Stocking for just a ten gallon

[Malbri]

What rule do you use?

 

[fishcatch22]

there is no good stocking rule that i've seen.
don't use the inch per gallon rule. it's not that good.

 

[Malbri]

What do y'all think about
My current guppy
+
A few platys
An african dwarf frog(researching these at the moment
and either a snail or a few shrimp or a 3 stripe cory

 

[fishcatch22]

try to get more guppies. they like company.
you must get more than one cory, I reccomend getting asnail or shrimp as well as some cories.

 

[Malbri]

ok add 2 guppys to that list

 

[fishcatch22]

ok then,
3 guppies
3 platies
4 three stripe cories
1 ADF

 

[Cory Lover]

mid-top water:
2-3 more guppies (get all males if you don't want fry)
5 small shoaling fish that stays under 2" (tetras, rasboras, ect.)

bottom:
4 regular cories (bronze, peppered, panda, try to get all one species.)
OR
7 pygmy cories
OR
1 small pleco that stays under 5" (bristlenose, clown, rupperlip, ect.)
OR
3 otos

6-7 ghost shrimp
OR
1 apple snail

Hi,

Don't Plecos get too big for a 10 gallon tank? Because I've always heard that a 10 gallon is too small for Plecos.

Cory Lover

 

[Evan214]

Hi,

Don't Plecos get too big for a 10 gallon tank? Because I've always heard that a 10 gallon is too small for Plecos.

Cory Lover

Small Plecos such as Bristlenose Plecos, Rubberlip Plecos, and Pit Bull Plecos should be fine since they get max. 5" or so. Some only get to about 2.5"!!

 

[fishcatch22]

Hi,

Don't Plecos get too big for a 10 gallon tank? Because I've always heard that a 10 gallon is too small for Plecos.

Cory Lover

well, no. there are some types of plecos, in fact many types of plecos that can live fine in there. rubber plecos can live in there, so can female bristlenoses and clown plecos if you have driftwood. so can otos. otos are plecos, too.