I have to disagree... think of how you would feel if you were, say, 2 years old, and you skin stopped growing, but all of you organs and such did not.Yes of course they would, but they certainly are not being "slowly tortured to death" in your 10 gallon aquarium as some have accused.
Sounds quite painful to me, and would deffinetly decrease your life.
Chsscott,
You could buy a bigger tank, and whenever your apartment gets inspected, lower the water to 10 gallons, I've heard of many people doing this(some people here too) and it works. Whoever is inspecting can't say anything about it, because you're not doing anything wrong.