How would you stock a ten gallon aquarium?

Question

It is heated and filtered. It is somewhat heavily planted and has "caves" for hiding.
Please answer with names and number of fish.
Are ghost shrimp and snails a good investment?

Answer 1

I would pass on the ghost shrimp and snails at the moment, wait until you have algae be fore worring about them.

I would stock the tank with 3-4 Apistogrammas personally. They are cool little fish that would breed in even a 10 gallon.

Or you could go with a pair or two of killifish, also very pretty and will breed in the tank.

Of course there is always a nice small community of tetras, like 5-6 neons and 5-6 penguin tetras with a cory cat fish for the bottom. Always pretty.

MM

Answer 2

Well it really depends on what you like and how far you are willing to go for your fish. The setup is good. You can keep easy fish such as tetras, corys, small gouramis, livebearers (just not mollies; hard to keep due to brackish environment), danios, or maybe a few dwarf cichlids. Now you can go with something else like convict cichlids, firemouth cichlids, baby oscars, texas cichlids, or other baby cichlids, but most of these fish get very large and will require a whole lot more space to keep and do not get along with many other fish. One example of a community tank is: an otocinclus or 2 for eating algae and stay very small, a few neon tetras (3-5) for nice color, and 2 blue ram. These fish get along and aren't too expensive (except the blue rams. They tend to go for 5-10 dollars each and you need more than one to keep each other company.) If you wan't the other cichlids, you could keep convict cichlids. You could buy 2 of these fish as babies and they only cost 1 to 2 dollars each. If you want, you can breed them buy buying a male and a female (the female is distinguished from the male by a small amount of red-orange on the belly.) The only problem is that these fish grow to be six inches and they wouldn't live well in a ten gallon tank and the babies would need more room as they grow as well. Whatever you should choose, I wish you good luck and enjoy your tank.

Answer 3

Snails are but Im not so sure about the shrimp.....try a pochostomost.....they work wonders on alge. Tiger fish look kinda cool and like to explore the "caves" and is fun to watch. 3 would do well on the tiger fish but if you want a fish that will last a long time go for the cat fish. They could probably live forever! ( not really ) Siver dollar fish look incredible and and last a while too. Be carefull on the goldfish cause they poop everywhere and they fight ....surprisingly. Good luck!

Answer 4

Small school of neons or white cloud mountain minnows.
Savings bonds are a much better investment than ghost shrimp or snails. I'd think about an IRA account too, talk to a financial adviser.

Answer 5

10 gallons is not really that big of a tank andwhat you put in it(alot of plants, caves and such, takes away from the amount of space/fish your tank will hold.
Neon tetras are nice school fish but are very sensative to any change ( from the store to you tank). (6-8)
Danios also school and are fast swimmers. (4-6)
Platy's, swordtails, mollys and guppies are all live breeders and will quickly overpopulate your tank. (one pair each?)
snails are fine and baby snails are additional food for most fish (but I wouls only have 1-2 snails. bottom feeders such as cory cats, algae eaters or plecos help (some) with keeping the tank clean. (1-2)
most pet stores these days mark their tanks with who is agressive or semi agressive so pay attention to that.
any species of fish will become agressive if they feel over-crowded though.
Goldfish are nice but poop alot (you have to clean the tank more often) and are "cold water" fish. (2-3)
Depending on the size of the fish says alot about how many the tank will hold. minus what you already put in the tank, I would say a total of 9 fish (one per gallon of water is average except for small schooling fish 2 per gallon).
go to the pet store, have a look-see and then decide on what you like...good luck

Answer 6

you could get a couple types of any tetra. you could put in a otocinclus a couple actually (there algae eaters). you could mix these. snails seem okay but not to fond of shrimp can be attacked and are sometimes. or some guppies but they dont last as long a few there bright and very colorful. You could get neon tetras a ton cause there small. bloodfin maybe four kind of see through but fins are blood red hence the name. a betta giving it plenty of room. bettas can be good in a community tank or not mine killed most things. there are some small catfish you could put in. white cloud minnows are small and can LIVE in 55 degree water. if you got those you wouldnt need a heater, as long as you kept it in a room temperature room. Miner tetras a little bit bigger but you could get afew. People get goldfish in bowls but goldfish actually need like 10 gallons of water. Also barbs there kinda small. long fin black skirts are okay there like a size of a half dollar with fins. but dont overstock your tank.

Answer 7

i think a 10 gallon is a little cosy for neon tetras

i would go for a small group of pure endlers (not the guppy hybrid) say 3 males and 5 females, or 7 males and no females if you don't want babies (the females are plain pale green, and the males are colourful, and they reproduce like guppies), and 4-5 pygmy or hasbrosus corydoras.

all 1" max fish and fairly lenient on the bioload.

Answer 8

Plan a million: you haven't any longer have been given room for a pair of Dwarf Gourami in a 10 gallon, yet you will possibly be able to desire to do a single Dwarf Gourami. inspite of the incontrovertible fact that, Fiddler Crabs won't likely artwork with any of your different plans, and male fancy guppies are fin nippers, and that i might strongly recommend against putting them with a Dwarf Gourami. The Neon Tetra and Ghost Shrimp might artwork nicely mutually, however the male Betta might extra possibly than bypass after the Ghost Shrimp, and you have a risky probability with him going after the vibrant Neon Tetras besides, he might artwork with them, he might kill them, it relies upon on his very own character. Tiger Barbs are only too massive for a 10 gallon, there is not any way they might desire to be in there. inspite of the incontrovertible fact that, only using fact there are compatibility matters with each and every of those setups does no longer mean you won't have the ability to organize the fish to make it artwork somewhat. as an occasion, you have one Dwarf Gourami in with the 6 Neon Tetras, that would artwork. you will possibly be able to desire to no longer have any Ghost Shrimp in with them nevertheless using fact the Gourami might devour them. you have the 6 Neon Tetras with only the Ghost Shrimp.

Answer 9

In one of my 10 gallon tank i have 2 goldfish. in the other one I have 7 guppies, 1 blind mollie(1 inch), 1 chinese alge eater(1.5 inch), 5 neon tetras, and 1 butterfly pleco(1 inch) A$h

Answer 10

maybe a school of neon tetras and some ghorst, or even better, cherry shimp.

Make sure you cycle it

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