Good community fish

This section contains fish that will live happily in a mixed community, are not usually aggressive, and do not require special attention to diet. Most will live happily in fairly soft to medium hard water and within a reasonable pH range, around neutral. Most of these fish are commonly available in aquatic stores. Click on the links for more info on some of the individual fish.

Note that although all of the above fish should be suitable for a community tank, not all of them would be recommended as hardy fish to add to a new tank. My own recommendations for the first fish in the tank would include Danios, Golden barbs, Platy's and Black Neon or Buenos Aries tetras. The hardiness of different species can vary in different parts of the world, depending on the quality of the stock they were bred from, so it may also be useful to check local recommendations.