I'm getting a 10-15 gallon tank and i was wondering how meny fish i could put in it and what kind?

Question

i was also wondering if i could put my betta fish in if so would it be ok to put him with angel/gold/ sucker fishes

Answer 1

dear God, I am so sick of hearing that "rule" of thumb. it is far from accurate, whoever created it should be shot.

anyway, a betta would be fine in that tank, however, the rest of the fish would not. 10-15 is far to small for a sucker fish. angel fish would be extremely cramped, 15 gallons would fit ONE goldfish comfortably. aslo, goldfish are cold water fish, the rest are tropical.

if it's a 10 gallon I suggest your betta, 1-3 cory cats or snail, and any 6-8 of these fish, however they are schooling fish, so no less than three of a kind. so really no more than 2 kinds:
mollies
platies/moons
tetras
danios
guppies

if it's a 15 gallon I suggest your betta, 1-3 cory cats or a snail, and any 10-12 of those fish. again no less than 3 of any kind.

Answer 2

How many would depend on the kind of fish. A betta and some tank mates would be okay, but an angelfish would be too large to keep in the tank as an adult - they should be in at least a 30 gallon, and they can be nippy with outher fish and might tear up the bett's fins. Suckers except for otocinclus catfish would also be too large - Chinese algae eaters (that don't do a good job of eating algae except when they're young) get to 10" and plecos can get to 18". Otos stay around 1 1/2" and can be kept in a school. Goldfish are coolwater species and perfer temperatures under 75o. A betta is tropical and would rather be over 75o.

Some other tankmates for bettas as corydoras catfish (are schooling and do best in a group of 3 or more), smaller danios, kuhlii loaches, African dwarf frogs, apple snails, freshwater shrimp are all good tankmates.

Answer 3

I started out with a 10 gallon tank myself. I recommend starting with zebra danio fish. They are commonly known as "dither" fish. In other words, their spunky personalities will help reduce timidity of other fish, regardless of the species.

I'd say forget that 1 inch per gallon rule myself. But you don't want to buy a ton of fish at once.

Set up your 10 or 15 gallon tank first and do not add your betta with your angel/gold or sucker fishes. Keep them separate.

To cycle your 10 or 15 gallon, add a couple of zebra danios every week but before you add any fish, as you know, get the water tested first. Then add 2-3 fish every week.

Believe me. I did it right the first time and set up the tank successfully, but did not follow that rule of thumb when I set up my 28 gallon - adding all of my fish at the same time rather than stagger them week by week. Now I have an ammonia problem while the tank goes through its initial cycle.

Start with zebra danios. They are hardy fish and their energy is infectious. They are fun to watch. They are like the golden retreivers of tropical fish: very energetic, good temperment, and easy to care for. Oh and they will never shed. :) heh heh.

Answer 4

Betta's normally only fight another Betta. The other fish will most likely nip at his fins so I would not put him in the same tank. The inch rule does not apply in all cases. If you wanted to put neons in a 15 gallon compared to angels the inch rule does not apply. If you have a potential large fish such as an angel I would only put in a few small fish to insure proper filtration and oxygen. If you have more than one angel than I would only put the angels in the tank.

Answer 5

A betta would LOVE either of those tanks, but make sure you don't mix him with a fish that grows large and will eat him (goldfish are too big for that tank, so are angelfish), and not fast fish that will nip him either. You can get a bunch of small pretty fish, or a handful of fish that grow up to 3 inches -- no bigger (if you do 15 gallons you can have the biggerish fish, 20 gallons is eve nbetter) My betta does well with cories and dwarf frogs in a 10 gallon tank.

Keep in mind for that lame one inch rule (which doesnt work), you have to estimate based on the fish ADULT size, not baby size, unless you upgrade every month. Goldfish come tiny, but grow to one foot long, for instance. And Oscars also grow big, and the one inch rules doesnt work for them since they are tall too..

Answer 6

first of all, i could placed the betta in the tank to acclimate him to a bigger swimming section. they desire to patrol (consistently finding out for those different treacherous, thievin' different male bettas!). it additionally will placed a small quantity of ammonia into the tank to start the cycling. there are a number of fish that do nicely with bettas. the #a million no no is putting in a fish who could strengthen sufficiently massive to consume your betta. In a fifteen gallon tank however..that should not be a difficulty. The #2 no no is guppies as a betta frequently errors a guppy with its fancy tail to be yet another small betta..and could attack. What you put in the tank relies upon on what you like the tank to look like: training fish, soft swimmers, length and quantity of ammonia the fish create. Bettas are tropical so confirm you place a heater in the tank (could be 5 watts in keeping with gallon) and save the tank between seventy 8 and 80 two ranges. The Betta is nicely matched with Corydoras Catfish, Glass Catfish, GloFish, Molly, Pearl Gourami, Platy, Rainbow Shark, pink Tailed Shark, Swordtail, 3 Spot Gourami, Upsidedown Catfish, Zebra Danio an entire and exciting tank could be between right here: Your betta for the coolest, a school of golden danios (approximately 5), and four corydoras for the backside for an lively tank. A betta, 2 pearl gourami for a swish tank The betta, 6 colourful platies and four corydoras of diverse species (they're going to nonetheless all college collectively) for an extremely colourful tank.

Answer 7

the rule with fish is 1 gallon per inch of fish. gold fish and angel fish are completely different, gold fish are cold water fish and angels are warm. If you want to get some fish to go with your betta i would suggest zebra danios, swordtails, diamond tetras, nothing with flowing fins cause the betta may start fin nipping. Good luck!

Answer 8

A good rule of thumb is 1 inch of fish to 1 gallon of water. So you could put 10 fish in a 10 gallon tank as long as they were not over an inch long.

About the betta fish its fin to place it with other fish as long as its not another male betta. If its other aggressive fish the beta may infact hide all the time due to the other fish picking on it more so than it picks on them. They wouldn'i kill each other as long as tou don't mix aggressive with non-aggressive. I had a betta with tiger barbs, clown loach, a sucker fish, and a gorami, and they got along fine. Just do you homework on what fish are aggressive and what fish are community fish. Oh and never mix anything with a Chilid

I hope this helps.

Answer 9

I have seen Bettas do well with Angels.

But they often fight.

You could put some Otocinclus Catfish to eat some algae.


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Answer 10

The rule of thumb is 1 inch of fish per gallon. I wouldn't suggest putting your betta in the tank with tank mates. They aren't called Fighting fish for nothing. If you are going to ad him to your tank then you can't have anything with showy fins. He'll just nip them until they die. I personally watched my betta eat a guppy whole.