Any suggested stocking schemes for a 10-gallon freshwater tank?

Answer 1

It all depends on what you like. Inthe way of livebearers, I would suggest guppies or platys.

Many tetras remain small enough to be comfortable in a small school in a 10 gallon tank. They are usually hardy and colorful.

If you are looking for something really different you might want to look into Killifish or apistogrammas. Both are generally colorful and if provided for well will breed in a 10 gallon tank.

MM

Answer 2

A ten gallon tank can handle a small bio mass of fish. One rule of thumb is 1" of tropical fish per gallon. Or one cold water fish (goldfish) per ten gallons.

One method is to stock fish from the same area of the world. Or a live bearer tank (sword tails, guppies, mollies, etc.). Make sure the fish are compatible. The internet is a great source of information about species of fish. A ten gallon tank is likely to have water condition changes so you should probably stick with hardier fish.

Platys are a great choice as they come in a variet of colors, are not terribly picky and are rather small. They will also breed and you can get some strange combination if you have a variety of colors of fish in the tank.

Most cichlids are too large for such a small tank, but for others the tank size is very good. There are some dwarf African Cichlids that are great for a tank that size. As are some of the hardir small cichlids from Central and South America.

Some of the hardier tetras are great as well, such as bleeding hearts, black neons, emperors, red eye (aka glass), and many more.

Some pet shops will encourage you to buy more fish than you tank can sustain in good health. Just keep in mind that 10 one inch fish is about right.

Answer 3

I've always had this really gorgeous aquarium picture in mind. Natural colored rocks *petsmart has prettier ones than wal*mart* with some leafy live plants. About 7 tiger barbs and about 3 assorted corydoras *they are tan and dark brown* Mabey put a rock looking decorative something that you can get at petsmart. Hope you like the idea.

Answer 4

What do you like? Do you wnat a lot of movement, a lot of color? Small fish or big fish?

Anyway, I suggest you go with a small school of small tetras:
Some nice fish are (choose one of the following, and get 6 of them):
neon tetras http://img225.exs.cx/img225/3290/neontetra6mc.jpg
cardinal tetra http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/Fishpics/cardinals.jpg
lemon tetra http://www.aqua-fish.net/imgs/fish/034.jpg
harlequin rasbora http://tropicalresources.net/phpBB2/templates/BMan1Blue/images/profile_pics/fish_profiles_heteromorpha1.jpg
glowlight tetra http://www.solodvds.com/images/fish/Hemigrammus_erythrozonus_s.jpg
zebra danio http://www.winternet.com/~mchristi/fish/zebradanio.jpg

Then you could get a centrepiece fish for color, like a dwarf gourami:
http://www.biol.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/users/naibunpi/Image/Gourami-photo-old.jpg
Or a male betta


OR you can go with a livebearer tank and go with some platies, endlers or guppies.


Or a pair of apistogramma.

I suggest you take a pen and paper to the fish store and write down the names of the fish you like, and while your tank is cycling you can read up on the fish you're interested in and see if they are suitable for your tank.

Above all, take what the petstore clerks say with a grain of salt, and always do your own research.

Answer 5

there is a rule of thumb that you should put 1" of fish for every 10 gallon, but i believe some people go beyond that.

Answer 6

add some gravel....then some water...probably some plants..

fish are always nice too.

just go with whatever you want. start out with the cheap fish and move on to the better ones then