Fishkeeping: How To Choose A Healthy Fish

How do I choose a healthy fish?

Well, the best way to choose a healthy fish is to make sure you're going to a reputable fish-aquarium store to begin with. And then there are some tell-tale signs. You want to look at their eyes, you want to make sure they're not cloudy. You want to look at their fins, you want to make sure their fins are not clamped to their body, but that they're all open and full - think like a flower. You want to make sure those fins don't have any ragged edges to them or any splits or tears. You want to look at the body of the fish and make sure the fish doesn't have any spots on it, any bruises, any bite marks, anything of that nature. And then, which seems really obvious to me, but maybe not to most, is look at how the fish is swimming. If it's swimming like a fish, that's a great sign. If it's sinking like a rock, that's not such a good sign.