Help Me Plan My DREAM 10 Gallon!

[fishguy001]

For colourful fish you can get several guppies and some corydoras but not bottom feeder can just servive on algae and should be fed with sinking pellets

 

[Jspigs]

For colourful fish you can get several guppies and some corydoras but not bottom feeder can just servive on algae and should be fed with sinking pellets

I am planning to supplement the bottom feeders diet.

 

[Jspigs]

That calculator is pretty cool. Good find.

Thanks, I read about it in this thread: http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=205321

 

[67chevelle]

Oto's IME are very touchy.They are great algae eaters,but they can be difficult to keep alive.I have had the best luck with them in a 30 gallon that is well established,and planted.Every time I have put some in a 10,I've lost all but 1 or 2 of them,and put the survivors in my 30.
Just my 2 cents.

 

[Jspigs]

Oto's IME are very touchy.They are great algae eaters,but they can be difficult to keep alive.I have had the best luck with them in a 30 gallon that is well established,and planted.Every time I have put some in a 10,I've lost all but 1 or 2 of them,and put the survivors in my 30.
Just my 2 cents.

What would you suggest for an algae eater/bottom feeder?

 

[67chevelle]

You can always try otos,I wouldn't until it has been set up for 3 or 4 months though.They do much better in stable established tanks.It's up to you though.
I would not worry about bottom feeders in a 10 gallon.Just don't overfeed the fish you get,and they won't be necessary.
I have found 10's work best for single species of schooling fish.
I have one 10 with 12 emperor tetra.Another that has sand substrate with more pepper cory than I care to admit to.And another with 6 cherry barbs,and 6 black neon tetra.
I just think 10's are too small to have a true community tank,and it's best to find one species you like,and go with that.
You can always add some inverts to add some variety.Cherry shrimp,and nerite snails will add some diversity to you tank.

 

[Jspigs]

would a mystery/apple snail work in a tank with (insert number here) cardinal tetras/(insert number here) neon tetras?

I hope to be able to get cardinal tetras but I will get neons if my LFS doesn't have any cardinals.

 

[hirschy75]

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[67chevelle]

you could have 2 apple snails and 12 cardinal or neon tetra.Keep an eye on the snails if you get them.You may get a male and female.They lay their eggs above the water line,so you can remove and freeze them,then toss them in the trash of you don't want the babies.

 

[Jspigs]

The aquarium stocking calculator says apple snails will get to big for my tank.

How about 11 cardinal tetras and 1 mystery snail? The stocking calculator says with that setup the tank will be 107% stocked and I will have plenty of filtration .