What fish are the easiest to keep? Several easy-to-raise fish recommended

For hobbies or other purposes, many people keep fish at home, and when choosing fish species many people are somewhat blind about it, either picking at random or blindly following others' advice. Choosing the wrong fish species may lead to the fish not surviving, or make care and management very troublesome. Therefore, keeping fish at home must suit your own actual conditions and purposes. Let's take a look below at what fish are the easiest to keep!

Goldfish

Goldfish are also called the national treasure fish. Goldfish are traditionally called "feng shui fish"; they can not only make up for certain defects in home feng shui, but also fill the home with vitality and bring infinite life force. There are roughly three colors, silver, red and black. Feng shui holds that silver and red goldfish can bring wealth, while black goldfish can dissolve negative energy, but it is not advisable to keep only black goldfish indoors, because keeping only black goldfish easily draws negative energy into the home.

Guppy

The guppy is a very beautiful tropical ornamental fish, with brilliantly colorful body colors and a graceful, natural body shape, deeply loved by people. It is distributed in the lower reaches of rivers in some tropical regions, and its wild habitats are diverse, mainly inhabiting freshwater basins and lakes and marshes. It has strong reproductive capacity and can tolerate polluted waters, earning it the laudatory name "million fish". It is gentle in temperament and can be kept together with mild small and medium-sized tropical fish. It is usually lively and active, but the guppy has a relatively short lifespan. It is basically divided into several basic strains: tuxedo, mosaic, grass tail, swordtail, metallic and snake king. All are omnivorous small fish species, with very strong adaptability to the environment. Today it can be seen almost everywhere around the world.

Angelfish

Angelfish, also known as the angelfish or angel fish, has a diamond-shaped body that is extremely laterally compressed, with a straight rear edge of the caudal fin, and the dorsal and anal fin rays extending backward, symmetrical top and bottom, like an open sail. The pelvic fins are very long and filamentous. Seen from the side it resembles a swallow flying in the air, hence it is also called the swallow fish. It is distributed in the eastern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, east to Australia, north to Japan, as well as the South China Sea, Taiwan Strait and other sea areas of China. It is a warm-water pelagic and midwater fish, mostly living under floating objects on the sea surface. The angelfish is very gentle in temperament and has no special requirements for water quality. In weakly acidic water it can be kept together with the vast majority of fish. The only thing to note is the tiger barb of the carp family; these mischievous and lively little fish often like to nibble the anal fin and caudal fin of angelfish. Although it is not a fatal attack, in order to maintain the beautiful appearance of angelfish, it is best to avoid keeping angelfish together with them.

Swordtail

The red swordtail has a spindle-shaped body. The original species in nature has a light blue-green body color. The male fish has a needle-like fin ray extending from the lower edge of the caudal fin, commonly known as the sword tail, while the female fish has no sword tail. The swordtail is an indispensable variety in aquariums. Through artificial breeding its body color has become more varied, including red, white, blue, etc. Representative fish include the red sword, green sword, white sword, black-finned red sword, black-finned white sword and mandarin duck sword. It has a strong body and is easy to keep; it can adapt to either weakly acidic or weakly alkaline water. It has relatively strong cold resistance and grows well at a water temperature of 20 degrees. The suitable water temperature for keeping it is 24-26 degrees. When startled it likes to jump and has very strong jumping ability. For safety, it is best to add a cover plate on top of the aquarium.

Gourami

The gourami has an oval, laterally compressed body, a medium-sized head, and large eyes located in the center of the sides of the head. The chest and abdomen to the end of the caudal peduncle form a long arc. The pelvic fins are thoracic in position and have degenerated into filaments reaching the tail, serving as tactile organs. The adult fish is about 10-15 cm in body length. Its whole body is blue-gray, with a light yellow belly. Under weak light its body emits a gorgeous violet color. There are 3 black spots on the sides of its body. The dorsal fin, anal fin and caudal fin are gray, and each fin has white pearl-like spots. The dorsal fin is short and tall, slightly yellow, and when spread out flutters like a small flag. The anal fin is very long, extending from the chest all the way back to the base of the caudal fin, light yellow, with a bright orange-red wide edge, and when swimming it looks just like a soft skirt fluttering in the wind. It is suitable for living at a water temperature of 22-27°C and has low requirements for water quality. When there is insufficient oxygen in the water, it can directly surface to breathe.

Oscar

The oscar's black oval body is covered with irregular red and orange-yellow markings, just like a map, hence its name. And because there is a black spot surrounded by gold at the end of its tail, shining like a star, it is also called the "star cichlid", and some also call it the "flower pig fish", because of their greedy eating and their usual "lazy, food-loving" lifestyle habits.

Koi

In feng shui, koi are also called "wealth-and-fortune-bringing fish" and have been regarded as auspicious creatures since ancient times. As a feng shui fish they have long been widely known. The red-and-white koi is named for its red markings on a white background, and it is the longest-lived variety among koi, so it also has the laudatory name "fortune and longevity fish". Keeping koi of different colors and varieties at home carries different meanings. Smooth official career, attracting wealth and fortune, good luck and happiness, and adding wealth and prosperity are all goals that people pursue, so different varieties of koi should be kept according to different choices.

Blood parrot

The parrot, commonly known as the red fortune god or fortune fish, has a whole body bright red, plus a chubby body shape and soft fin rays, representing auspiciousness and celebration. The blood parrot is a kind of yin-yang fish, like the so-called liger or mule, with no ability to reproduce the next generation. Keeping blood parrots in a home aquarium, keeping one, six, eight or nine is a good choice. Keeping one blood parrot can bring wealth; keeping six blood parrots means six white metal generates water, which is favorable for wealth luck; keeping eight fish means eight white earth controls water, but eight white is the Left Assistant Star, an auspicious star; nine fish means nine purple fire, the Right Assistant Star, an auspicious star, which can bring wealth.

Arowana

The dragon fish, known for spitting pearls, is aggressive and fierce in temperament, which happens to use negative energy to counter negative energy, thus winning every battle and turning danger into safety. Some special industries, such as nightclubs, casinos or industries with large capital flows, keeping dragon fish not only benefits its wealth-attracting effect, but can also counter negative energy. This is because these industries, due to their business locations often having people full of desire and violence coming and going, will form a kind of energy that attracts evil spirits and yin entities. If a tank of dragon fish is placed, it will make evil spirits and yin entities not dare to act recklessly, so it has the effect of warding off evil and suppressing negative energy.

Discus

Generally speaking, the most ideal feng shui fish in a home or an office or shop is probably the discus, because its calm demeanor can give people a leisurely and contented feeling and can play a role in relieving fatigue. The discus's improvement of feng shui is also comprehensive. In terms of wealth and career it has the effect of bringing in wealth and treasure, and it can also enhance marital affection. If you want to use it to improve romantic luck, you can keep a pair of discus fish and place the fish tank in the romance position, so that lovers can ultimately be united.