View Full Version : Looking for interesting 10 gallon setups
static69static
01-04-2003, 9:12 PM
Well I have setup my 10 gallon twice as planted tank, and once again had to take it down. Over the holiday my heater stuck on and killed everything. Tore it down and cleaned it out. Looking to set it up again and have no clue what I want to do. Wanting to look at others 10 gallon setups to get an idea. Doesn't matter on the setup, I'm open for anything. Even unusual and neat setups. Hopefully I can figure out something and start planning it out. So lets see the 10 gallons!
Thanks,
Justin
pinballqueen
01-04-2003, 9:22 PM
Members Aquarium Specs is a good place to start....a lot of people have their tanks listed there, mine included...
My tank isn't the best example, since my showcase fish is a temporary resident (a gold oranda, moving to 55 gallons by himself in a couple months...). If you're okay with trading fish on a regular basis or have a larger tank to move them to, it'd be a nice setup, though. Plus you don't need a heater for a goldfish tank...less equipment to tear up on you.
I always thought it would be cool to have a 10 gallon with a single electric blue lobster in it....
static69static
01-04-2003, 9:43 PM
Welp, I went through all the member tanks and there were just a few 10 gallons. Most are Q-tanks. So anybody have any tanks they didn't post, or have some neat ideas, please post.
off-ice
01-04-2003, 10:00 PM
10g planted tank (http://www.plantgeek.net/10g_planted.htm)
static69static
01-04-2003, 11:12 PM
nice tank, I actually had a pair of blue rams in the tank. I was trying to breed them, and could never get pass the wiggler stage. I was totally disappointed to find everything dead when I got back from christmas break. I tore the tank down and didn't want to set it up again, but now miss it and looking for some neat ideas. I'm thinking about doing african shell dwellers, or a single puffer. Not sure, thinking about getting cockatoos and breeding them. But haven't decided, I have tried to do some searches on yahoo for 10 gallons and haven't found much except suggestions on what fish to put in it. I'm looking for some setups mostly, to see what neat things speople have done. So hopefully I will find something.
BigBadCatfish
01-04-2003, 11:37 PM
I like 10 g tanks as much as the next rat, but when you have a ten gallon tank you probably want to focus on one type of scene. Like for instancte i have a 10 g setup that depicts the local fish in my area; i have 2 small largemouth bass on top, a small perch, and one small bullhead. All of these fish i caught myself on tiny hook and rod or net. I no all u conservationist weak links are gonna say this is really illegal, but u simply cant do a **** thing to me so- rat over!
HazyWater
01-05-2003, 1:51 AM
Dwarf puffers, bumble bee gobies, a pair of kribs, or killifish.
You could put some local minnows and such in there. The minnows and other baitfish don't suffer from the same size limits imposed on the gamefish. They also don't normally grow to large sizes in a surprisingly short period of time.
You could drop the water level of the 10g and pump water from one side into a waterfall on the opposite side. You'd have a small piece of a stream. A 20L would be better, but a 10 gallon should be fine. You could have some slateish looking stuff in your tank and take advantage of the water spray to grow some moss or a vine above the water.
pinballqueen
01-05-2003, 12:03 PM
Originally posted by BigBadCatfish
I like 10 g tanks as much as the next rat, but when you have a ten gallon tank you probably want to focus on one type of scene. Like for instancte i have a 10 g setup that depicts the local fish in my area; i have 2 small largemouth bass on top, a small perch, and one small bullhead. All of these fish i caught myself on tiny hook and rod or net. I no all u conservationist weak links are gonna say this is really illegal, but u simply cant do a **** thing to me so- rat over!
Not illegal if you've got a fishing license...all of those are game fish. That get REALLY big. What we'll rag you for is having them in such tight quarters...
As far as setups go, Mine (ignoring the fish) is white sand substrate with big hunks of quartz and amethyst as centerpiece decorations. It's a nice look, minimal but rich.... I've got a set of those LED lights shining on the quartz, it makes it look like kryptonite in the tank....
125gJoe
01-05-2003, 12:36 PM
My 10 gallon quarantine tank turned into a guppy/molly tank. The 7 gallon bowfront is saltwater...
Nothing special or unique... Plant on the left is alive. It's an Anubias Nana (I think..). The 7 gallon saltwater is cycling. Want to get some 'live rock' soon for it, and then see if some reef type things will live in there.
http://pic4.picturetrail.com:80/VOL59/715239/1510346/17994767.jpg
http://pic4.picturetrail.com:80/VOL59/715239/1510346/17994779.jpg
http://pic4.picturetrail.com:80/VOL59/715239/1510346/17994730.jpg
static69static
01-05-2003, 6:32 PM
Well I still have no idea what I want to do. Since a student, looking for something with less work to maintain. Just have no idea, might put 1 male betta and 3-4 females in it. I like the puffer idea, and will go looking around the lfs to see if anybody has them.
hissdogg
01-14-2006, 10:31 AM
i got a bass and a catfish
Bitsy
01-14-2006, 10:51 AM
Just a warning to you, DO NOT put a male and a female betta together!!! You will not like the results :shark:
my 10 g is overstocked but they all seem to be happy and things are clean... so it's all good.
Mine's more of a mixed community, have me a frog, shrimp, betta, neons and some redeye tetras. Sand substrate. Lots of nice looking fake plants, although im sure you're opting for the real thing. In this tank, there's always somebody hustling and bustling so its never boring to watch.
jadefoodog
01-14-2006, 5:06 PM
LOVE my 10 g im sure a thouseand of you have had to endur me taling about my "von rio flames" but i love them , personality to spare only get 1.5 inches they school with only 6 and they are relativly hardy
ohhhhhh and they are pretty
and i love corys to . if you liek the look of a pitcus in my opinion a peppered cory looks like a small pictus minus the wiskers
jadefoodog
01-14-2006, 5:07 PM
my 10 g is overstocked but they all seem to be happy and things are clean... so it's all good.
Mine's more of a mixed community, have me a frog, shrimp, betta, neons and some redeye tetras. Sand substrate. Lots of nice looking fake plants, although im sure you're opting for the real thing. In this tank, there's always somebody hustling and bustling so its never boring to watch.
i feel you there my 10 is sligtly overstocked if you go by the 1" per gallon myth
but like you everything is healthy and happy in all of my tanks i really think theres too many variables in aquaria to have a static rule but it makes a good foundation for noobs so i wont completly knock it.
I think Statis was looking for some pictures......here's a few that I have/had....These are thumbnails...click on the pics for a larger view.....
A 10 gallon divided betta setup....(has 4 betta in it)......not a whole lot of thought put into the decor on this one, but doesn't look too bad....I think....
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/morroman/emgfishpics/th_10dividedbetta.jpg (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/morroman/emgfishpics/10dividedbetta.jpg)
A 10 gallon shelldweller tank...(multifasciatus)......
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/morroman/emgfishpics/th_DCP_7555.jpg (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/morroman/emgfishpics/DCP_7555.jpg)
A 10 gallon viverium setup for dart frog......
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/morroman/emgfishpics/th_DCP_7535.jpg (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/morroman/emgfishpics/DCP_7535.jpg) http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/morroman/emgfishpics/th_DCP_7542.jpg (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/morroman/emgfishpics/DCP_7542.jpg)
This is a 15 gallon all fake tank....could be done as a 10......(3-HBpastel guppies, 2-panda cories, 1-black kuhlii loach, 1-blue ram)....
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/morroman/emgfishpics/th_DCP_7452.jpg (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/morroman/emgfishpics/DCP_7452.jpg)
I've got 3 10 gal tanks - mine, my daughter, and at work. All have a few plants - couple of java fern, some horn wort, some anarchis (using 2 cf replacements for the incandescents the tank came with, 2 wpg), my daughter and work both have a single male betta wtih a few platys, 3 peppered corys and a few ghost shrimp, my tank has 5 male fancy guppies, 4 neon tetras, and a queen botia for cleanup and snail duty.
Debisbooked
01-14-2006, 6:47 PM
I'm slowly gathering equipment for a larger tank but for now it's just a ten gallon. I have several of these three plants in there: bacopa monnieri, alternanthera reineckii, lobelia cardinalis, and a nice piece of bogwood. The gravel is the common one sold by Wal-mart. The fish are three black skirt tetra and four zebra danio. I have made a coconut cave but have not added it since there's nothing in there right now that needs a cave. The filter is a Fluval plus 2. I would like to add a bottom dweller who likes caves and algae.
Do I dare add another fish or two? :confused:
jadefoodog
01-14-2006, 7:05 PM
i kinda regret my guppies. yeah they have color but they dont do a whole lot of anything they just float and make babies so i put in some serpae tetras to contol the population so far weve stayed at 4
i have 2 10g tanks and a 5 g tank to mess with i think ima going to clean up the 5g and if i find any noob interested in fish have him/her buy a heater and a filter and walk him thu a cycle then give em the guppies to start em off.
i only recomend guppies to a complete noob
Guppies can work, if you get all males.