Fish Suggestions for small tanks

[tricksterpup]

Another fish I recommend besides some other excellent live bearers is
e Heterandria formosa, aka the least killie or dwarf live bearer. This guys are hard to come by, these are usually a special order from your pet shop but they are great fish.
The males reach about 1/4 of an inch long at full adult hood and the females are larger at an inch. They are very peaceful fish and thrive in tiny tanks. I own a small colony right now in my 5 gallon. I plan on getting more soon for an outdoor container. But they do well having plants like hornwort floating on the top of the tank and they eat crushed fish flakes.

But a 10 gallon planted tank would be perfect for them with an under gravel filter or a sponge filter. They do tend to have problems with larger filters.


But I also recommend Endlers if you can get them. They are great little fish, very pretty and hardy. If you can only have a 10 gallon foot printed tank in your apartment, then try a 15 gallon tall, same size but taller. This is what I keep my endlers in and they do fantastic.
Heck, If you lived near the Twincites in Minnesota, I would even give you a trio.

 

[denali1234]

I have a dwarf gourami , two platies, two sparkling gouramis and three salt and pepper cories (dwarf) in a ten gallon. Another ten gallon has 6 neons, four endlers and two albino cories. Great tanks, and with weekly maintenance the nitrates are never over 5 - 10 ppm. You do have options IF you are hardcore about tank maintenance, do NOT overfeed, and monitor water conditions. I enjoy the work involved, so it is easy.

 

[f8ldzz]

Yep, maintenance has a large bearing on if you can go slightly overstocked.
I started out with cichlids (more than one) in a 10G and found out it was a no-no.
Personally, I love corys in a small tank, so I would go with a school of corys - get 3 to 5 of them cause they love to school.
That should take care of the bottom portion of the tank.
Upper to middle sections you can go with white clouds or neons.
If you can get away with a peaceful betta, that would make a nice group with just the betta and a school of corys.

If you don't mind a little more work, a nice apisto SA cichlid would also add some color, with just a school of corys.

Yeah, larger tanks are easier to stock, but I love the challenge of running a smaller tank like a 10G.

 

[Kissofthegorami]

A dwarf gouramie would do well, they are sometimes neon blue. A small schools of tetras. Cory catfish and oto catfish (no plecos!). If you want to do livebearers, you could go with a 29 gallon tank and you'd be able to do mollies, swords, platties. A 29 gallon is only 30" long. A small group of mollies might even do well in a 20 gallon. But like harlock said, you need to find a place for the babies.

 

[Bluegreen781]

SO im trying a pair of guppies and a pair of Gold mollies and theyre looking and doing great, in fact the mollies gave birth allready!!! i was shocked to see the lil squirts hanging near some of the plants! :dance:

 

[WinterWind]

For a 10 you could get 3 dwarf puffers. They're really active and fun to watch. www.dwarfpuffers.com. Good luck anyways and enjoy your fish, they are awesome little pets.

I second the dwarf puffer idea. They look and sound very interesting.

If I had another 10 gallon I would definetely go with dwarf puffers.