.
Fav cutie...I had a Festae that I found pretty cute.
A long time favorite of mine is the common betta, or betta splendens.
I think if there was an almost perfect aquarium fish, a betta comes very close. Best of all, a betta is a pet within reach of almost everyone who can set up a few gal glass jug or other water container. It's difficult in fact to find another animal you can keep for less investment then a single betta.
- You can keep them alone so you don't need to care for a whole shoal
- You don't need a real aquarium setup, larger tank and filter.
- They are fairly undemanding.
- They come in a variety of colors.
- They respond readily to people who feed them.
- They are readily available and inexpensive.
- The drawbacks being that they like higher temps so heating a small tank or bow is tricky
- IF you do want more, that becomes tricky as they have the pecking order among females and the males fighting.
I think if there was an almost perfect aquarium fish, a betta comes very close. Best of all, a betta is a pet within reach of almost everyone who can set up a few gal glass jug or other water container. It's difficult in fact to find another animal you can keep for less investment then a single betta.
- You can keep them alone so you don't need to care for a whole shoal
- You don't need a real aquarium setup, larger tank and filter.
- They are fairly undemanding.
- They come in a variety of colors.
- They respond readily to people who feed them.
- They are readily available and inexpensive.
- The drawbacks being that they like higher temps so heating a small tank or bow is tricky
- IF you do want more, that becomes tricky as they have the pecking order among females and the males fighting.
