Help Me Plan My DREAM 10 Gallon!
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Pretty much anything along the lines of a school of tetras. After your initial set-up get some corys!
German Blue Rams... hmmm... are those easy to care for? I don't have any experience with them.
German Blue Rams... hmmm... are those easy to care for? I don't have any experience with them.
German Blue Rams are not easy to care for due to their sensitivity to water quality. (A ten gallon tank is going to have larger fluctuations in water parameters due to it's small size.) GBRs are also a bit too territorial for a 10 gallon. (It's is really funny to watch them pick "fights" with each other though.)
After keeping some Corys in a ten gallon for a couple months, I find it's a bit on the cramped side for these fish. They are extremely playful and need to be in groups of six plus. It's kind of like locking six a hyperactive four year olds in a small closet. They'll still have fun but you might feel a bit guilty about it.
You could try Corydoras Hasbrosas. These guys stay VERY small, about one inch. Perfect for a tiny ten gallon!
I really like the idea of having a hearty shrimp in your tank like Red Cherry Shrimp. These guys are cheap, colorful and pretty fun to watch. I buy mine from Mgamer's for sale thread. He also has a good bit of easy to care for plants for beginners. He'll even pick them out for you if you aren't "in the know". Make sure to plant heavily. The shrimp will love it and the large quantity of plants will out compete the algae for nutrients. Between keeping plants and shrimp in your tank, you may not even need a bottom feeder. (Just make sure to put your lights on a timer or your will have algae issues.)
Add a couple of small schooling fish and you've got your self an awesome mini community tank. And as an added bonus the cherry shrimp and Corys stand a good chance of breeding in your aquarium. Sounds fun to me!
Hope this helps.
After keeping some Corys in a ten gallon for a couple months, I find it's a bit on the cramped side for these fish. They are extremely playful and need to be in groups of six plus. It's kind of like locking six a hyperactive four year olds in a small closet. They'll still have fun but you might feel a bit guilty about it.
You could try Corydoras Hasbrosas. These guys stay VERY small, about one inch. Perfect for a tiny ten gallon!
I really like the idea of having a hearty shrimp in your tank like Red Cherry Shrimp. These guys are cheap, colorful and pretty fun to watch. I buy mine from Mgamer's for sale thread. He also has a good bit of easy to care for plants for beginners. He'll even pick them out for you if you aren't "in the know". Make sure to plant heavily. The shrimp will love it and the large quantity of plants will out compete the algae for nutrients. Between keeping plants and shrimp in your tank, you may not even need a bottom feeder. (Just make sure to put your lights on a timer or your will have algae issues.)
Add a couple of small schooling fish and you've got your self an awesome mini community tank. And as an added bonus the cherry shrimp and Corys stand a good chance of breeding in your aquarium. Sounds fun to me!
Hope this helps.
Does anyone know about this tank?: http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2752388&ab=fish_fc1d
I hear the lid is a pain and it's a 12 gallon not a ten but it looks like it might work.
What do all of you think about this tank?
I hear the lid is a pain and it's a 12 gallon not a ten but it looks like it might work.
What do all of you think about this tank?
What are some easy to care for plants?
I am especially interested in plants that will carpet the bottom of my tank.
I am especially interested in plants that will carpet the bottom of my tank.
I'll 2nd the suggestion for anubias. They're not grass-like, but *super* hardy, and I think a tank bed covered in anubias with a few rocks rising up out of the vegetation would look amazing! ...like an African mountain at 1/100000th scale. 
The you could do a colony of shrimp living in the "trees" and some tetras schooling in the "sky".
The you could do a colony of shrimp living in the "trees" and some tetras schooling in the "sky".
I actually have that tank (and a system-6 and a system-3). They might be pricier than buying separate components, but I like the all-in-one - very simple, nothing hanging off the back. The only minor problem is there is no good way to transfer media to a new tank to cycle it faster, but if you are only going to have one tank that doesn't matter. You do need to be careful to not scratch the acrilyc, but we haven't had problems with ours.
Jamiya
You could do a school of Chili Rasboras (Boraras brigittae) or Phoenix Rasboras (Boraras merah) with some Red Cherry Shrimp, Venezuelan Pygmy Cories (Corydoras pygmaeus) & maybe a snail. You might be able to do a pair of Clown Killis (Pseudepiplathys annulatus).
