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Trillian, I agree.

I agree with SolubleFish. Visit your lfs and write down what they have in stock that you like. We will quite happly help you out with your list.
You will need a heater for stocking tropical fish.
Have you got your testing kits? ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph kits. You will need these when starting and maintaining your tank.
Welcome to fish forum.

How about
6 cory hasbrosus - the only get about an inch long
1 dwarf gourami - about 3" adult
3 guppies (1 male and 2 females) or 3 cherry barbs or 3-5 endlers livebearers (3/4" long)

I would like any fish that is nice to look at and is fun to watch and easy to keep. Im a beginner and i want some attractive fish. Dwarf gouramis look pretty nice too.

What kind of fish do you like? Also, what are the dimensions of your tank?

I think that tank is overstocked too. Two schools is hard to fit into a 15 gallon. Though angels don't fit in your 15 gallon, and if you want cichilds, you could go with a pair of dwarf cichilds. You could go with a livebearer tank, and then have a fish like a dwarf gourami that will eat the millions of fry you will have.

hey guys, well i do have a filter, but i havent purchased a heater yet. I was in a chat last night and some experienced hobbyists told me that i could have a combo such as: 6 harlequins 6 corys and 1 dwarf gourami. Is this a good combo? And doesnt is seem a little overstocked? also, they told me about cycling fishless. Any more suggestions about the kinds of fish and about cycling? Thanks in advance

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So I take it almost everone here is totally against 1" of fish per gallon?

Just to briefly go OT and discus rules of stocking. Take the 1" per gallon rule and throw it out the window with any UGF plates you might have lying around.
They really just don't work. Take two 20 gallon tanks. One is a long, one is a tall. The long tank is obviously going to have much more surface area than the tall tank. If you were to give each tank the exact same stocking, my guess is that the tall tank would give you much more trouble. Why I hear you ask ...simple, the surface area is where all the exchange occures. This is the reason we add airstones when cycling the tank, or if we're medicating. The increased surface area provided by the airstone helps the fish out.

The 1"/gallon doesn't take into account swimming room, surface area, or temperature of the water. It also doesn't take into account fish like goldfish, oscars, plecos, angelfish and many others that need more gallons per each inch, nor does it take into account swimming room for fish that love to streach their fins.

While 1 adult inch may be a okay place to start, there is much, much more that needs to be taken into account.[/font]

Welcome to fish profiles!

Before we give you lots of suggestions for stocking, I think it would be a good idea to go to your local fish store. Bring a pen and paper and write down names of fish that intrest you. Then, post the names, and we will all try to figure out the best stocking plan for you.

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keeping tropical fish is easy
all you need is keep the temperature constant, and water chemistry constant.
by water chemistry, i mean pH, hardness etc

for your 15G, you can have some schooling tetras
or you can have a livebearer tank, then you have to take care of frys every now and then

in my 15G right now, there are 1 female kribensis and 5 guppies, i will get a male kribensis next week.
it's medium dense planted with wisteria, ambulia, java fern, java moss and amazon sword.
click on my www to see a picture of it