what fishes would be good for a 10 gal? i would like to keep it understocked so i won't have to do so much maintenance.
fish for a 10 gal
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a few platies, swordtails, or mollies are nice easy to keep fish. you could try a few ottos or cories also.
My first tank was a 10g and I had:
2 platies
2 guppies
a few neons
then being newbies we made the mistake of adding a tiger barb who tortured our guppies
Start slow though...platies and swords come in so many colors you will surely find a combo you like.
Good Luck!
My first tank was a 10g and I had:
2 platies
2 guppies
a few neons
then being newbies we made the mistake of adding a tiger barb who tortured our guppies
Start slow though...platies and swords come in so many colors you will surely find a combo you like.
Good Luck!
10 - gallon fun
I have been thinking about the same thing recently. I just set up a 10 gallon tank about a month ago.
here's what I'm planning on doing:
1. Heavliy planting it (cos it's so dang cool that way)
2. Adding these fish: neon tetra's, a pair of blue rams (friggin cool little guys), and some otto's.
if you have a pair of blue rams, and you give them some time, you might even have the pleasure of watching them breed and raise some babies (which you can give to your LFS when they're big enough, my LFS is always in short supply of rams)
IMHO it's much more asthetically pleasing to keep fish in a small tank that are relatively small themselves. It just keeps the proportions right. For example, a swordtail gets pretty long (~4.5") and that might look a little cramped in the 10 gallon tank, but a platy is not quite that big (~2.5") so it looks a little nicer, and more appropriate for the tank. Blue Rams are ~3" max... neons ~1.5". All three are from south america (I think) and require similar water conditions. Blue rams might be sensative to the water conditions though...
-Josh
I have been thinking about the same thing recently. I just set up a 10 gallon tank about a month ago.
here's what I'm planning on doing:
1. Heavliy planting it (cos it's so dang cool that way)
2. Adding these fish: neon tetra's, a pair of blue rams (friggin cool little guys), and some otto's.
if you have a pair of blue rams, and you give them some time, you might even have the pleasure of watching them breed and raise some babies (which you can give to your LFS when they're big enough, my LFS is always in short supply of rams)
IMHO it's much more asthetically pleasing to keep fish in a small tank that are relatively small themselves. It just keeps the proportions right. For example, a swordtail gets pretty long (~4.5") and that might look a little cramped in the 10 gallon tank, but a platy is not quite that big (~2.5") so it looks a little nicer, and more appropriate for the tank. Blue Rams are ~3" max... neons ~1.5". All three are from south america (I think) and require similar water conditions. Blue rams might be sensative to the water conditions though...
-Josh
you could put about 4-5 zebra danios in it with a panda cory....a lot of black and white in there...
If you get pairs of any live bearer you will have fry. Odds are any female livebearer you buy will have fry since they are sperm storers.
I had a great looking , well planted 10 gal for a while which had a pair of paleatus cory and 10 threadfin rainbows- a great tank to watch as the threadfins dispay all day long. However, the corys will eat threadfin eggs so I never had the pleasure of having baby bows. however, the corys were prolific as heck and often left 150 eggs on the glass.
I had a great looking , well planted 10 gal for a while which had a pair of paleatus cory and 10 threadfin rainbows- a great tank to watch as the threadfins dispay all day long. However, the corys will eat threadfin eggs so I never had the pleasure of having baby bows. however, the corys were prolific as heck and often left 150 eggs on the glass
.I have a pair of rams in a planted 10 gallon. Only I have found out that a pair is too small for a 10 gallon. After first eggs, my female has been getting beat up by the male. I'm gonna buy some more plants to add more hiding spots, and I hope my val will start to grow in a little better.
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I just set up a 5 gal (Yeah, I know, too small but it was a gift) and it has 2 mollies, 2 zebra danios and 2 panda corys. The pandas are the neatest little buggers. Get some (or another type) and you won't be sorry.
