I hear they get up to three inches and a 10 gallon is pushing it. I think that the biggest fish on this list is 2.5 inches.
Small Tanks have a bad name
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Noto and Inka: Would it be possible to provide links to good sites on the fish you provided? Don't want to pressure you, but multiple sites have conflicting info.
Mosquitofish aren't *so* tiny. I've caught females pushing 3". Maybe some of the numerous Mexican mosquitofish would be OK in a 10 gallon, but not the common Gambusia affinis and G. holbrooki of the US.
Info on most of the fishes I listed can be found at http://www.nanfa.org/ (you may have to dig around a little). There are also links on that board to a few vendors who sell these fishes.
I was talking about the mosquito fish that get up to .75 inches. I really hate common names sometimes. I have to admit to not researching them much, besides a little book knowledge on them-I'll do some more and then clarify on the list.
You mean the ones that California gov't gives out for pest control? It's the same beast. The males are little, and they're probably distributing mostly juveniles in any case. But those females get pretty sizeable.
I think our Schizo friend was refering to least killifish (sometimes called mosquitofish):
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3224
Eric
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3224
Eric
Do you think males of that species would be suitable for a 10 gallon?
Yessss, that's it Jayhawk. Well, I guess it will have to go under the heading of millions of killies.
Yessss, that's it Jayhawk. Well, I guess it will have to go under the heading of millions of killies.
Well I'll be...
I'd never heard those little guys being called 'mosquitofish'. If that is indeed what you meant, than yes, they are suitable for nano tanks. You could lose a school of them in a planted 10 gallon.
I'd never heard those little guys being called 'mosquitofish'. If that is indeed what you meant, than yes, they are suitable for nano tanks. You could lose a school of them in a planted 10 gallon.
I suppose you could keep a bunch of male Gambusia in a 10 gallon, but I'm not sure why you would want to. They just look like guppies, but without the bright colors and peaceful attitude, and you won't see any interesting behavior in a single-sex tank.
FWIW - I'd keep three kuhlies and a male betta in a 10 gallon any day. Kuhlis are not a high bioload fish, several of the different species kept as kuhlies grow 2.5" to 3" max, and I've done it before...it's a nice little set-up. I don't have a tank like this up and running now, but when I did it was heavily planted with 30% weekly water changes and the nitrates stayed at 10 to 15.
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