I want to start an Aquarium...

I used to have an aquarium, it was so relaxing just sitting there watching the colourful fish swimming around ^_^.

I had an attempt at breeding Siamese fighter fish, ended up in a massive bloodbath. Had better success with Guppies and Neons, they're very very easy to breed.

I'd recommend getting:

Guppies - very placid, easy to keep and very easy to breed.
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Neon Tetra's - very placid, easy to keep.
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Plecostomus - very good for algae.
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Red Tailed Black Shark - Only get one! They do fight sometimes.
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Mollies - very placid and easy to breed, they come in all kinds of colours.
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Siamese Fighting Fish - Never get more than 1 male(see pic), Males will fight to do the death! They're also prone to being attacked by other larger fish such as Convicts and Red Tailed Black Sharks.
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Never, ever, ever get a crab if you have pipes coming out of the tank, they will escape. Every fucking morning I had to go hunting for my fresh water crab as it climbed up the pipe for my bubbler.
 
Tropical freshwater fish, since I'm a beginner and saltwater seems a little intimidating, as well as more maintainence. I was thinking about a 20 gallon TopFin starter kit, it includes an inadequate filter, but a 100w heater, a fluorescent hood, and some other goodies...

They're charging 80 bucks at PetSmart for the kit. I have been shopping around and it seems like this is the best deal for 20 gallon tanks, because piecing together everything seperately seems like it'll end up being more expensive...I could set up a 10 gallon for way cheaper, but I think I'd just want to upgrade to a larger tank as soon as I set it up.

Anyway, I know a lot of you have aquariums...Help me out a little...It seems like all I would need to add is an airstone and pump, gravel, plants and fish...And probably upgrade to a better filter eventually. So I have a budget of around 140ish, what do ya'll suggest I do?
Hooly shit go find an aquarium club, we grow weed here! Wtf!
 
My most recent aqua scape...although this pic was pre-pandemic...lol.

ive sorta let the tank go a little since this was taken, so let’s remember what she USED to look like...lol.

although Nibbler (my clownfish) is doin just fine.

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