A New Girl, Pygmy Cories, or All?

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Well, my guppies have died on me, again (water params and temp were perfect). I guess guppies and i just aren't meant to be. So, I have the 10 gallon with 4, (soon to be five) harlequin rasboras. Now, I want either 6 pygmy cories, 1 female betta, or all in there as well. Apparently, I could do any of those without issues stocking wise, but there are pros and cos to all.

Just pygmies pro: they're adorable con: finding them is difficult and probably expensive, and they aren't colorful.
Just a female: Pro: she's colorful Con: she could be agressive, or she could jump, so I'd need to buy a tank hood.
Both: Pro: My tank will be full of adorable and colorful fishies Con: Something bad could easily happen, and I'd need a hood, and getting all of them would be expensive.

Help me decide please?
 
10 gallon tanks are hard to stock proper :(.

have you though about inverts?
http://www.petshrimp.com could get you started.
also there are dwarf cpo crayfish.

uuuuhhhh oh yeah you could get glofish :) go to glofish.com your in a state that allows them they are very colorful :)
 
piggies really aren't that expensive, the LFS may have jacked up prices though.

I wouldn't really do glofish, but that's just a personal preference, the different danio species coming out of myanmar in recent years give lots of different stocking possibilities.

A 10g tank hood really isn't much of an investment, most large LFS have some sort of glass or screen top to fit a 10.
 
don't add a betta with pygmy cories i put a betta in with my pygmeaus and he bit their tails off,.. and he was only in there overnight till i found a place for him,..
 
Carpenter: I can't do inverts, my water is too soft. Personally, I dislike glofish, and besides, they are so active they need a bigger tank to be happiest.

JetaJocky: Huh, I guess so. Pygmies are hard to find at my LFS, and when they are there I personally don't think they're worth it because they never look healthy. I'd have to find someone online.

DixieNut: Hmm, I guess it all depends on the temperment of the bettas. One of mine was a complete little devil and had to be put in a different tank, and the other was a lamb who got along great with the other fishies. Though, you're right, better safe than sorry.
 
what are you looking for in your stocking choices?

colors schools price availability?

if you want to go brackish then there is no problem with starting out with soft water since it hardens out any way.

some fish that spring to mind would be neon and glolight tetras black skirts would be cool too but if you did neon or glowlights you could get some oak leaves and make a black water set up. so ghost shrimp would be good in there too ;)
 
JK_Fish said:
Well, my guppies have died on me, again (water params and temp were perfect). I guess guppies and i just aren't meant to be. So, I have the 10 gallon with 4, (soon to be five) harlequin rasboras. Now, I want either 6 pygmy cories, 1 female betta, or all in there as well. Apparently, I could do any of those without issues stocking wise, but there are pros and cos to all.

Just pygmies pro: they're adorable con: finding them is difficult and probably expensive, and they aren't colorful.
Just a female: Pro: she's colorful Con: she could be agressive, or she could jump, so I'd need to buy a tank hood.
Both: Pro: My tank will be full of adorable and colorful fishies Con: Something bad could easily happen, and I'd need a hood, and getting all of them would be expensive.

Help me decide please?
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You have 5 harlequin rasboras in a 10g. These guys will hit 1.75 - 2" and are deeper bodied than, say tetras. I would not add anymore fish to your tank. I would recommend upgrading to a 24"+ tank and up your Harleys to 8 for a happier school (they like to swim)... then you could look into a nice-sized school of 8-10 pygmaeus/habrosus/hastatus cories.
 
Carpenter: I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking for. I know I want to stick with tropical fresh water tank, and I want some more color that can go with my harlequins.
FishyCat:actually I have four at the moment and they are all fully grown (i was planning on adding one more to the school this weekend). I was told from fish keeping sites online that a ten gallon would be okay, but apparently not.

Well, there is the spare 20 high gallon that I'm cleaning out for a deformed tilapia at the moment (it's at 2 inches and probably won't grow bigger due to an old spinal injury.) . If the little guy doesn't make it, I'll probably get my harlequins in there, and add a school of pygmies and I just might do a small sorority with the 10 gallon.

:P So, for now, I guess I'll just stick with my harlequins in the 10 g, the little girl betta will have to wait and so will the pygmies.
 
How big are your full grown harleys? If they're really full grown and only 1-1.25" then I'd consider adding 6 pygmaeus. Just watch your params & make sure the cories are getting their share of food. I wanted harleys in my 10g but didn't due to what I've read of their adult size (they're very cute in the fish store tanks).

I hate to be such a killjoy, but a 10g sorority is tough due to lack of real estate... Your 20H is better, 20L even more so. For success 5+ females are recommended. 3 MIGHT work but really a gamble. If you can find 3 females that were raised together, you could probably do the 10g.
 
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