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led_zeppelin
05-13-2005, 9:49 PM
hello everyone, i have just started my 10 gallon tank up and getting it cycled.Right now i currently have 1 pleco and 1 platty in the tank. I would like to add a few more when my tank is done with the cycling process. Here is what i was thinking about. Please give me your sugestions. Thankyou
#1 group (4 large tetras) or
#2 group (1 lyre tail molly, 1 guppy, 1 swordtail) or
#3 group (3 honey dwarf gourami) or
#4 group ( your guy's sugestions)
P.S. please tell me if they sounds overstocked. Thankyou for the help
PurpleSmurf
05-13-2005, 9:57 PM
I'm all in favor of #3 as gourami are one of my favorite fish because of their personalities, coloring, and graceful movements.
rich311k
05-13-2005, 9:58 PM
you need to keep tetras in groups of 6 or more. I would get 2 dwarf guaramis and 6 neons or cardinals
Tetras should be in large groups, but I think 4 is ok. 1 swordtail, 1 guppy? I would recommend them being female. Most of the time males become agressive without a female around and may bother your other fish (in this case, each other). I would go with the dwarf gouramis since they stay small, so a small group would be ok.
rich311k
05-13-2005, 10:03 PM
4 is not ok 6 or more. get the guaramis and maybe neons or tetras.
led_zeppelin
05-13-2005, 10:13 PM
Thanks for all your suggestions guys. You all had positive things to say about the gouramis, so it looks like there the ones. Thanks again
mrakins
05-13-2005, 11:15 PM
Ummm...don't forget the fish that are already in there. What kind of pleco? Look into that--if it's a common pleco, it's going to get way too big for your tank. And platies are sociable and like to hang out in groups (more a loose association than a school). I'd recommend taking back the pleco if it's a common and getting a few more platies. And maybe only one gourami, though my experience has been with pearls not honeys.
Raskolnikov
05-14-2005, 12:10 AM
Considering that these schooling tetras exist in schools comprised of thousands of individuals, a group of four is just as unnatural as a group of six.
Six seems to be an arbitrarily assigned figure for schooling fish that's very popular around these parts lately.
That being said, "the more the merrier" is the case with these fish, but not at the expense of water quality or space requirements.
led_zeppelin
05-14-2005, 10:26 AM
I have looked into and found out that it is a common pleco. Now in about a year to ten months i will have a larger tank. Probably about a 40 gallon at least. Will i have this amount of time before i must worry? I also have a 5 gallon tank running with no fish that i could maybe stick my platty in and buy another so they could have company, Good idea or bad? If this happens could i stick in about 10-12 cardinal neons with the 2 gourami's in my 10 gallon?
mrakins
05-14-2005, 10:38 AM
I've never owned a pleco, so really I can only say what I've read on this site. Search for pleco and read up on them. But, I'm guessing you'll find that the consensus is that the 40g is far too small and you should just take it back ASAP. Get a bristlemouth or a clown pleco, or a couple of otos if you want the algae cleaning. As for the platies, I think the 5g will be too small. If you like the platies, get a male and a couple of females (total--not sure what you already have) for your 10g. Then get some sort of easy-care live plant that provides good cover like java moss, and you'll be able to raise some fish within your tank. Within a couple of months, you'll be close to your stocking limit!
Blinky
05-14-2005, 11:11 AM
The only kind of suckermouth catfish I'd recommend for a 10g would be a couple otos (they prefer to be in groups). Clowns, rubberlips and bristlenoses get too large for a 10g IMO - my BN is getting big (~4") and agressive, I can't imagine keeping him in a small tank and he's not full grown yet.
I think a few (4-6) small tetras like glowlights or neons or a few small rasboras would work well with a centrepiece fish like a dwarf gourami or betta. You might even be able to add a trio of panda corys (they stay small, ~1.5") but then you'd be stocked to the brim :)
led_zeppelin
05-14-2005, 12:06 PM
Ok i have figured out what im gonna do. Being that the pleco will get to big im just gonna take him back to the LFS. As far as the platy goes my friend has been eyeing him for his 15 gallon. Im gonna go to the fish stores( i got 7 local ones,hurray) and find a honey dwarf gourami, 6 neons, 3 panda cory's. Thanks for all your guys help.