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Life Spans

The life span of a fish depends greatly on it's size. Small species, with a high metabolic rate, use up the same number of heartbeats faster than larger animals with slower heartbeats. The general rule is the heart is designed to beat only a limited number of times. Larger fish will tend to live longer lives than smaller ones. Smaller common freshwater livebearers live for two to three years, and gouramis three to four years. Larger catfish, calico sharks and some cichlids can live up to eight to ten years.

Compatible fish Angelfish, Pearl Gourami, Kribensis, Red New Guinea Rainbow fish, Clown Loach, Golden Gourami, Three Spot Gourami, Bala Shark, Sucking Loach, Guppy, Red-Tailed Black Shark, Coolie Loach, Rosy Barb, Zebra Danio, Dwarf Gourami, Pearl Gourami, Golden Gourami, Variatus Platy, Platy, Black Mollie, Green Swordtail, Neon Tetra, Glass Catfish, Glowlight Tetra, Leopard Catfish, Bronze Corydoras....

We're not saying buy all these fish and put them in your tank, but a good combination of top, middle and bottom swimmers can be found in this list. Most pet stores are excellent resources in determining which fish are compatible together. This is only one combination of fresh water fish, the list goes on involving many species of fresh water fish.

As you well know with the amount of species available to the aquarium lover, it's hard to set up the perfect environment inside the aquarium. The following is the beginning of a list we will add to frequently in suggesting good species of fish to keep together.